Archive for May, 2010

  • Our evening at L'Arpege was elegant, beautiful and surprising from start to finish. There were some lovely highs and some dishes that missed their lofty marks which were luckily only minor distractions and not able to derail the lovely experience.

    Paris Trip Part IV: Dinner at L’Arpege

    Posted on 2010.05.27 | 1 Comment
    Our evening at L'Arpege was elegant, beautiful and surprising from start to finish. There were some lovely highs and some dishes that missed their lofty marks which were luckily only minor distractions and not able to derail the lovely experience.

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  • Monday night, after spending the day scouring Paris 6 for goodies and the afternoon napping and recovering, we headed to La Table for dinner. Never having eaten at a Joël Robuchon restaurant before, we didn't have much to go on for what to expect other than his appearance on Top Chef this past season (you may recall the episode where poor Kevin had the privilege of sitting with a whole table of people speaking French that later became the "what Kevin hears" segment?). Well that and the fact that I had heard about the small plates at L'Atelier.

    Paris Trip Part III: Dinner at La Table de Joël Robuchon

    Posted on 2010.05.26 | 3 Comments
    Monday night, after spending the day scouring Paris 6 for goodies and the afternoon napping and recovering, we headed to La Table for dinner. Never having eaten at a Joël Robuchon restaurant before, we didn't have much to go on for what to expect other than his appearance on Top Chef this past season (you may recall the episode where poor Kevin had the privilege of sitting with a whole table of people speaking French that later became the "what Kevin hears" segment?). Well that and the fact that I had heard about the small plates at L'Atelier.

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  • Monday dawned wet and drippy, but not enough to stop our plan: an eating tour of the 6th Arrondissement following tips culled from bloggers from David Lebovitz to Dorie Greenspan. Even the concierge’s soggy attitude when he pointed out the way didn’t bring us down. We set out on foot from Montparnasse with maps and shop names in hand. First stop: Gerard Mulot, where we split a baguette, scarfed down an apple turnover and a croissant, and squirreled away a macaron for later. Brushing the crumbs from our clothing we set off from our first success in search of Rue...

    Paris Trip Part II: A Walk in the 6th Arrondissement

    Posted on 2010.05.25 | 3 Comments
    Monday dawned wet and drippy, but not enough to stop our plan: an eating tour of the 6th Arrondissement following tips culled from bloggers from David Lebovitz to Dorie Greenspan. Even the concierge’s soggy attitude when he pointed out the way didn’t bring us down. We set out on foot from Montparnasse with maps and shop names in hand. First stop: Gerard Mulot, where we split a baguette, scarfed down an apple turnover and a croissant, and squirreled away a macaron for later. Brushing the crumbs from our clothing we set off from our first success in search of Rue...

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  • I’ve just returned from my vacation — including 3 days in Paris. I’ve got a series of posts that I’ll finish up over the next few days! Jean Georges’ Market On Sunday nights, not much is open in Paris. or at least that’s what I’ve heard. So we found ourselves dining at Market. Apparently it was on the early side for Paris, because our 7 pm reservation was the first table (Actually, we weren’t sure how long it would take to get there and showed up at 6:50 pm. They shooed us away… “we are not open yet”). The atmosphere...

    Paris Trip Part I: Dinner at Jean-Georges’ Market

    Posted on 2010.05.23 | 3 Comments
    I’ve just returned from my vacation — including 3 days in Paris. I’ve got a series of posts that I’ll finish up over the next few days! Jean Georges’ Market On Sunday nights, not much is open in Paris. or at least that’s what I’ve heard. So we found ourselves dining at Market. Apparently it was on the early side for Paris, because our 7 pm reservation was the first table (Actually, we weren’t sure how long it would take to get there and showed up at 6:50 pm. They shooed us away… “we are not open yet”). The atmosphere...

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  • On Tuesday night I met the extremely lovely Foodhoe who invited me to join her at her reservation at incanto’s Fergus Henderson dinner. Henderson is famous for (as is Consentino) using the “whole beast” and as such we had an offal meal. It was delicious, but the company was even better. I’m about to leave town for ten days but I wanted to get this up before I leave, so here are the pictures. Enjoy! The pictures will load in a gallery here. Mouse over the picture to get the buttons for “Next” and “Previous.” Descriptions of the courses are...

    incanto St. John Hotel Dinner

    Posted on 2010.05.13 | 2 Comments
    On Tuesday night I met the extremely lovely Foodhoe who invited me to join her at her reservation at incanto’s Fergus Henderson dinner. Henderson is famous for (as is Consentino) using the “whole beast” and as such we had an offal meal. It was delicious, but the company was even better. I’m about to leave town for ten days but I wanted to get this up before I leave, so here are the pictures. Enjoy! The pictures will load in a gallery here. Mouse over the picture to get the buttons for “Next” and “Previous.” Descriptions of the courses are...

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  • I know, I know, I’ve been lax about my supposedly “weekly” Food blog round up. So this time I”m just going to give links to a number of posts I have seen over the past few weeks that intrigued me. Want to cook Spring Sangria from Local Lemons — The pictures are so beautiful my mouth is already drooling Springtime Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade from Yum Sugar — For those who prefer as we used to say in school “EANABS” — equally attractive non-alcoholic beverages Spaghetti Carbonada from Umami Girl — Vegetarian spaghetti carbonara… sounds lovely. And I see it as...

    Food Blog-a-round: Catch-up Edition

    Posted on 2010.05.10 | 1 Comment
    I know, I know, I’ve been lax about my supposedly “weekly” Food blog round up. So this time I”m just going to give links to a number of posts I have seen over the past few weeks that intrigued me. Want to cook Spring Sangria from Local Lemons — The pictures are so beautiful my mouth is already drooling Springtime Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade from Yum Sugar — For those who prefer as we used to say in school “EANABS” — equally attractive non-alcoholic beverages Spaghetti Carbonada from Umami Girl — Vegetarian spaghetti carbonara… sounds lovely. And I see it as...

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  • You’re definitely throwing down the gauntlet when you name something the “World’s Easiest Dinner.” the second my FIL received his Esquire and found it, they had to try it. Actually, they emailed everyone a scanned copy of the recipe, and tried it that night. We’re up next. The instructions are very easy. Take one air-dried chicken between 3-4 lbs (recipe says between 3-3.5 lbs). Rinse and dry very thoroughly. Make sure it’s dry because that’s the key to roasting rather than steaming the bird. We patted it dry and then left it out a little longer just to make sure....

    Esquire’s “World’s Easiest Dinner” Roast Chicken

    Posted on 2010.05.09 | 1 Comment
    You’re definitely throwing down the gauntlet when you name something the “World’s Easiest Dinner.” the second my FIL received his Esquire and found it, they had to try it. Actually, they emailed everyone a scanned copy of the recipe, and tried it that night. We’re up next. The instructions are very easy. Take one air-dried chicken between 3-4 lbs (recipe says between 3-3.5 lbs). Rinse and dry very thoroughly. Make sure it’s dry because that’s the key to roasting rather than steaming the bird. We patted it dry and then left it out a little longer just to make sure....

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