It’s possible that J’Go was once good. Indeed, when I revisited one positive review I remembered reading, there was ample evidence, both written and photographic, that this restaurant used to serve something that not only looked edible but appetizing and fresh.
What I ate was insipid and suspect.
J’Go? No.
January 10th, 2011 § 10
Rome: Volpetti
January 3rd, 2011 § 8
The name of this legendary food shop in the Testaccio neighborhood of Rome is Volpetti, but I’ve taken to calling it “my happy place.”
The Year in Review
December 30th, 2010 § 0
I was already planning on doing some kind of year-end summary — mainly because I am lazy and thoroughly entrenched at the moment in a holiday cycle of eat, drink, sleep, repeat — but I also because I wanted to highlight some of my favorite posts of the year for new readers, and there are a lot of you, thanks to a certain foodblogging juggernaut who was kind enough to invite me to do a guest post on his site.
Le Casse-Noix
December 21st, 2010 § 2
Casse-Noix means “nutcracker” in French, and so I’ve pretty much had the Waltz of the Snowflakes in my head since reading about this restaurant a few weeks ago, reinforced by what has seemed like daily dropping of neige here in Paris. That is not a complaint. As of today I’m officially finished complaining about the weather, since it improves neither the weather nor my mood.
So yes, there’s a new bistro in the 15th called Le Casse-Noix and yes, there are actual nutcrackers involved, at the end of the meal when you’re presented with a bowl of walnuts still in their shells. There is no dancing.
Berthillon (version hivernale)
December 15th, 2010 § 12
For those of you love ice cream as much as I do but are disheartened by the cold, or for those readers who simply wish to raise their cholesterol level, I’ve found a solution.
Pho 14
December 13th, 2010 § 3
It’s not even technically winter yet, but you wouldn’t know it in Paris these days. A cold snap worthy of deepest January settled in last week, and didn’t let up until Saturday during a substantial snowstorm, turning those pretty flakes into freezing wet drops.
Never mind that it comes from a very warm place: The Vietnamese noodle soup known simply as Pho, a beef and charred onion broth, aromatic with spices (yes, that is cinnamon you smell) is a perfect cold weather food.
Crème de Marrons
December 6th, 2010 § 10
“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire,” starts the classic American holiday tune, but it’s the French who really know how to make chestnuts sing.
Cook Book (sic)
November 24th, 2010 § 4
This book belonged to my mother, which is strange because she really wasn’t an ambitious cook. She kept things very simple and didn’t often stray from her repertoire.
But I think I know why it was on her shelf.
Read MoreCrimes Against Gastronomy
November 23rd, 2010 § 4
I love a good frisée aux lardons, which is, I thought, what I ordered the other night.
Read MoreLe Bal Café
November 16th, 2010 § 12
It’s likely that the Brits invented brunch, and now two former Rose Bakery cooks are working on perfecting it at Le Bal Café.
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