Eight Minute Salmon
I eat salmon very occasionally because I'm a salmon snob. Anyone from the Pacific Northwest is because to us, our wild Pacific salmon is mother’s milk, the essence of…
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Eight Minute Salmon
Flourless Chocolate Cake from the Grill
Baking a cake over the coals? Quelle idée. But pizza bakes perfectly over blazing charcoal, so why not biscuits, or rhubarb pie, or even a flourless chocolate cake? As any…
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Flourless Chocolate Cake from the Grill
Table Restaurant in Paris
What are the ingredients that go into making an esthete? I think Bruno Verjus, chef and owner of Table restaurant in Paris, probably has the answer to that, because he…
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Table Restaurant in Paris
An Unexpected Adventure
I save mid-winter and early spring for writing, trying my best not to fill my calendar. It’s always a halcyon time where I, like most writers I know and read…
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An Unexpected Adventure
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Happy New Year
I gathered friends and neighbors together for our annual holiday fete, one I make easy on myself by asking each guest to bring a favorite dish. It occurred to me…
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Happy New Year
Miami and Seattle Coming Up
Here's a little reminder about French happiness coming your way! I'll be giving you my French culinary tips and secrets in Miami January 16-18 at the amazing Gastronomicom cooking school,…
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Miami and Seattle Coming Up
Tuerie
There is something so very special about being an expatriate even though, occasionally, I long for the familiarity of the country where I was born. But just think: here, I…
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Tuerie
A Great Christmas Gift – Cooking French in Miami, the Pacific Northwest, and More
For those of you who want to create fabulous French meals, hang on! I'm coming to the U.S. to teach you! I'll be in four different and amazing U.S. locations this…
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A Great Christmas Gift – Cooking French in Miami, the Pacific Northwest, and More
La Rentrée
Suddenly, as though poured from the sky, people filled the streets of Louviers yesterday, mostly Mamans, scurrying with their progeny to pick up last-minute school clothes and supplies. I could see…
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La Rentrée
Fig Crostata
I'll be including plenty of gorgeous Italian recipes in classes this fall, and one of them is inspired by the air in this high spot of Tuscany, part of the Apuan…
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Fig Crostata