stuff. However, all of our trips seem to come back to the central theme of food. Thanks for reading... Saturday May 13, 2000 – Arrive at the Domaine de Valmouriane in St. Remy a bit jet lagged, but since our room isn’t...

Anything from Julia Child’s 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol. 1' will work. That was published in 1961 and was all the rage for at least the next 15 years. I received my copy in 1975. Her Boeuf Bourguignon is...

by Jacques Pepin are great resources. The Oxford Companion to Food. Le Livre de Michel Bras. Further recommendations could be made with a better understanding of technical competence and type of cuisine preference.

and cream cheese, a slice of tomato and a slice of onion Mexican tortas, especially torta de chorizo (sausage) or lengua (tongue!) Spicy Italian sausage with grilled onions and peppers on crispy sub roll Meatballs smothered in...

's bad...I sent back a $150 bottle of Nuit-St. George on Cape Cod several years ago and the owner agreed with me...and to clayfu, yes, you should be able to smell a corked wine

. - FWIW, I liked the wine offerings we tried. (Sancerre Ladoucette, Comte Lafond, Savuignon, Val De Loire 2006 and Nuit St Georges Chaivenet ler Chiagnot, 2004) They don’t have a sommelier (yet) but they seem to be...

I found to be a bit whacky, due to a high percentage of what was probably fairly unripe Syrah): the estate Riesling and Chardonnay are both great, and the Nuit Blanche, although pricey at $40, is mind-blowing: A...

We just got back and Mr Shallots had the odd feeling of being the only guy in the movie. Did Julie just cook Vol. 1? I thought I recognized recipes from that one only. About the cooked cukes. Years...no, damn it, it was decades...

with vinaigrette to freshen things up after all that, and then sister-in-law did a very nicely booze-soaked buche de noel. Brother-in-law and I had grave doubts about the wine Pops had hauled out from the cellar, two very dusty...

for Monday, Vol Au Vent Financiere (a dish made of Sweetbread stuffed in a house-made Pastry) for Tuesday, Duck a L’Orange for Wednesday, Blanquette de Veau Printaniere (a Veal Shoulder and Veal Short Ribs dish) for...

35 years ago while i was in college, (okay, maybe 38 years ago) I decided to make Ris de Veau Financier vol au vent, which was probably the most complicated and involved thing I’ve ever made (even more than a number of...

it every morning for breakfast for months. I also love my E. Davids and Julias and De Groot and andandandand... I don’t mind Rachel Ray that much, but I’d NEVER buy her books or those of Martha Stewart. Too much...

heard a lot of good things about the three new restaurants at the TBR, both from various fora and from the management. Two, Palm Terrace and 21◦ North, are operations of the resort, with the third, Ola, being a leased location...

in net pen enclosures." Marine Pollution Bulletin 42(6): 433-444. FAO (2002). FAO Yearbook. Fishery Statistics. Aquaculture Production 2002. Vol 94/2. Rome, Italy, United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization. FAO (2002). FAO...

by various well known chefs, though I confess I’ve never used any of them. And there’s always the classic 2 vol Julia Child on French Cooking or some of the many Jacques Pepin books. His recipes are very direct and for...