Belgian Endive, Persimmons, Avocado and More
I didn’t plan this salad but when I unpacked my market basket, all of the ingredients were there, begging to be assembled. It was the perfect antidote to a dark, grey, beginning-of-the darkest month of winter day. And it just goes to show: brightness is where you least expect it. Some tips before you […]
Fontainbleau
Today, Seattle friends came for lunch. They’d already been in Provence for a week, eating truffles every time they turned around. This, and the fact that all of these people are part of the Seattle food world, meant that the bar was high. Lunch itself posed no problem. I had magret de canard produced near […]
Persimmons
Persimmon. It has always been a mythic fruit to me, one my grandmother talked about from her childhood. Because they grow in warm climates, and because I have never lived in one of those, they weren’t ever part of my diet. Oh, I occasionally found them at the market in New York when I lived […]
