Paris A Thought for Food
Food in France is much more than fuel for life. It’s a hallmark of the art of living - the first step to welcoming friends into your life - breaking bread together.
Mushrooming in France
Normally, on an October Friday in Paris, I’d be thinking about heading south to the Loire Valley to spend the weekend with friends - in the serious pursuit of mushrooms. There, you’ll find Cepes, Bolets, Pied de Moutons, Chanterelles, Trompettes de la Mort.
Mushrooming in October has become one of our annual rituals - so it is my GREAT regret that I will be absent for this years’ outing. We are thinking of all of you! Fellow mushroomers. Meanwhile, we wend our way slowly but most assuredly back to Paris - perhaps in time …
Date: October 12th, 2007 |
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More Tete de Veau
First, I should probably offer some apologies to any vegetarian Parislogue readers (I know you are out there) and if you would prefer to skip these entries all together - I’ll understand. That being said, for those of you who are still curious about the Calf’s Head delicacy, you can also check out Jancis Robinson’s site for instructions on how to prepare this dish.
Personally speaking, I’m glad I tried this dish BEFORE having read about the preparation.
Here’s another big surprise in Jancis post: If you can’t get to Paris, there’s also a restaurant …
Date: August 12th, 2007 |
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Let them eat Petits-Fours!
So, you’d give your eye teeth for a Michelin-star meal?
How about your blood for a Michelin-star nibble?
Today’s Le Figaro video shows blood donors at Place de la Bastille being treated to some tasty petits-fours and sushi prepared by one of Hotel Crillon’s chefs.
Normally, blood donors receive a croissant after their donation, but from today until Sunday, July 29th at Place de la Bastille, 1 pm to 7 pm, blood donors will be treated to gourmet goodies.
Got spare blood?
Date: July 27th, 2007 |
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Vegetarian and Almost Vegetarian Restaurants in Paris
This sweet and sour salad is ‘almost’ vegetarian with little bits of chicken for the person who is quite ready to go ‘cold turkey’ vegetarian.
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
We went back to the Backstage with Murielle, our friend from Rennes. Murielle tried a non-alcoholic cocktail mixed up with various fruit juices. I tried a Mojitto which still seems to be a very popular drink (even though one bartender tells me that Mojittos have been popular now for a LONG time). Just keep in mind, that any mixed drink in Paris will probably cost you around 10 Euros minimum.
Date: June 23rd, 2007 |
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Mousse au Chocolat
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
One of the ’simplest’ and best desserts you can order while in Paris is a ‘mousse au chocolat’. It’s light but rich at the same time. No dessert better describes the essence of French living (in my humble opinion). The ingredients are minimal. Much like the knack Parisian women have for taking a basic wardrobe and adding the one twist - an offbeat necklace, crazy socks (that’s usually men’s bailiwick), or a zebra-striped glass frames to create an extraordinary impression.
Chocolate mousse takes a bar …
Date: June 8th, 2007 |
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Le Coq de la Maison Blanche - not just Calf’s head
You may remember that i mentioned in a previous post that finding Paris restaurants that feature traditional French dishes - is not as obvious as you might think. So, although I haven’t as yet made the trek to St. Ouen, just north of Paris to try out Le Coq de la Maison Blanche, it’s definitely on my list if for no other reason than this:
Their menu features Ris de Veau and Le VRAI Coq au Vin or the real Coq or Vin and sweetbreads.
However, I think I’ll wait until AFTER the Rugby World Cup …
Date: August 12th, 2007 |
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The Calf’s Head Update
Somehow eating Calf’s head isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when I’m looking for a quick snack in Paris - it’s really more of a Normandy specialty and that’s where you’re more likely to see it on the menu, but according to Jancie Robinson, there are still fifteen restaurants in Paris that serve this dish. I’ve tried it only as a chef’s ‘offrande’ at the Meridien’s gourmet restaurant - Montparnasse 24.
Date: August 11th, 2007 |
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Planes, Trains and Talking with Strangers
In the last week, we’ve been on a number of planes and trains, and I have to admit, train travel is more conducive to talk. If you plan on traveling by train while you’re in France - and you like to like to chat - I’d suggest getting one of the ‘old-fashioned’ 2nd class compartments.
Date: June 30th, 2007 |
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Sweet Desire: Window licking in the Marais
Chocolat Mussy
Photo by Chris Card Fuller ©2007
In French, window shopping is called ‘leche-vitrine’ or window licking. You can do a lot of that in the Marais, whether you have a sweet tooth, or whether you have an eye for all that glitters. There’s much for the eyes and even more for the taste buds, but where to begin?
Date: June 23rd, 2007 |
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The latest French diet Fad? Flax-fed animals/Omega 3
Today’s Aujourd’hui reports that in a 160 person study sponsored by the Blue, White Heart label (Bleu, Blanc, Coeur), one of the 80 participants eating a flax-based diet lost 14 kg (which would be comparable to app 30 pounds).
The principal of this study is to provide easily obtainable food at major grocery stores which assures products derived from animals nourished with flax. As for the ‘forbidden fruits’? No surprise here: Pizza, cookies, any oils except olive oil. in the study, the quantity of food consumed was also limited by dieticians, so without …
Date: May 25th, 2007 |
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