November 27th, 2012 § 1 comment § permalink
Thanks for visiting. I’m a writer, and this is my blog. Here you’ll find information about my work, plus occasional posts about restaurants, recipes, and that time I got in deep trouble after the Homecoming dance.
I was based in Paris, which should explain most of my archive, but now I’m spending more time in Hong Kong. You can read more about that over on my new project, Eat (Think) Hong Kong.
Continue readingSeptember 5th, 2012 § 1 comment § permalink
By the time the year is over, I will have attended five weddings. This breaks my 2008 record, a fact I’m commemorating by wearing all of the same dresses. Or at least the ones that still fit(s), a category which shrank significantly after the second wedding, in Spain, where all personal ham consumption records were shattered.
March 12th, 2012 § 7 comments § permalink
I was buying milk at the local Park & Shop the other night when something in a display of reduced-priced merchandise caught my eye:
Naturally, I bought it.
October 27th, 2011 § 1 comment § permalink
Back in July I had a dessert at Vivant that I still think about: A slippery peach, juicy and fragrant, served well by a dollop of lightened mascarpone and crushed almonds. When I told Pierre Jancou how much I liked it, he immediately and ardently deflected all credit to the fruit, the grower, and the location of the orchard. I probably blushed.
September 4th, 2011 § 9 comments § permalink
Of all the foods in the world to deconstruct, the galette complète, that perfect all-in-one meal of egg, ham, and cheese in a hot buckwheat envelope, seems like an unlikely candidate, and yet that’s exactly what I was faced with at La Compagnie de Bretagne, the new upscale crêperie in the Sixth.
July 10th, 2011 § 11 comments § permalink
My first meal here, in early May, was an utter pleasure, not least because of the good company, or that it began with a coupe of Lassaigne at the bar. We were seated in front of the pass at the open kitchen, radishes and butter arrived, and we required no coaxing to commit to the five-course menu.
June 24th, 2011 § 5 comments § permalink
Until two weeks ago, I hadn’t been to Frenchie since late summer of 2009. I loved the the two meals I had then, and I loved the food this time, maybe even more.
We started with a foie gras torchon, an hors-formule, 14€ add-on to the three-course, 38€ menu. It was outstanding, perfectly textured, dusted with coarse salt and pepper and getting a jolt from a few very boozy cherries.
June 9th, 2011 § 4 comments § permalink
There was a côte de veau for two, and sweetbreads with purée, asparagus and girolles on the menu at Le Severo, but the reason I traveled almost the entire length of line four was to eat steak. And not just any, but what might be some of the best in Paris.
May 2nd, 2011 § 6 comments § permalink
I’ve been wanting to attempt this dessert since having it at Le Bal Café a few weeks ago, and Friday’s nuptials seemed like a good occasion to try a little bit of British dessert cookery.
April 21st, 2011 § 4 comments § permalink
No matter what your religious beliefs or disbeliefs may be, I think the best time of year to visit Paris chocolate shops is around Easter.