Les Escargots: Come and Join the Dance

April 29, 2011

For an introduction to the lives of wild snails, do take a look at this marvelous book by Elizabeth Tova …

French Chefs Abroad: Alexis Soyer and His Irish Famine Soup Kitchen

April 26, 2011

It is to be regretted that men of science do not interest themselves more than they do on a subject …

April 25, 2011

First of, I would like to point out a new feature on “Gherkins & Tomatoes / Cornichons & Tomatoes.” Go …

April 22, 2011

April 20, 2011

When Captain James Cook entrusted thirty-three-year-old William Bligh (at the time a Commanding Lieutenant) with the HM Armed Vessel Bounty …

April 18, 2011

I first gazed on his ugly mug in French-influenced Morocco, more precisely at the fish market in Rabat. And like …

April 15, 2011

April 13, 2011

I am working with the enthusiasm of a man from Marseilles eating bouillabaisse, which shouldn’t come as a surprise to …

April 11, 2011

Winter still chills those of us north of equator and so the time has come to dream of gardens and …

April 8, 2011