LA POULE AU POT 9, rue Vauvilliers, 1er 01 42 36 32 96 Metro Louvre-Rivoli or Chatelet-les-Halles Another old reliable, especially for post-theatre/opera/clubbing as they are open to the rosy hour of 5AM. The dining room has...

In a french frenzy I revisited both these places over the course of two days last week. La Poule au Pot in Pimlico for lunch and la Trouvaille for dinner. Both are similar as La Trouvaille is a break away/copy pf the alma mater in...

I just returned from Montreal. Au Pied was FAB- top quality ingredients, great cooking,fun service. We had poutine with foie gras-really a treat, deer tongue-incredible- fresh greens, pork chop and a not to be missed tarte aux...

: foie gras with buckwheat pancake and maple, salted codfish fritters, griddled codfish-potato brandade, fried nuggets with liquid foie inside (there’s a French name for it I’m not sure of), pot au feu, roasted...

I’m eternally grateful for the link, Melanie. I tried the tart and it’s transcendant. Coq au vin is next...

, absolutely the best we had the entire trip. Just meltingly perfect. We also chose from the expansive dessert cart, pink grapefruit tart with pink grapefruit sorbet for me and some of that tart with a raspberry chocolate tart and...

Au Pied de Cochon specializes in Quebec products, pork and foie gras and game and in the summer, seafood, much of it cooked in a wood fired oven and served in massive portions in a very lively, noisy bistro/brasserie type...

I finally realized what dining at a 3 star Michelin place meant when I tasted the first course at Au Crocodile, a whole duck foie gras accompanied by “pommes royal gala” (apples two ways – a puree and baked...

at the shop of your choice. However, I often have to drive there for business reasons and found myself there one afternoon and decided to look for a place to lunch. I wasn’t sure what was there, although I had heard that there was...

perhaps a little vindication for casey... from sherry virbila’s review of suzanne tracht’s new long beach restaurant in today’s l.a. times: "Coq au vin, though, is a classic that’s gone missing on local...

Sorry for my slowness in getting this posted, but I thought I’d share my write-up. Pictures can be seen here.. http://www.alifewortheating.com/paris/au-trou-gascon/ . Thanks for reading. I believe it was Ron Burgundy of...

I wonder if this recipe is floating out somewhere on the internet. Featured on Julia Child’s TV show a while back, it made Julia cry. It looked so good I wanted to try to make it. I found pbs video clips but a written...

, and the fillings vary, lemon is common, they do a chocolate nut that is excellent, they also do a pecan pie version filling, without nuts we call them "au sucre". So I would venture to say that tarts are common in Montreal, most...

Can anyone suggest a good bakery in DC where I can get a nice tarte au pommes? Or other French-style tarte with fruit (strawberry, etc). One that will serve 8 people. Many thanks. Capitol Hill neighborhood preferred but...

I stumbled upon Tartes, at 3rd and arch, while shopping in the wholesale food equipment stores. This is a small stand alone shop that sells outstanding pastries through the window. The chocolate creme brulee tart is downright...