The Cardinal and the Chef
Sauce Madère 2 cups brown sauce (you can use prepared demi-glace like that sold by D’Artagnan ) 2 T. good …
Tag Archives: Art
Knock and Enter: A Gallery of Parisian Door Knockers
Brassai’s Paris, a View Through the Tunnel of Time
Before the second world war, filled with the wandering souls of the “Lost Generation,” Paris throbbed with the fluttering notes …
Curl Up with a Nice Food Blog …
The creativity, wit, and wisdom of food bloggers never ceases to amaze me. And so today, I simply must let …
Idylls of Cuisine, #65
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Idylls of Cuisine, #51
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
Dig for Victory! Locavorism in Eons Past
Looking at the past almost always calls up that old adage: “There’s nothing new under the sun.”* Take locavorism’s wartime …
Idylls of Cuisine, #42
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
To the Cooks, Prosit! Part I
Sir Thomas More in his Utopia (1516), in delineating what would make an ideal society, said: .. all vyle service, …
Idylls of Cuisine, #38
[A picture, and nothing more, for silent contemplation.]
