Tasting France in Senegal
The ocean there, it’s infinite, a place where horizon and water meet like a seam in a dress, a little …
Tag Archives: Fish
The Fish of France: Weever (Trachinus draco Linnaeus )
A bouillabaisse fish, the weever is. Mentioned in William Verral’s A Complete System of Cookery (1759) as “weaver,” the weever fish’s …
The Fish of France
Salt of Earth, Crucible of Life
Just a pinch, and the primal sea surges, memories filling your mouth. Weep, and you’ll know what fish first knew. …
Cooking with Saint-Pierre (John Dory)
As it fell on a holy-day, And vpon an holy-tide-a, Iohn Dory bought him an ambling nag, To Paris for …
Scenes from La France Profonde
FOOD FOR ART’S SAKE: Eating with the Impressionists
In celebrating art, the Western world owes a tremendous debt to France. Once a mecca for Impressionist artists and others, France nurtured both their souls and their bellies. And in France, art goes back a long way, back to the time of Cro-Magnon man who left his indelible marks on the dim damp walls of the caves of Lascaux in the Dordogne area of southwestern France.
“Ginger Shall Be Hot i’ the Mouth Too”
Sir Toby Belch: Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Clown: Yes, …
From Mother Russia with Love: A Fish in Every Pie
The kulebyaka should be appetizing, shameless in its nakedness, a temptation to sin. ~~ Anton Chekov, “The Siren” Fish dishes …
Cooking Fish — Let Us Count the World’s Ways: Asia 2
Continuing our Lenten foray through fish cookery in Asia …
