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Category Archives: FOOD
A revelation: Foie gras with raspberries and red bell pepper jelly
How do you make foie gras go with Beaujolais Villages? Start by giving the chef a glass or two. Just so that he can get the creative juices flowing… The young chef at Auberge de Chantemerle came up with an … Continue reading
Posted in 2006, Beaujolais, FOOD, Restaurants, TASTE TRAVEL, Uncategorized, what am I drinking with this dish?
Tagged Auberge de Clochemerle, Beaujolais, Beaujolais Village, complex, digestable, Domaine de La Madone, electric, foie gras, Gamay, juice, Le Perreon, new wood, pepperiness, Pinot Noir, raspberry, red bell pepper, red fruits, toastiness
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Picnic in the train
Sunday. Train ride to Montpellier. The TGV will take us there in a little over 3 hours. As soon as we are out of Paris, and the window is divided horizontally between blue sky and green fields of summer, we … Continue reading
Posted in 2003, FOOD, Recipes, What is in my glass?, WINE
Tagged 2003, butter, Chardonnay, chicken, France, lees, lemon, Les Tillets, Meursault, Montpellier, mushrooms, Paris, Patrick Javillier, Puligny, swordfish, TGV, train, veal, verbena, white pepper
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Maria, Oh! Maria @ Regalade in Beaune
There was only one line in the email: “Does anyone know how to spell La REGALADE and frogs legs or what???” With that we knew that we would have to make a trip to see Maria. Not only to keep … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, Burgundy, FOOD, Restaurants, TASTE TRAVEL, WINE
Tagged 2007, Beaune, blackboard, Burgundy, butter, Chardonnay, chicken broth, coddled eggs, dark meat, Dover sole, egg, French fries, frites, frogs legs, garlic, La Regalade, morel, mushrooms, potatoes, RN79, terrace, truffle, Vincent Dureuil, white meat
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spoon of the moment: tuna and raw beet
Inspired while doing the Saturday morning marketing. Tuna belly: the kobe beef of the sea. Fatty. Tender. Complex. Meaty. With the bitter tendency of red meat. Looking at fresh produce at the Organic Market Boulevard des Batignoles (Paris XVII), I … Continue reading
Posted in 2003, FOOD, SPOON, What is in my glass?
Tagged 2003, beet, beetroot, bitter, Chambolle Musigny 1er Cru Les Baudes, Frederic Magnien, iron, kobe beef, lime, Marché Bio des Battignolles, nutmeg, olive oil, organic, red fruits, spoon, tannic, tuna, white pepper
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spoon of the moment: summer foie gras
I don’t usually think of serving foie gras in the summer time. It seems a little rich for summer blood. Rich because of the creamy texture and inherent fattiness. Fattiness tends to have a slight sweetness to it (think fresh … Continue reading
Posted in 1997, FOOD, Recipes, SPOON, What is in my glass?, WINE
Tagged 1997, asparagus, foie gras, Haut Medoc, La Demoiselle de Sociando, lime, Sociando Mallet, spoon, summer, zest
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Ibu Oka Babi Guling
Ubud. Across the street from the Royal Palace. Ibu Oka (i.e. mama oka’s place) This place is hopping. Locals and tourists rub shoulders to get a piece of this famous roast suckling pig. Open around 11AM and they close when … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD, TASTE TRAVEL
Tagged Babi Guling, Bali, beer, Bintang, blood sausage, Brussles, crispy skin, electric, exoticism, gravy, Ibu Oka, Indonesia, porc, roast suckling pig, Royal Palace, sausage, sayur, spice, Ubud, veggies
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summer bulot sandwich
I started thinking about it as I was walking through the organic market Marché Bio of Boulevard des Battignolles in the 17th arrondissment in Paris: I wanted to make a bulots sandwich. The more I thought about it, the … Continue reading
Posted in 2007, FOOD, Recipes, what am I drinking with this dish?
Tagged 2007, basil, Beaujolais, bulots, Domaine Sauvète, Gamay, hungry, Loire, Marché Bio des Battignolles, mayonnaise, organic, pepper, rocket, rosé, Sancerre, Sauvignon de Touraine Oneiros, sea, snail, summer, tarragon, tomato, whelk, white meat
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Sqala: the ultimate Moroccan breakfast
I asked the waiter to explain what some of the choices were. A lot of the words and names of dishes were things I had never heard of. I was trying to make sense of it all… “Or you can … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD, Morocco, Restaurants
Tagged almonds, Argan oil, bacon, bitterness, breakfast, butter, Casablanca, crepe, dates, doughnut, honey, medina, mint, Morocco, olive oil, orange flower, pancakes, paradise, peanut butter, peppermint, pork, scrambled eggs, Sqala, sweetness, tajine, tea, terrace
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Psychedelic risotto @ Castel de Tres Girard
It was what we call bonus sunshine. Sun when everyone said it would rain. The kind of day where you feel strange putting on a big coat. But after an hour’s tasting in a cool cellar, you’re really glad you … Continue reading
Posted in Burgundy, FOOD, Restaurants
Tagged aldente, balance, beetroot, beets, bitterness, Burgundy, cachew nuts, cashew, Castel de Tres Girard, harmony, Italy, mange tout pea pods, Morey St Denis, nuts, Parmesan, rice, risotto, Rome, sweetness, veggies
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the best razor clams: a cinnamon tinged country
razor clams It’s pretty rare to see razor clams at a fishmonger. Even in France. So when I saw them in the central Market in Casablanca, I couldn’t help but exclaim, “Look she has couteaux (razor clams)! Lets get some.” … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD, Morocco, Restaurants, TASTE TRAVEL
Tagged Bouchra, Casablanca, Central Market, cinnamon, disgorgement, Morocco, razor clam, sea-breeze, sweet
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Sqala: mise en bouche
The Kemia Mauresque, were actually a selection of cooked vegetables that the waiter told us were Moroccan salads. All served cold. Artichoke (farthest away) with tomato was delicately spicy. Tender artichokes. Seemed generally typical of Mediterranean cuisine, something the … Continue reading
Posted in Morocco, Restaurants, TASTE TRAVEL
Tagged acidity, aggressive spicy, alcohol, aromatic, aromatic spicy, artichoke, Assortiment de Briouattes, bitterness, candied lemon, cardamom, Casablanca, chicken, cinnamon, complexity, eggplant, exotic, Fish, Italian, juice, Kemia Mauresque, ketfa, medina, Morocco, paradise, Pastilla, peach, pineapple, Port, powdered sugar, purée, red pepper, samosa, sensual, spinach, spring roll, Sqala, strawberry, sweetness, tomato
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Al Mounia
We were impressed when we discovered that the taxi driver knew where Al Mounia was. Not only because most of the other petit taxis seemed not to know where even the biggest monuments of the city were. But because we … Continue reading
Petit Taxis in Casa: getting there
For short distances in Casablanca, there are the Petit Taxis. Little red cars, beat up like old tin cans. The drivers are useless. Its crazy. Half of the time you get in, the driver has no idea where it is … Continue reading
Posted in Morocco, Restaurants, the road
Tagged Al Mounia, Casablanca, Grand Taxi, Morocco, Petit Taxi
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Rick’s Café Casablanca
Rick’s café Good thing we got in on Sunday. There was live jazz at Rick’s. Not quite Sam on the piano, but close enough. The film Casablanca, was entirely done on set. Rick’s remained alive in our minds after watching … Continue reading
Posted in Morocco, Restaurants
Tagged Cabernet, Casablanca, Crab Louis, duck confit, jazz, Médaillon, medina, Morocco, Rick's Café, salad, Volubia
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Lunch at Central Market Casa: step two
Step two : Take it to Bouchra Zoubida is the oyster lady at Parc Dar Kachon stand in the middle of the market. Apparently she is the matriarch of the Central Market and has been there every day for 39 years. … Continue reading
Posted in FOOD, Morocco, Restaurants, TASTE TRAVEL
Tagged Bouchra, calemari, Casablanca, Central Market, fishmonger, Morocco, oysters, rosé, sepia, shrimp, snails
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Lunch at Central Market Casa: step one
Step one: buy your fish.
Posted in FOOD, Morocco, TASTE TRAVEL
Tagged Casablanca, Central Market, Fish, lunch
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Tang : Bordeaux with Chinese food
Taro root with white truffle oil This is one of his signature amuse bouches. The sweetness of the taro is a perfect vehicle for the gamy complex (almost intoxicating) truffle. Noodles with shitake mushrooms Very South-East Asian in style. Some … Continue reading
Posted in 1998, 1999, 2002, FOOD, Paris, Restaurants, What is in my glass?
Tagged 1998, 1999, 2002, abalone, black sesame, Bordeaux, broccoli, Canard Pekinois, Charlie Tang, Chateau La Louvière Rouge, Chateau Talbot, crab meat, crispy skin, duck, ginger, Grand Cru Classé, langoustine, langoustines, noodles, Pessac Leognan, Roederer, rosé, scallop, shitake, St Julien, taro root, turbot, white truffle
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Mosconi-a ray of Italian sunshine in the Grund of Luxembourg
The Grund has something of a Latin feel to it. The Latin quarter of Luxembourg. Winding little streets-if only a few of them. Small houses. People walking around. Somewhat of a night life. And a true taste of Italy…. Da … Continue reading
Posted in 2003, FOOD, Luxembourg, Restaurants, TASTE TRAVEL, WINE
Tagged 2003, amuse bouche, artichoke, artichoke chips, Balsamic Vinegar, Bandol, Bass, beet, bitterness, black truffle, Brunello, Burgundy, candied orange rind, carrot, caviar, cherry tomato, cinnamon, fatiness, foie gras, garlic, girolle, Grund, Italian, Latin, liquorish, Luxembourg, Mosconi, neutrality, orange flower water, Parmesan, parpardelle, Poggio Antico, potato, prune, pumpkin, rabbit, red wine sauce, risotto, roasted, rosemary, scallop, Sicilian, spiciness, sweetness, white chocolate, white truffle
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