April 25, 2007
Book Signing Events
Spring has sprung, the publication date of my cookbook is getting closer by the minute, and my book tour, too, although I can't think too much about it because I have so many things to get done before I leave (buy new dress, write new book), it is making my head spin.
The list of book tour events is still being fine-tuned and a few more will be added in the coming days (in Seattle and London in particular), but I thought I would post it now so...
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April 23, 2007
Gelée au Chocolat, Ananas et Violette
[Chocolate Jelly with Pineapple and Violet]
This is the dessert I served to close my recent spring lamb dinner: it was a few days before Easter so chocolate was definitely in order, but since lamb shoulder is a rather rich cut (though I must note that French lambs seem to be much leaner than their American cousins; French Lambs Don't Get Fat), I wanted to chase it with a weightless dessert.
Inspiration came in the form of a recipe card I'd cl...
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April 16, 2007
Canapés Radis Avocat au Sel Fumé
[Avocado and Radish Canapés with Smoked Salt]
I've been on an avocado kick lately, and I blame my favorite produce stall for that: they keep running specials on them and really, who can resist a special on a trio of avocados when the stall keeper will hand-pick them for you so each will be ripe a couple of days after the previous one? (And since we're on the subject of produce stall wonders, I've just discovered after four years of schlepping ...
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April 11, 2007
Braised Lamb Shoulder with Flageolet Beans
[Epaule d'Agneau Confite et Flageolets]
Spring lamb is the traditional centerpiece of Easter Sunday menus in France: the agneau pascal symbolizes the sacrifice of the innocent, and the breeding cycles mean it is at its best this time of year, conveniently enough.
My family isn't religious at all and the only thing we've ever commemorated at Easter is the invention of chocolate, but because Catholic traditions are so deeply rooted in France, t...
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April 5, 2007
Carottes Rapées à l'Avocat
[Grated Carrot Salad with Avocado]
As subscribers to the Chocolate & Zucchini newsletter already know, a French publisher has purchased the rights to my very-soon-to-be-published cookbook. And because the tone of writing is very personal, I've asked to translate my own words: the recipes themselves are taken care of by a pro, while I translate -- and often rewrite -- the stories that accompany them and structure the book.
I'm fortunate that m...
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