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boat cheese
after dinner at a friend's apartment this weekend, they rolled out a sizable wheel of cheese to eat before dessert...which since moving to france, has become my favorite course of the meal. but usually you present one or a few selected cheeses, not a big round.
nevertheless, they slapped it down in the middle for the table where the host took a hunting-type knife, started hacking off shards of it, and passing them around the table. as we started eating, all of the sudden the whole table went completely quiet. (which is a real rarity in paris.)
we all looked around the table, and everyone's eyes lit up; "c'est incroyable!"
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permalink | october 22, 2007 |
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three things
1. i just learned that you can receive updates to my blog via email. simply go to feedblitz and do it.
it's super-simple and you don't have to create a password or sign up for anything.
who knew?
2. if you have some time to waste or need a good laugh, these are hilarious.
i mean, really hilarious.
3. and if you're in paris this sunday, don't forget to stop by the richard lenoir market in the bastille to say hi and get your book signed.
i can't promise i'll be as hilarious. but i'll give it a shot.
permalink | october 19, 2007 |
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my view
there's a pretty lively debate over at amateur gourmet about the recent appearance of alice waters on the view. i'm not going to attempt to put words into anyone's mouth, but there seems to be a lot of mis-information about the message that alice is trying to bring across.
alice is an idealist, which is someone who imagines things that are...'ideal'. we need people like that. if no one imagined anything but what already existed, or nixed any new ideas, we wouldn't have telephones, electricity, flour, tires, espresso makers, and the spice girls reunion.
when i started at chez panisse back in 1983, few people knew what mesclun, goat cheese, or blood oranges were. now they're common in many supermarkets like safeway, and sold at reasonable prices. i recently paid $5.99 for a box of rice krispies in new york, so i don't buy the argument that convenience foods are cheaper than 'healthy' foods. quaker oats are about half the price, although you can't make rice krispie squares out of them.
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permalink | october 18, 2007 |
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a chocolate chip cookie recipe with two secrets
i've had a hankering to try heidi's recipe for chocolate chip cookies with her secret ingredient—mesquite flour—for the longest time. but although the mesquite flour i eventually found encompasses several continents, like i do, it's not available in the one i live in. so when i went to texas, which i figured would be the epicenter of mesquite last june, i wandered the well-stocked aisles at central market in search of it. and lo and behold, there is was.
but looking at the label, i was surprised to find that it was imported...from argentina. by a california company.
and there i was in a supermarket in texas buying it.
which i then brought back to france.
and for that, i'm certain to have my locavore card revoked.
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permalink | october 16, 2007 |
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paris booksigning this weekend
this upcoming weekend i'll be signing copies my books, the perfect scoop and the great book of chocolate here in paris!
i'll be at the richard lenoir market in the bastille at the booth of régis dion, who carries the most fabulous fleur de sel you'll ever taste, hand-harvested by his family in the guérande, which will be available to sample.
his booth is located near the center of the market and i'll be there sunday, october 21, from 10:30am-11:30am.
hope to see you there!
feel free to bring your own books, and brand-new copies will be available for purchase: the perfect scoop (20€) and the great book of chocolate (12€)...or both for only 30€.
if you're planning to come, you're welcome to reserve copies by email so we can plan on having sufficient books on hand.
for those of you who live elsewhere, you can now order fleur de sel and sea salt directly from régis via his website: traditions guérande (in french). he ships internationally and his prices are very reasonable.
(if you don't speak french, freetranslation.com will do it for you.)
permalink | october 15, 2007 |
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