Apple and Pear Compote
The apple and pear harvest this year in my small, urban garden is like a treasure hunt, as the fruit […]
Life in France
Red Pepper Essence
Every autumn for the past three years has found me dicing snaky sweet peppers and cooking them slowly in extra-virgin
Rhubarb Raspberry Jam
I refuse to complain about the weather. One could because our extremely hot and sunny temperatures took a nose-dive into
Memories of the Cote d’Azur
I apologize for silence these last several days. I did something unusual; I took a vacation. I had my computer
Cooking Among the Stars
Cooking and teaching French cuisine in Los Angeles is more fun than I could have imagined! For one thing, I’m
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
Real Values
Looking forward without looking left, right, or behind (fracking); violence on the street in a London neighborhood; Beckham quitting soccer;
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
