Storm the Bastille: Carré d’Agneau Mariné Aux Herbes et Ratatouille
Bastille day is just around the corner and instead of letting ’em eat cake why not serve up something a tad more respectable? Rack of lamb for instance… Read More »
Interview with World Radio Paris
Forget television! Growing up in my house the radio was always playing. I couldn’t study, shower, walk, sleep, or eat without it. My taste in music changed over… Read More »
How To Stuff Sausage: Boudin Blanc
God forgive me for this video. It will either get passed around the Internet as a valuable guide to making sausage or used in 7th grade sex education… Read More »
Ratatouille Preview!
I just came back from viewing the Paris preview for Pixar’s Ratatouille at Planet Hollywood on the Champs Élysées! Whooo-oooo!!!! C’est Adorable! Many people have emailed me about… Read More »
How To Make Puff Pastry: Feuilletage
Note to self: never make a puff pastry video on a hot day, in 90˚F weather, after drinking a whole bottle of champagne! Whoo-eee!!! Now that I’ve got… Read More »
Salade de Carmine Braisée à l’Orange et Canard Fumé
I had smoked duck for the first time this weekend at a pizza restaurant of all places! I ordered a wild mushroom pizza with thin slices of smoked… Read More »
Back To Work
People keep asking me when I’m going back to work. I’ve been asking myself that same question. My lawyers have been asking the French government that question too…. Read More »
Dîner d’Anniversaire!
It’s not easy always being the older woman. The fear of loosing one’s beauty and no longer being attractive feeds insecurity. Not to mention always having to be… Read More »
La Trilogie du Lait et du Biscuit
Do you lie awake at night thinking up recipes? Sometimes I get so obsessed with food that I can’t sleep. My current obsession is flavored milk. It reminds… Read More »
Côtelettes de Porc aux épices, Gratin de Patate Douce à l’Orange et au Gingembre
I’ve never seen sweet potatoes in Paris and when I spotted them today in the Monoprix (French Safeway) there were only two looking forlorn in a basket all… Read More »
Salade de Concombre et Radis
I normally don’t write about salads. I don’t know why not because when I first began cooking I was hired as garde manger at a lovely Italian restaurant… Read More »
Laverie Automatique III
It’s been a long time since I’ve written about my local Laundromat and there’s a reason: I stopped going. I started using my little rinky dink washer in… Read More »