Food Photo Gallery

One bite in these unassuming madeleines and the hair in your nape will stand to attention, as you suddenly register […]

Since I officially announced a few weeks ago that there was a C&Z book in the works, I have received […]

[Blueberry Yogurt Cake] I seem to have become the official birthday cake baker on the 3rd floor of my apartment […]

[Ham from the Aldudes Valley] In the galaxy of first-class hams, this one most definitely deserves its place. It is […]

When I was a wee little girl I was sent to colonies de vacances (the French equivalent of summer camp, […]

Leaving Bayonne, we drove down the Atlantic coast to see Biarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz. We stayed in this fair beach city […]

It is a little-known fact that Bayonne was the first chocolate-making city in France. In the 17th century, a wave […]

If there’s one thing that should be said about the South-West of France, it’s that you shouldn’t go if you’re […]

[Traditional French Cooking Class] Show-and-tell: this is the gear I bought for the cooking class I am taking this year! […]

[Warm Leek Salad with Fresh Walnuts] There is a special kind of grace in the simple combination of a few […]

Last Saturday I went to the Marché des Batignolles, an all-organic market that’s just a short bus ride from where […]

I tasted my first canelé some seven years ago, at Eric Kayser’s boulangerie on rue Monge. Maxence had a friend […]

Two years ago today, I hit “publish” on my very first post for Chocolate & Zucchini. I had been toying […]

I have a new piece appearing today on NPR’s weekly Kitchen Window column: this one is all about putting together […]