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- Boqueria NYC
I don’t know if I had the usual culinary epiphanies when I lived in France. I remember thinking it very strange that everybody bought UHT instead of fresh milk, and that I was eating all that cheese and losing weight like crazy. But then I’d spent most of my life in a French school, surrounded […]
- Pink Grapefruit Tart, or Why You Should Boycott Creme Brulee Torches
When I was working in the pastry kitchen at my cooking school’s restaurant, we used to put out an insanely complicated dessert called a chiboust. There was lemon zest to candy, cherries to make into a boozy compote, shortbread to knead and bake into rounds–and all that was before we even got to the chiboust […]
- Mille Crêpes: The Movie
A few weeks ago I posted a recipe for a savoury Mille Crêpes with smoked salmon, goat’s cheese and chives. (It’s usually a dessert dish with vanilla pastry cream.) This is a movie I made about the dish with my friend Marisa.
- Brussels Sprouts: In Memoriam
It’s been a good season, Brussels sprouts, and you will be sorely missed.
I don’t even know why you were still in the supermarket yesterday, but you were, in a sad, dwindling pile by the beansprouts. I bought you, I took you home and I cleaned you. I stir-fried you with pancetta, garlic and dried chili […]
