Postcard from last night: boudin noir aux 2 pommes
As you can probably tell, I am in France for Christmas! And, as ever, it is not a bad place to be. They take their…
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Milk It! at the Brooklyn Brewery
Cheese. There is nothing else quite like it in the world. Simply put – it’s the best (don’t argue with me, it’s fruitless). Last week…
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Smith St Soup Festival
This past weekend, we went to the Smith Street Soup Festival, a fundraiser for a local school where all of the local restaurants held a…
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Leaving France
. . . is always hard. It’s like my spiritual culinary home. A place I go to get inspired, get caught by surprise, take a…
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A trip to Confiserie Florian
I am in France for a couple more days and was lucky enough to go to the Confiserie Florian in Le Pont sur Loup the…
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Fromage blanc with fruit and pollen
After a long weekend full of little indulgences here and there, starting off the week right with this healthy breakfast. Loving the tiny, end of…
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Postcard from last night
Had a lovely daytrip yesterday to a picturesque village called Valbonne. I felt right at home among the sunny cobble-stoned streets, with kids playing football,…
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Eggplant pkhali: Georgian food 101
I do love Russian food, but I also love having the opportunity to enjoy other foods of the former Soviet republics while I am there….
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Roasted pumpkin a.k.a. butternut squash
Squash here is called pumpkin, for some reason, or at least that’s how you need to ask for it at the market. Not that people…
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Russian recipes galore
It is definitely autumnal here – the skies are grey, the leaves yellow, and the food hearty and warming. All I want to do today…
