And a Cake Fit for Three Kings: Galette/Gateau des Rois
Bonne Année! Happy New Year! I first ate Galette des Rois in Paris, on a cold, rainy January day. The smell …
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Inroads of Language, Basted with the Stiff-Necked Grip of French Cuisine
The reach of France’s colonial empire extended far beyond a few fur trappers and Hollywood’s stereotype of exhausted men, rubbing …
‘Tis the Season …
MAY YOU FEAST WELL AND HAPPILY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON…
Cabbage and Black-Eyed Peas, Oh My! An Easy New Year’s Dish with a Long History
Yes, I know, you’re overwhelmed with preparations for Christmas. If you’re like me, you’re still trying to come up with …
Thinking of Others as You Bite into that Bûche de Noël
David Lebovitz — a whiz of a pastry chef, cookbook author, and food blogger — got me thinking this morning …
Idylls of Cuisine, #92
[A photograph, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Gifts of French Food: Blogs to Hold in Wonder
With each gust of drafty air from the front door, the candles shimmer, and the flickering light scintillates off blood-red …
Un Petit Départ, Un Petit “Au Revoir”, or, Helping Père Noël and Saint Nicolas
During this Christmas season, Gherkins & Tomatoes / Cornichons & Tomates will be in a state of flux, assisting Père …
Oreillettes, A Part of Provence’s Thirteen Desserts
Fried dough, a universal love. Grease, sugar, what more could you dream of? In the south of France, when you …
The Provençal Thirteen: Fennel- and Cumin-Scented Sablés
In France, you’ll find sablés, buttery cookies that originated in Normandy. (You know they had all that butter to get …
