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Vancouver: Artisan donuts

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:48:00 UT

After centuries of making fun of our cuisine, the French have suddenly embraced all things Anglo with a passion. In Paris it seems that everywhere you turn someone is dressing up hot dogs or piling gourmet ingredients onto burgers.

Tags: Desserts, Restaurants, Travel

Vancouver: Eating on The Drive

Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:53:58 UT

It was ten years ago that I founded Edible Paris and Les Petits Farcis, my Nice cooking classes, after an inspiring trip to Montreal. It has also been ten years since I last set foot in Canada.

Tags: Restaurants, Travel

Lemon soufflé cake

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 12:54:45 UT

It will be two more months before I can bite into a juicy French gariguette or ciflorette berry that signals the real beginning of red fruit season. In the meantime, thankfully, there is citrus fruit: vivid lemons, the last of the local clementines, bergamot, bitter oranges for marmalade, and - just occasionally - the deeper orangey-yellow Meyer lemon.

Tags: Desserts, Nice, Recipes

Instant minestrone

Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:04:51 UT

By the time I have chatted with my favorite farmers and sipped coffee on a sunny terrace with the friends whose paths inevitably cross mine, I often find that there is no time left to cook lunch.

Tags: Nice, Recipes, Starters

Fast food à la française: gratin de ravioles

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 13:34:23 UT

At the supermarket, I spend most of my time avoiding "convenience" foods. But, if I snub the frozen pizzas and star chefs' fancy prepared meals, there is one pre-made food I have come to love: the little ravioli variously known as ravioles de Royans or ravioles du Dauphiné.

Tags: Main courses, Recipes

Uplifting yoghurt cake with bergamot and pear

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 11:26:35 UT

I am aware that I have neglected this blog for a long time, and without making any reckless promises I would like to remedy that this year. I am going to start with a baby step: a short post about a simple cake that may change your life.

Tags: Desserts, Nice, Recipes

Ten days in Guatemala

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:19 UT

Guatemala, where one of my oldest friends has lived on and off since the 1970s, seemed the perfect destination to satisfy my thirst for adventure.

Tags: Restaurants, Travel

"I love you mozzarella"

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:08:15 UT

Like all border towns, Ventimiglia attracts hordes of shoppers in search of a bargain. This mostly involves cheap alcohol - can someone explain why Pastis costs less in Italy than in the south of France? - and handbags or sunglasses that come with fake labels and the risk of a hefty fine should the border police decide to do one of their frequent spot checks.

Tags: Food shops, Travel

On the trail of Ines

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:57:01 UT

Fashion and I never really did hit it off — fashion people don't seem to eat anything, for one — but thanks to an editor with a great sense of humor and my youthful enthusiasm I managed to pass myself off as a minor authority for a couple of years.

Tags: Fashion, Paris

Nanashi

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:14:24 UT

My job frequently requires me to eat elaborate three-course meals at lunch and dinner several days in a row. It's something I have trained myself to do over the years and my stomach rarely utters a peep of complaint, as long as I don't overdo the wine (not as easy as it sounds). I am grateful, though, when I come across a restaurant that acts as a kind of cleansing interlude, replenishing my body with crunchy vegetables and wholesome grains.

Tags: Healthy eating, Paris, Restaurants

A weekend in Bastia

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:29:01 UT

Nonstop sunshine, rustic cakes made with chestnut flour, honey tasting of sun-scorched wild herbs, sausages of boar and donkey: these are a few of the things I expected to find in Corsica, and over the course of the weekend more than one of these preconceived ideas would prove to be false.

Tags: Food shops, Restaurants, Travel

Au Merveilleux de Fred

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:01:25 UT

Nearly every French pastry shop has its cloud-like meringues sitting in a puffy heap somewhere near the window, but they often seem to be more of a decoration than something that people actually eat.

Tags: Food shops, Paris

Sunday at the Marché de Wazemmes

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 19:08:54 UT

Lille is a city with many charms - great beer, friendly people, a freshly restored historic center - but these are not necessarily obvious on a Sunday, when shops and restaurants pull down their shutters so that families can gather round a steaming pot ofcarbonnade flamande, beef cooked in beer until caramelized, or share a potjevleesch, an assortment of jellied meats.

Tags: Food shops, Restaurants, Travel

Ten things you need to know about olive oil

Tue, 01 Feb 2011 16:22:57 UT

Of the dozens of olive varieties grown in Provence, the caillette - informally known as the Niçoise olive - is perhaps the most beautiful and subtle.

Tags: Farmers, Healthy eating, Nice

Enamored

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:14:33 UT

If I had to compile a list of things I might potentially need for the house, "another kitchen appliance" would definitely not be on it.

Tags: Breakfast, Desserts, Healthy eating, Recipes