FRANCE — HOW THE LOVE AFFAIR BEGAN*
Man is nostalgia and a search for communion. ~ Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude ~ “We began our lunch …
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Disappearing Act: Will Centuries-Old French Fruits and Veggies Go the Way of the Dodo?
According to an article (in French) recently posted on the ASFS (Association for the Study of Food and Society) discussion …
The [Culinary] Heroes of France
They’re not in the Panthéon in Paris, where France entombs her heroes, but from all the adulation they receive, you’d …
Acquiring Culinary Fluency
Can a cook become truly fluent in a cuisine other than the one into which she is born? And, if …
Idylls of Cuisine, #87
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Winter’s Leafy Greens: A Romantic History à la Française
A few mornings ago, the pumpkins sprawling on my front porch sparkled with frost. And you know what that means. …
From Velouté to Casserole: A Question of Green Beans, Amandine, and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup
I didn’t mean to write about Campbell’s soup. You see, I started out pondering a super French soup recipe, Velouté …
