April 2008 Archive
Amsterdam HighlightsClotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris
On Hotel Breakfasts, and How Not to Have Them
Squeeze Cookies (A Roasted Flour Experiment)
Today Show Appearance
April 30, 2008
Today Show Appearance
I was a guest on the Today Show* yesterday morning, and my segment is now available online, if you'd like to see me demo my Pear and Chocolate Cake-Tart, a recipe taken from Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris. (This was my second time on the show; read about last year's segment here.) * The Today Show is a national television show that's broa...
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April 28, 2008
On Hotel Breakfasts, and How Not to Have Them
Much has been written about plane food and its associated plights; I don't think enough ink has been devoted to the matter of hotel breakfasts. And as I get ready to embark on my book tour, the subject is very much on my mind. Breakfast is, to me, the most intimate meal of the day, the one that you eat barefoot and in your pajamas, the one that ...
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April 22, 2008
Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris
It is with unmitigated joy that I announce the release of my new book today! Clotilde's Edible Adventures in Paris is a book on Paris restaurants and food shops, in which I share recommendations for my favorite spots -- everything from neo bistros and salons de thé to bakeries, outdoor markets, wine shops, and much, much more, as they say -- pl...
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April 14, 2008
Squeeze Cookies (A Roasted Flour Experiment)
Among the many things I learned during that memorable conference on molecular gastronomy, one idea has been whirling around my brain with particular insistence since then, and it is that of farine torréfiée*, or roasted flour. It was introduced to us by way of a truism: raw flour is bland, browned flour isn't. This is why we bother to make roux,...
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April 8, 2008
Amsterdam Highlights
Our trip started in the most inauspicious of ways. We could have taken the time, as we usually do, to drop by the bakery on our way to the Gare du Nord, where a train was to take us to Amsterdam in just! four! hours!, but no. Instead, we chose to get ten extra minutes of sleep, and thus found ourselves on the Thalys train at lunchtime, pushed to...
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