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Yesterday's Tomatoes, Today's Vinaigrette: A Recipe for Thrift and Tastiness 27 Aug 2013 | 12:19 pm
If you’re lucky, you live in a place where tomatoes are still in season. If not, hold on to this idea for next year and accept my apologies for being so late posting it. We’ve had the best run of...
DIY: Homemade Herb Keeper 20 Aug 2013 | 05:07 pm
This is not the prettiest picture I've ever posted, but it's a useful one: it's my Rube Goldberg contraption for keeping fresh herbs fresh for days. And it's simple. As soon as you get the herbs ...
A Great Neighborhood, Paris-Style: Part 2 13 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
The Pont des Arts, a new Lovers' Lane For many years, the Pont des Arts was the only pedestrian bridge to cross the Seine in Paris. It went from the Institut de France on one side, to the Louvre on...
A Great Neighborhood, Paris-Style: Part 1 2 Aug 2013 | 03:14 pm
For the past 15 years, my husband, Michael, and I have lived (part-time) in Paris's Sixth Arrondissement. And just about every day that I'm here, I go somewhere and I say, "This is what makes life in...
Douce France: Sweets in a Very Sweet Country 27 Jul 2013 | 03:00 am
Traveling through Brittany, I did what anyone would do: I ate pastries rich in one of the region's most famous ingredients: butter. I ate them everyday. Sometimes I ate them twice a day. A friend s...
French Seafood at the Source: Bistrot de l'Ecailler's Perfect Seafood Platter 23 Jul 2013 | 02:25 am
Having just finished the manuscript for my next book (part of the explanation for my long silence), Michael and I took off for Paris and then re-packed our bags and headed to Brittany, the West Coast ...
Spotted in Quimper's Weekly Market 21 Jul 2013 | 03:11 pm
We are not the only ones concerned that our fruits and vegetables are not being grown well and that they are losing (or have lost) their true flavors. The French worry too. The sign above the tomato...
Asparagus + Farm Eggs = Happy Marriage 7 Jun 2013 | 04:03 am
When I was in Paris in April, it was the start of asparagus season and every restaurant had asparagus on their menus. A few had soups and a few more had asparagus salads, but the hands-down-just-abo...
Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution Day. Cook it! Share it! Salted Butter Breakups 17 May 2013 | 08:14 pm
Today is Food Revolution Day, the brainchild of Jamie Oliver and a worldwide event. The purpose is to support hands-on food education and the theme this year is one close to my heart: Cook it! Sha...
A Cook's Tip: Sniff. Taste Too 14 May 2013 | 01:21 am
This photo is the best illustration that I’ve got of an important tip: Sniff and taste before you pour, sprinkle, chop, cook or bake. So many things can go wrong with ingredients and when any one of ...
