June 2004 Archive
AmorinoBrochettes de Poissons Tropicaux à la Nectarine, Chutney Assorti (IMBB5)
Cabillaud aux Fèves, Airelles et Pistaches
Corn Muffins
Duo de Pesto : Pesto de Roquette et Pesto Rouge
Fig and Mozzarella Warm Sandwich
Figues d'Iran
Gâteau Renversé Brocoli et Polenta
Gâteau au Chocolat Aérien, Glacé Ganache
La Baguette, par Jean-Paul Gaultier
La Table de Lucullus
Le Sandwich Corse de Clotilde, vu chez Cojean
Le Tryptic de Camille
Mushroom Salt
Paillassons de Pomme de Terre
Roasted Green Peppers
Speculoos
Terrine de Légumes au Fromage de Chèvre et aux Herbes
The Paris Potluck
The Paris Potluck : Yet More Recipes!
Un Week-End en Bourgogne
White Bean and Nut Butter Dip
June 30, 2004
Un Week-End en Bourgogne
[A Week-End in Burgundy] June this year was The Month Of Weddings for us : we were invited to three of them, three week-ends in a row, three differents couples (we checked). The first of them, two weeks ago, was held in the bride's beautiful family house in Bourgogne, South-East of Paris. This was the perfect occasion for us to take a mini-tou...
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June 29, 2004
La Baguette, par Jean-Paul Gaultier
[The Baguette, by Jean-Paul Gaultier] What you see here is a baguette created by Jean-Paul Gaultier, as indicated by the signature navy blue stripes. Well, see, I can't just eat any old baguette, it has to have some style, you know? I bought it at an art show that just opened at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, a beautiful exhibition hall on th...
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June 28, 2004
Le Tryptic de Camille
I posted last week about a set of chromatic menus I created for the graduation project of my friend Camille, who majored in design. The project is called Tryptic, and is a portable and sharable lunch box for three (Dyptic for two and Quartic for four would be additions to the product range). Many of you expressed curiosity about the menus and the...
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June 25, 2004
Amorino
I am not the biggest ice-cream fan you'll ever find. I like Haagen-Dazs and Ben & Jerry's, but in fact I have realized that I would love it even more if they would just cut the ice-cream itself and leave me with the chunky things inside, chocolate chips, fudge, cookie dough, caramel, pralines, macadamia nuts. And when you really look at it, eatin...
June 23, 2004
Gâteau au Chocolat Aérien, Glacé Ganache
[Aerial Chocolate Cake, Ganache Glaze] This cake recipe comes from Trish Deseine's book Je Veux du Chocolat! -- much-liked and oft-mentioned around here, as I'm sure you've noticed. I am not spontaneously drawn to that kind of light-textured chocolate cake, having chosen instead to walk the path of dense, fudgy, melt-in-your-mouth cakes, but som...
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June 22, 2004
Le Sandwich Corse de Clotilde, vu chez Cojean
[Clotilde's Corsican Sandwich, as seen at Cojean's] I cannot begin to tell you how gratifying Chocolate & Zucchini has been, since the very early days. But this, having a sandwich named after me at one of my absolute favorite lunch places, is a benefit I clearly hadn't foreseen. You must forgive my candor, but : how unbelievably cool is that, I ...
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June 20, 2004
Brochettes de Poissons Tropicaux à la Nectarine, Chutney Assorti (IMBB5)
[Tropical Fish and Nectarine Skewers, Matching Chutney] Yay, it's IMBB time again! Today is the 5th edition of Is My Blog Burning?, the collaborative food blogging event in which food bloggers all over the world unite, and cook something in line with a theme. IMBB is our dear Alberto's brain child, and this fantastic, fun and friendly event has ...
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June 18, 2004
Figues d'Iran
[Persian Figs] These cute marble-size figs are called Persian figs, or Shirazi figs. They come from Iran, where they are produced on a small scale, in villages : they are picked from a type of fig-tree which grows scattered in the mountains, and they are then dried in the sun. The path those little guys have taken to reach me is a little tortuo...
June 17, 2004
Roasted Green Peppers
I had been wanting to roast my own peppers for years, but never had. I'd always loved roasted peppers, be they red, green, yellow or none of the above. I had read about the different possible methods, about the tips and tricks, about the things that could go wrong and how to avoid them, about how freshly roasted peppers were astonishingly better ...
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June 16, 2004
La Table de Lucullus
[Update: La Table de Lucullus is now closed. Nicolas has plans to open a new one on L'Ile d'Yeu, but I don't have the details yet.] This past Friday, I took Maxence out to dinner at La Table de Lucullus. The official excuse was to mark a job-related occasion, but in truth, I had wanted to take him to that restaurant for a little while, and was j...
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June 15, 2004
Mushroom Salt
Just when you thought that some things, like salt, couldn't be improved upon, someone has to go out and invent mushroom salt! This pretty grinder, which I bought at the Grande Epicerie de Paris, contains thick crystals of sea salt and chunks of dried mushrooms -- chanterelles, porcini and African caesar mushrooms -- so that the seasoning you gri...
June 14, 2004
Gâteau Renversé Brocoli et Polenta
[Broccoli and Cornmeal Upside Down Cake] I love surprises, and I'm sure you'll agree that cooking surprises are among the best. You start out to make something, unsure where you're going, assembling things, changing course as you go ; you don't really know what you're doing, half-thinking "oh dear that doesn't look right", but still, you're goi...
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June 11, 2004
Corn Muffins
Oh. My. Muffin. These corn muffins you see here were made with the mix that Alicia sent me a little while ago, as part of her Maryland Delights food package. I hadn't had a corn muffin since my California days, and they were as excellent as I remembered, if not even more so. This mix is made by a brand named Washington, and boasts golden sweet...
June 10, 2004
Fig and Mozzarella Warm Sandwich
I have always been a huge sandwich fan, I could eat sandwiches at every meal. This is probably because I adore bread, but also because nothing beats holding your food in your hands and biting greedily into it. Elegant? No. Messy? Yes. But oh-so-satisfying! Sandwich making, however, is an art that very few food outlets master, obviously. Cardboar...
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June 9, 2004
Speculoos
When our friends came over for dinner on Saturday night, I felt like serving a simple and light dessert. By "light" I do not necessarily mean light in calories, but rather light as in "not too rich". I wanted to make something fruit-based, with a little cookie-type thing to dip in and accompany it. I like that kind of dessert, because it allows e...
June 8, 2004
Cabillaud aux Fèves, Airelles et Pistaches
[Codfish with Fava Beans, Cranberries and Pistachios] This is the main dish I served on Saturday night, when our friends came to dinner. The idea for this sort of came to me out of thin air : I was leafing through cookbooks but nothing was really calling my name, when all of a sudden I had visions of fish, baked, with colorful little veggies. Th...
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June 7, 2004
Duo de Pesto : Pesto de Roquette et Pesto Rouge
[A Duet of Pesto : Rucola Pesto and Red Pesto] On Saturday night, my dear friends Marie-Laure and Laurence and their respective (and dear, too) boyfriends Ludo and Jean-Christophe came over for dinner. This had been decided just the day before, so Saturday morning saw me sitting on the couch, surrounded by cookbooks, perusing them for inspiratio...
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June 6, 2004
The Paris Potluck : Yet More Recipes!
And here is the final batch of recipes from the Paris Potluck. ~ Featured in this post, you will find : Zucchini Carpaccio (Isabelle) Endive and Lardon Salad (Alisa and Jean-Yves) Codfish and Roasted Tomato Terrine (Christoph) ~ Featured in the previous post were : Spring Vegetable Risotto (Isabelle) Pea and Roasted-Garlic Crostini with Olives ...
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June 4, 2004
Terrine de Légumes au Fromage de Chèvre et aux Herbes
[Goat Cheese and Herb Vegetable Terrine] When trying to decide what to bring to the Paris Potluck the other day, my thoughts immediately turned to a terrine. I love terrines : I like the name, I like the dish you make them in (and specifically my own), I like the nice, country feel they have to them. They are also a wonderful thing to bring to a...
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June 3, 2004
Paillassons de Pomme de Terre
[Potato Hashbrowns] If you're perfectly honest with yourself, you'll probably realize that a lot of the things you do are in fact an alibi for something else. Example? Example : I loved going out for breakfast in the US. I would order eggs, but really, that was just an alibi to get the hashbrowns. Of course, I could have just ordered hashbrowns...
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June 2, 2004
White Bean and Nut Butter Dip
Our neighbor-friends Stéphan and Patricia have been busy repainting their living-room these past few weeks. On Sunday they were finally done, so they rearranged the furniture, knocked on our kitchen window with the Ceremonial Wooden Spoon, and invited us over for a little newly-repainted-house-warming drink. You just don't go to a house-warming ...
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June 1, 2004
The Paris Potluck
When I went to the Salon Saveurs recently, I had the pleasure of meeting with a few Chocolate & Zucchini readers. A few hours of wandering up and down the aisles brought us closer, and as we all sat down, exhausted but exhilarated, the idea of creating a little supper club was brought up. The idea was to throw a dinner party where everyone would ...
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