August 31, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Tara Austen Weaver
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Tara Austen Weaver, a.k.a. Tea, is the Seattle-based author of the blog Tea & Cookies, on which she discusses cooking, gardening, traveling, reading, and writing, weaving stories into it all with a gentleness and honesty that set her apart. She is the author of the memoir The Butcher and the Vegetarian, and she has just rel...
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August 29, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Chika Yoshizaki
Photography by Chika Yoshizaki.
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Chika Yoshizaki is the Japanese writer, photographer, and translator behind the blog She who eats, where her luminous photography allows us a glimpse into the kind of foods she cooks and eats in Tokyo, and wherever her frequent travels take her.
Here she tells us about traveling with a bottl...
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August 26, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Gena Hamshaw
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Gena Hamshaw is the author of Choosing Raw, a blog that showcases high-raw, vegan foods. I have long been curious about "alternative" diets and their effects on our health and our planet, and I enjoy the accessible, relatable way Gena writes about hers, with nuggets of wisdom and level-headed advice drawn from her experienc...
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August 24, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Lucy Vanel
Photography by Lucy Vanel.
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Lucy Vanel is an American writer and photographer who lives in Lyon, and writes beautifully about food on her blog Lucy's Kitchen Notebook. She has a particular talent for capturing minute moments, holding them up in her hand for us to see before they vanish, and I always leave her blog feeling li...
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August 22, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Heidi Swanson
Photography by Wayne Bremser.
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Heidi Swanson is the talented writer and photographer behind the blog 101 Cookbooks, which never ceases to inspire me with its quietly elegant recipes promoting natural, whole foods, and the lifestyle to match. Heidi lives in San Francisco, and her most recently published cookbook is the gorgeo...
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August 19, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Derrick Schneider
Photography by Melissa Schneider.
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Derrick Schneider is an Oakland-based programmer, puzzle designer, and writer who created one of the first food blogs ever, An Obsession With Food, which I credit for giving me the blogging bug back in the day. Derrick is a regular contributor to the Art of Eating, among other publications,...
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August 18, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Luisa Weiss
Photography by Luisa Weiss.
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Luisa Weiss is a New York writer currently based in Berlin, and the author of the wonderful blog The Wednesday Chef, which documents her cooking life with inimitable verve and style. She was kind enough to answer my questions just as she was nearing the deadline for the manuscript of her much-ant...
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August 16, 2011
Cooking on Vacation by Molly Wizenberg
Photography by Molly Wizenberg.
This is part of a series of Q&A's about cooking on vacation. The complete list of posts in this series is available here.
Molly Wizenberg is the author of the blog Orangette, which glows with her unique writing voice. She has published a best-selling memoir called A Homemade Life, and she and her husband Brandon Pettit have created a well-loved pizza place in Seattle called Delancey, where I hope to dine some da...
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August 15, 2011
Cooking on Vacation: A Q&A Series
Tomatoes with fresh cheese and herbs eaten in Croatia.
To keep you entertained while I take a little break, I've asked a few of my favorite bloggers and friends to tell me about the kind of cooking they do on vacation, whether they're visiting friends or family, renting a place, camping, etc. I wasn't necessarily looking for anything fancy, and was just as interested in the lazy stuff one cooks under those circumstances.
I'll be publishing thi...
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August 9, 2011
Poached Rhubarb
These days, when I get to the Batignolles farmers market on Saturday mornings -- as early as I can but not as early as I'd like -- my first order of business is to dart upon whatever rhubarb is left at my favorite produce stall.
My strategy is not 100% proper, I'm afraid.
The pile of stalks is usually found a third of the way down the length of the stall, wedged in between, say, a basket of short cucumbers and a crate of tiny new potatoes, an...
August 4, 2011
[Edible Idiom] Mettre les bouchées doubles
Photography by Astrid Berglund.
This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to food. Browse the list of idioms featured so far.
This week's expression is, "Mettre les bouchées doubles."
Literally (and awkwardly) translated as, "putting the double bites," it means doubling your efforts.
Example: "Il va falloir mettre les bouchées doubles si on veut boucler le projet avant la fin du mois." "We need to double our effort...
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August 1, 2011
August 2011 Desktop Calendar
At the beginning of every month, I am offering C&Z readers a new wallpaper to apply on the desktop of your computer, with a food-related picture and a calendar of the current month.
Our calendar for August is a picture of a fig and thyme tartlet from my favorite Paris pastry shop, Pain de Sucre (14 rue Rambuteau in the 3rd, +33 1 45 74 68 92, see map).
Instructions to get your calendar are below....
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