Lunch in the Country
The French are famous for languid, luxurious meals that begin with drinks around 1 p.m., and finish as the sun […]
Favorite Meal of the Day
What’s yours? I love them all of course, but breakfast is my favorite. There is something so fresh and new
Strawberry and Pepper Tart
For the pâte sucrée: 1-3/4 cups (230g) all-purpose flour ½ teaspoons fine sea salt ½ cup vanilla sugar 4 large
Real Values
Looking forward without looking left, right, or behind (fracking); violence on the street in a London neighborhood; Beckham quitting soccer;
Goat Cheese
Last night my friend Alain Madonna joined us for dinner as part of class at On Rue Tatin. Alain makes
Vanilla Sugar
A house without a cookie is a sad place indeed, I thought as I pulled the vanilla sugar from its
Cookeez
In the early 1980’s, I was hired to open a small tea salon in the sixth arrondissement of Paris. My
Language for Breakfast
This morning over fresh bread, butter, jam and steaming bowls of hot chocolate (for my daughter) and tea (for me),
Baptiste & his Vegetables in the New York Times
Those of you who have been to class at On Rue Tatin have eaten his marvelous vegetables; many of
