October 2006 Archive
C&Z Birthday Party Reminder + My Mother's Sewing BlogCompote de Pomme et Potimarron à la Vanille de Mayotte
Edible Podcasts
Fondant Chocolat Noix de Coco
La Bague de Kenza
Le Poulet de Muriel
Rôti de Porc au Chou Rouge Epicé, Pommes et Pruneaux
Spiced Chocolate Peanut Butter
October 30, 2006
Rôti de Porc au Chou Rouge Epicé, Pommes et Pruneaux
[Pork Roast with Spiced Red Cabbage, Apples, and Prunes] I don't normally buy meat at the farmers' market: I have a good neighborhood butcher that I like -- his name is Mario, what's not to like? -- and my usual crop of fruits, vegetables, cheese, and flowers is usually so bulky in my rainbow-colored basket (a birthday gift from my neighbors) th...
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October 26, 2006
La Bague de Kenza
Walking through the Oberkampf neighborhood this past Friday on my way from one appointment to the next, I glanced at my watch and gleefully realized I had just enough time to drop by La Bague de Kenza, a luxurious Algerian pastry shop on rue Saint-Maur. There was a line snaking outside onto the sidewalk -- it was still Ramadan then and many of t...
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October 23, 2006
Compote de Pomme et Potimarron à la Vanille de Mayotte
[Apple and Hokkaido Squash Compote with Mayotte Vanilla] I recently read that online shopping -- or just online window-shopping -- was a widespread form of procrastination. I cannot for the life of me remember where I read this, but it's probably because reading random stuff on the Internet is another way in which I squander vast amounts of my t...
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October 18, 2006
Edible Podcasts
However much I love the Paris métro -- it might surprise you to learn that actually like its smell, a special mix of metal, dust, and rubber -- walking remains my favorite means of transportation around the city. It gives me the opportunity to stretch my legs, traverse favorite or unfamiliar neighborhoods, indulge in a little people-watching, and...
October 16, 2006
Fondant Chocolat Noix de Coco
[Coconut Chocolate Cake] I have known Marie-Laure for nineteen years. This represents more than two thirds of our lives, and our friendship has accompanied us through primary school, junior high, high school, university, a year in Brazil for her, two years in California for me, and a variety of jobs, relationships, and haircuts, without us ever ...
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October 11, 2006
C&Z Birthday Party Reminder + My Mother's Sewing Blog
Post-Party Update: Many thanks to all of you who came! I had a splendid time and it was a pleasure to meet you or see you again. As always, we were a joyful, diverse bunch: old friends and new; next-door neighbors and visitors from the other side of the world; professional chefs, enthusiastic cooks, people who would rather just eat what someone e...
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October 9, 2006
Spiced Chocolate Peanut Butter
Considering my love of good-for-you nut butters and my passion for the unabashedly trashy peanut butter cup, it was only a matter of time before I attempted to coalesce the two and make a peanut butter cup spread of some sort. I thought I would simply use unsweetened cocoa powder to flavor an otherwise classic homemade peanut butter, but when I ...
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October 3, 2006
Le Poulet de Muriel
[Muriel's Chicken] Cookbook writing guidelines tell you that naming a recipe after someone is not a good idea: it doesn't tell the reader much about the ingredients or the process, the reader doesn't know this person, and frankly, the reader doesn't really care. This is all true of course, but I have a certain fondness for those recipes that sou...
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