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Posts tagged “Paris”

French Savory Cake Recipes (In English)
Paris

For those of you who expressed interest in the savory cakes I mentioned yesterday, I've gathered a few links to English-language recipes, including this Savory Cheddar, Goat Cheese and Cilantro Cake p...

Book Review: A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes

When first encountering David Tanis's new cookbook, A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes, skeptics might roll their eyes: why do I need a full-color, hard-cover book from a chef who splits his life bet...

Wasabi Macarons From Pierre Hermé
Paris

In France, they call world-famous pastry chef Pierre Hermé "the Picasso of pastry," and his always daring creations provide plenty of inspiration for the home cook looking for new ideas. This season'...

Tip From The Fishmonger: How To Store Fish
Paris

We've all heard the expression about fish beginning to stink after three days, but my favorite poissonière informs me it is actually two. Nevertheless, she gave me a tip on how to store fish if it ha...

Where To Buy Spices In Paris: Goumanyat & Son Royaume
Paris

When visiting friends who like to cook and bring back edible souvenirs ask me where to shop for spices, I always send them to Goumanyat & Son Royaume, a treasure trove of high-quality spices on the ru...

How To Use Pistachio Oil
Paris

The French use a variety of nut oils in their cooking. One of my favorite discoveries has been pistachio oil. Extracted from pistachio nuts, pistachio oil is a beautiful bright green, with a heady aro...

Mona Lisa Eclairs At Fauchon
Paris

The modern French chef loves nothing more than to revisit the great classics of French cuisine. And this weekend, Fauchon on the place de la Madeleine is showcasing 34 sweet and savory éclairs dreame...

Bamboo Kitchenware From Ekobo
Paris

French company Ekobo is one of our favorite resources for chic eco-conscious products for the kitchen and home, like these stackable containers......

Paris Flea Market Kitchen Finds

For anyone with an interest in cooking, a trip to the Paris brocantes -- roving antique fairs that set up shop around Paris in every season but summer -- is a lesson in kitchen nostalgia. From vintage...

International Craving: French Macarons, Minus the Plane Fare to Paris

As we clicked through the slideshow of Chocolate & Zucchini's Clotilde Dusoulier food shopping in Paris, we got jealous of those beautiful, sweet macarons she seemed to be enjoying so much. Then...

Food Shopping in Paris and Montmartre with Chocolate & Zucchini’s Clotilde Dusoulier

Enter Slideshow Clotilde Dusoulier started her popular Paris-based English-language food blog Chocolate & Zucchini in 2003, but she first got interested in cooking while living in Northern Californ...

Kitchen Tour: At Home in Paris with David Lebovitz

Enter Slideshow Food blogger and cookbook author David Lebovitz is an American renter in Paris who inherited a narrow kitchen with a motley assortment of appliances stuffed under the slanted roof o...

The Celluloid Pantry: Crème Brûlée and Amélie (France, 2001)

[This week The Celluloid Pantry goes on location to Paris. Next week: Rome.] Raspberries worn on the fingers like thimbles; a hand plunged deep into a cool sack of grain; the crack of a spoon against...