Articles tagged ‘Dining In’
Paris Markets - an Inspiration for Home Cooking
By Parisgirl | March 15th, 2007 |
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Parisian Home Cooking
By Michael Roberts
Photographs by Pierre-Gilles Vidoli, 328 Pages. William Morrow, NY 1981
If ever two books were meant to be read in tandem, it would have to be Markets of Paris by Dixon and Ruthanne Long and Parisian Home Cooking: Conversations, Recipes, and Tips from the Cooks and Food Merchants of Paris by Michael [...]
Breakfast in Paris
By Parisgirl | January 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Breakfast used to be café au lait, hot chocolate or tea with buttered and toasted baguettes sliced in
half (called tartines on occasion). Fancy breakfast included a croissant along with the toasted baguette.
Nowadays, the Anglo breakfast has made inroads in Paris. You’re not likely to see beans served with your eggs, but [...]
Book Review: French Women for all Seasons by Mireille Guiliano
By Parisgirl | January 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
French Women for All Seasons: A Year of Secrets, Recipes and Pleasure
By Mireille Guiliano, Alfred A. Knopf, New York 2006, 350 pages.
(c) 2006 Chris Card Fuller
“Flowers are an important part of every day life for author Mireille Guiliano. She looks forward to the change of seasons and the flowers that come [...]
Still Digesting
By Parisgirl | December 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Paris is now in that lull between two big Hawaii size waves of feasting – the Christmas meal and New Year’s Eve meal. The particular problem this year for Paris residents who are planning on entertaining at home is the fact that Christmas and New Year’s Eve fall on a Sunday night – which [...]
Bringing in your New Year with a little bit of bubbly
By Parisgirl | December 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
You may be in a quandary about WHICH of the many fine champagnes to choose when you’re in Paris. You’d like to pick out foryour Parisian friends (or your friends back home)a champagne that will knock their socks off. Erid’s suggested a number of champagnes that are sure to bring a sparkle to [...]
Sunny Days in Normandy
By Parisgirl | December 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
When Jim and Chelsea Wills came to visit us in Paris and Normandy several summers ago, he videotaped our lunch and visits to local markets in Honfleur and Thiberville. Although Jim has met all sorts of challenges as a tour guide in Nepal (he was one of the first ‘adventure travel guides’ in the [...]
If you can’t stand the heat - get out of the kitchen
By Parisgirl | October 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
As I was cleaning up the dishes last night after a dinner for nine at Montparnasse, I wondered if the U. S. military should seriously begin studying French organizational skills in the kitchen.
“Technique! You lack technique,” Eric chided me. (you may remember, from a previous post, Eric and Lila who [...]
World War I Veterans - Not Forgotten
By Parisgirl | August 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
“I started this collection as an hommage to those that lost their lives for France during the Great War - or World War I - including my great grandfather as well as the Americans and English - who came over here to help us keep our freedom,” explains Bruno Gotti. During dinner [...]
Dining in - in Normandy
By Parisgirl | August 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Does anyone remember ‘I’d walk a mile for a Camel’? That came to mind during dinner with friends last night. Bruno and Martine told us how many kilometers it took to pull together a meal for friends.
First, if you want to get a good chicken, you have to drive about 13 [...]
Madame Epinard
By Parisgirl | August 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If your not Patricia Wells, preparing a dinner for French friends might be intimidating. For the first few years in France, I went through all sorts of contortions to prepare a meal that might prove to the French that Americans did actually have something called ‘cuisine’.
Most of my efforts were pretty pathetic. There [...]
