Food Photo Gallery

Coconut Chocolate Cake

[Coconut Chocolate Cake] I have known Marie-Laure for nineteen years. This represents more than two thirds of our lives, and […]

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  • October 16, 2006
Mexican Chocolate Peanut Butter

Given my love of good-for-you nut butters and my passion for the unabashedly trashy peanut butter cup, it was only […]

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  • October 9, 2006
Muriel’s Chicken

Cookbook writing guidelines tell you that naming a recipe after someone is not a good idea: it doesn’t tell the […]

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  • October 3, 2006
C&Z turns 3!

A little over three years ago, over a dinner of shabu-shabu, I mentioned to Maxence that I was considering starting […]

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  • September 28, 2006
Gâteau Sirop Muffins

Amongst all the towns Maxence and I cruised through on our roadtrip across the US, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana is the […]

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  • September 26, 2006
Goat’s Milk Faisselle with Chives

[Goat’s Milk Faisselle with Chives] Originally, a faisselle (feh-sell) is a container pierced with tiny holes, in which fresh cheese […]

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  • September 20, 2006
Sushi Class

On rue Garreau in Montmartre — right off the place Emile Goudeau, which I like very much because it has […]

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  • September 13, 2006
In Remembrance

Five years ago today, I boarded a flight from Paris to San Jose. I was returning to my apartment in […]

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  • September 11, 2006
Pistachio Pound Cake

Cinq-Cinquièmes à la Pistache Le quatre-quarts (“four fourths”) can be described as the French pound cake. It has earned its […]

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  • September 5, 2006
Osso Buco

Complaining about the weather is a national sport in France, but as is true of most sports — except perhaps […]

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  • August 29, 2006
Barcelona Favorites

Our dinner at El Bulli last week was bookended by a few days in Barcelona. This was our first time […]

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  • August 22, 2006
Dinner at El Bulli

I remember reading about El Bulli four or five years ago in the French newspaper Le Monde. I remember the […]

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  • August 18, 2006
Fiadone (Corsican Cheesecake)

Fiadone can be described as the Corsican cheesecake. Crustless and no more than an inch in thickness, it is prepared […]

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  • August 10, 2006
Book Update, Part VI: What Happens Next?

Last time I mentioned my book was two months ago, when I wrote to say I had completed and delivered […]

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  • August 7, 2006

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