Culinary Adventures

Zany Chefs, Cookbooks and Foie Gras

What a wonderful weekend in cold snowy Paris!   I don’t think I have ever had so many variations of foie gras and fun as I did this past Saturday and Sunday.   I was lucky to receive an invitation from Gault Millau, the other and better French restaurant guide to The International Cookbook Fair, that …

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Crepes or Orange Flower Cookies Celebrate Chandeleur(Festival of Lights)

One of the many things I love about French culture is the association of traditional foods around the many holidays here.  In Paris and the rest of France, February the 2th is the celebration of Chandeleur or the Festival of Lights. The majority of the French celebrate the holiday with crepes, but not in Marseille! …

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