Posted in Paris, pie, tarts, cobblers & crisps, recipes on Jul 15th, 2008
We’ve been home from Paris for over a month now. I finally stopped consuming whole baguettes and wearing as little makeup as possible, because one day I looked in my American mirror and decided my American face could use a little bronzer. So the kir-colored glasses are off – but what’s left, what I will [...]
Posted in Paris, Tell Simmer on Jul 7th, 2008
Clotilde Dusoulier is, by any measure, living a pretty dreamy life. She resides in the beautiful Montmartre section of the all-beautiful Paris, where she spends her days working on the deliciously popular blog Chocolate & Zucchini. Started in 2003 to give friends a break from “hearing about what she had cooked/eaten/baked/bought,” it catapulted into the [...]
I have tried to like oysters. I have. Certainly I like the idea of oysters – natural, rough, juicy, briny. The glimmering hope of pearls. And how about those camera-ready looks? I mean, look at those Paris oysters – huitres. They are piled in baskets for the evening’s delight, and people rush home with so [...]
In Paris, the asparagus was white as snow in summer. It is such a common sight in French markets that I heard at least one American gasp upon seeing it. “That would cost a fortune at home,” she said, and it would. Here, we look at white asparagus like Siberian tigers – exotic and rare, [...]
The eagle-eyed and photographically gifted Miz Booshay noted that this citron presse looked like it was served at the Paris tearoom Angelina – and give that girl a croissant, because she knows her cafes. It was. Mme. Booshay, I thought I was finished posting the Paris trip. I was trying, really – trying to move [...]
