…is a classic song that you might know, if not, here’s a flashy 1970ies video version featuring Jacques Dutronc (who seems to have eaten psychedelic mushrooms at the time of the recording, anyway)…WELL, THIS IS NO LONGER TRUE, access to the video was blocked and I don’t know why, actually. Anyway, here’s a link to… [Read more…]
October 11, 2010
…that’s what I sadly have to offer today. Had around 40 friends at home to celebrate on Saturday, we’ve killed 18 bottles of champagne, 12 bottles of Pic St. Loup, 6 bottles of Pommard, we’ve been eating lots of sushi, a beef fillet cooked in a salt crust, a real foie gras with fig chutney,… [Read more…]
September 29, 2010
…soon the fish vendors here will display their still lives made of scallops in lovely shells, the French oysters reach their peak and the heavier fare returns to all tables. I had a first seasonal feast these days while celebrating the 80th birthday of good, old George, we were a happy dozen around the big… [Read more…]
September 16, 2010
I know this might be a bit confusing but my work life as a world affairs reporter for SPIEGEL magazine makes me drive on the fast lane from time to time. Yes, I’ve been to Oslo two days ago, and after that in Brussels, yet since this morning I’m back to Kabul, flying in via… [Read more…]
September 10, 2010
…makes a pretty edgy video as you will see. I found the clip thanks to a facebook friend’s recommendation and I thought you might like it, too. What you see is Alinea restaurant in Chicago, where young chef Grant Achatz is doing quite spectacular things with food. He has won so many awards in recent… [Read more…]
July 11, 2010
…made by dedicated people I don’t know but admire for their passion. It’s a lot of fun to search Google for “flag cake pictures”. 80 percent of them come with stars & stripes, as you can imagine, but tonight the USA won’t play a role for a change. Oranje and “la Roja” will enter the… [Read more…]
July 8, 2010
…was a hit ballad song once you might have forgotten or never heard, I always loved it, actually, and I still do like it, I found it on youtube just a couple of minutes ago and was asking myself what might have happened to Irene Cara? Anyway – I’m on my own this week, family… [Read more…]
July 7, 2010
…right after the starter and then another one after the main course and maybe a last one before the dessert is finally served – that’s what is called a trou normand in colloquial French, a Norman “hole”, meaning in fact that you “extend” the capacities of your stomach by rinsing it with hard liquor. That… [Read more…]
June 30, 2010
…to make customers feel good and open their wallets. That’s what they really understand perfectly at La Grande Epicerie on the left bank of the Seine river next to Bon Marché: to stage food, and to let even simple staples look like precious goods or even art. The Epicerie is kind of a Parisian brother… [Read more…]
June 19, 2010
…containing cherries, strawberries, raspberries, girolles mushrooms (their season in Europe starts now) and lots of other good food. I’ve got fresh garlic and two hands full of delicious new potatoes from famous Noirmoutier island close to Nantes (or maybe the potatoes were famous first). Then there’s other vegetables I’d consider staple food like sweet pepper and… [Read more…]
June 15, 2010
…and gives birth to the herbs I need day by day. There’s basil and thyme, rosemary and mint, they’re standing in clay pots like brave little soldiers ready for combat in sauces and terrines, in stews and salads. I’ve never understood why people spend money on those basic ingredients that everybody can grow at home.… [Read more…]
May 18, 2010
…and they deliver the products you need to cook all the great recipes your cook books may contain. The one on Boulevard Richard Lenoir (named, by the way, after two industrials who once upon a time brought the cotton to Paris) is an excellent, yet unpretentious, non-touristic market held every Tuesday and Friday – and… [Read more…]
October 18, 2010
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