Food Photo Gallery

Shooting photos for my new book

We have just wrapped up the final photo shoot for my new book about vegetables and French cuisine, and as […]

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  • March 6, 2012
Multiseed Buckwheat Cookies

One of the challenges of writing a cookbook is that, for the duration of the project, most of one’s cooking […]

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  • February 21, 2012
Chocolate Appreciation Society (Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat)

A little over a year ago, I received the kind of phone call that makes you beam for hours on […]

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  • February 14, 2012
Three Very Good Things: Squash and Coffee Soup, Lo Bak Go, and Honey Lemon Tea

{This is part of a series in which I share three delicious things recently tasted and enjoyed. Please feel free […]

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  • February 8, 2012
DIY Cloth Napkins
Homemade Cloth Napkins: An Easy Step-by-Step Tutorial

I am not very big on what the French call arts de la table (literally, table arts), an umbrella term […]

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  • February 1, 2012
Curried Butternut Squash Pasta

Only recently did it occur to me that winter squash could be welcome in a dish of pasta. Before that, […]

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  • January 24, 2012
About my new book

In my Best of 2011 post earlier this month, I hinted at the new book I’m working on, and after […]

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  • January 17, 2012
Beet Hummus

Who says winter food has to be colorless and drab? I first put together this beet hummus just before the […]

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  • January 11, 2012
Best of 2011

Happy New Year! May your 2012 be a year of glowing health, simple pleasures, serene prospects, and dreams fulfilled. 2011 […]

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  • January 2, 2012
Almond and Orange Blossom Croquants Cookies

From the department of Who Has Time To Make Edible Gifts In Advance Anyway comes this last-minute recipe, shared by […]

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  • December 20, 2011
Easy Candied Almonds and Hazelnuts

If there was a candy making for dummies book (what am I saying, of course there is one) this recipe […]

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  • December 14, 2011
Spaghetti with Crushed Sardine and Tomato Sauce

In ELLE à table, a French cooking magazine I contribute to, one of the longest-running sections is one called La […]

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  • December 6, 2011
Chocolate Almond Bettelman Bread Pudding

If you’ve ever bought or baked fresh brioche, surely you’ve noted the subtle shift, occurring sometime during day two or […]

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  • November 29, 2011
Bear Claws

This post has been eight years in the making. Eight years ago, Maxence and I visited friends in London. On […]

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  • November 23, 2011

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