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Mont-Saint-Michel: One Ancient Omelette
We had heard about The Omelette, of course. About how Annette Boutiaut, a late-19th Century innkeeper in Mont-Saint-Michel, had begun keeping eggs in store to whip together quick omelettes for hungry...
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Shhh … People Are Eating
Not that I was looking, but I may have found a restaurant that’s even quieter than Chanterelle, a place in New York that was so hushed when I dined there a few years ago that you could probably have...
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Paris: Putting The “Ohh” in Aligot
Like many good New Yorkers, I had come to regard carbs as the enemy. I’d accepted that Asian noodles were my Delilah. But with a few exceptions — any dish of steak frites that crossed my sight being...
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Paris: A Lunch With A View
For a first-timer in Paris, the Sister had not done badly. Sure, we hadn’t managed to get into L’Ami Jean or Hidden Kitchen, but the basics had been covered: Berthillon ice-cream, Laduree macarons,...
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At wd-50: The French, They Came
Walking into wd-50 early Monday evening, you couldn’t help but notice the distinct stillness. It felt almost like entering a temple — the air was plump with reverence, laced with frissons of...
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Top 10: The Memorable Eats Of 2009
You know it’s been a good year when you are able to say this: 2009 was when I began to eat for a living. I’d always been a devotee of affairs of the stomach. I may have written about fashion and...
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Poilane Miche: Tackling A Legend
As usual, I had bread on my mind the moment I returned to New York from my latest trip to Singapore. After weeks away from my oven, I always touch down just itching to bake something. And this time, a...
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Candelaria: Eating Tacos in Paris
The gastronomic Paris in my mind is a swirl of glistening pastries, heady fromages and smoky bistros serving up heaping platters of seared steaks and frites. It is most certainly not tacos. Not until...
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Verjus: Two Americans in Paris
When two people have been cooking together online for almost three years, feeding a budding transcontinental friendship with tales of chili, liquid lunches and more, there’s a lot of pressure to make...
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Le Sèvero: Steak Frites Perfection
Anyone who knows me even remotely knows this: I am just about the biggest red-meat lover you’ll meet. Diets and doctors be damned — if it were possible to eat a big hunk of steak every day, you know I...
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