David    My sauce for the summer is Basil Vinaigrette Don t get me wrong I love pesto But this basil forward sauce has the punchy flavor of fresh herbs and takes less than a minute to blend together And unlike its thicker cousin this vinaigrette can be drizzled over everything from fresh tomatoes and

David    It was definitely mercury in retrograde recently when I got a phone call at pm while we were having dinner at home from a restaurant I d reserved a table at asking if we were showing up for our pm reservation I was sure I had reserved for the following night but nope I erred and our

David    Miznon is hard to write about because once inside it s hard to describe what s going on To figure out the menu or the structure can take some doing It s better just to go in with blind faith and have the experience without trying to control or understand it That said I m not a picky eater

David    In the winter we often turn to the tropics to get our fruit fixes Bananas are the most popular fruit in America and they re quite popular elsewhere too I m happy with oranges grapefruits and chocolate yup cocoa beans are fruit great news for fruit lovers but sometimes it s nice to

David    I was recently gifted an overload of strawberries I bought four baskets from a vendor at the market whose booth I shop at often and he threw in two extra baskets for free the equivalent of a carte de fidelité loyalty card in Paris So I ve spent the past few days washing hulling cutting and

Emily Gaudichon    The word soufflé in French means breath which is an excellent name for these light as air treats They re easy and fun to make can go from thought to table in minutes and the ingredients are cheap and readily available almost every grocery store has eggs The only hard part is accepting that

David    I was once on a panel about food blogging and everyone was surprised when I said that at any given time I have seventeen posts started either sitting on my kitchen counter or partially written on my computer With the focus on blogs being a little more spiffy than they used to be back when you

David    I ve been a bit out of sorts recently getting a little buried under things that are less fun than cooking and baking Fortunately I gotta eat And I also have to have chocolate frequently As in daily Otherwise I turn into some kind of crazed person It s a little strange but I guess there

David    I ve always dreamed of writing a soup cookbook A book of recipes where there s no need to carefully measure or weigh things variations are not only allowable but encouraged and cooking times are not cast in stone instructions to be followed like the ten commandments It s no wonder the French

Emily Gaudichon    Hello Emily here sharing my top tips for a visit to the Provençal village of Cassis whose motto is Qu a vist Paris se noun a vist Cassis n a rèn vist Who has seen Paris and not Cassis has not seen anything I definitely recommend adding it to your list of places to visit in France It s