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Off To Nola

August 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Thank you all of you who came to hear Trialogues at The Local 269 on Monday.  Pierre Joris, Michael Bisio & I had a wonderful  time and the captive audience provided great support and inspiration. At the end of this post you will find the photo gallery of the gig —courtesy of my friend documentalist/ [...]

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Tags: Fish · Food Sources · Paintings/Drawings · Poetry · Politico · Travel

Cuke Salad

August 20th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Do you like cucumbers? I do now, but it is a taste I acquired over the years. Cukes were popular in my family only in cornichons form (tiny cukes pickled in vinegar). I don’t remember if it is my father or my grandfather who used to say “les concombres, ils me reprochent,” meaning not he [...]

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Tags: Food History · Food Sources · Fridge · Lunch · My Fast Food

Oxtail Summer Stew: must eat it with your fingers!

August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Image from: Dictionnaire Universel de Cuisine et d’Hygiène Alimentaire —Joseph Favre  1894— In the the late 19th century French nomenclature for beef cut classification (see picture above), beef tail ranked as PREMIÈRE CATÉGORIE (first category) — for the top of the tail— &  CINQUIÈME CATÉGORIE (fifth category) for the rest of it, which makes sense [...]

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Tags: Brooklyn · Chinese Food · Dinner · Food History · Food Sources · French Food · Korean Food

Omelette aux Girolles a.k.a Chanterelles

August 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

Last Tuesday we set out to surprise Douglas Rothschild while he was on his epic walk from Troy (N.Y) to Ithaca (N.Y). I will tell you more about this event in a later post, but Matvei Yankelevich had found the perfect spot for Pierre and I to perform our surprise intervention and then have a [...]

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Tags: Breakfast · Food Sources · French Food · Lunch

Scream for Mint Ice Cream!

July 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Yes! Scream for my Mint Ice Cream, and there’s not even cream in it.! Not because I am concerned about cutting the calories down, no, but simply because for years I thought this was the way ice cream was always made. When I grew up at the family Hotel Poste & Golf in Luchon, I [...]

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Tags: Dessert · Family · Food Sources · French Food · Luchon/Bourg d'Oueil

Keep the Ink! Cook it…II!

July 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments

The previous post showed  how to clean  squids while saving their precious ink to make the wonderful recipe Calamares in su Tinta,  Calamars à l’Encre or Squid in their own Ink. But first let me share some sweet family history about this dish. When we first moved to this country in 1987, my son Joseph [...]

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Tags: Dinner · Family · Fish · Food Sources · French Food · Mediterranean Food · Recipes

Clean your Squid! Keep the Ink! — I

July 20th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Yes, you can buy clean squid but then you are depriving yourself of what will give you one of the most exquisite dishes: Calamare en su Tinta or Squid in its own ink. You can also buy the ink in a little plastic bag and make the sauce from that… but it ain’t the same, [...]

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Tags: Dinner · Fish · Food Sources · Mediterranean Food · Recipes

Tchakchouka

July 18th, 2010 · No Comments

I assisted Pierre in making Tchakchouka, a dish he remembers from his time in Algeria. It is a kind of ratatouille — but to me it is the better dish. The recipe appears in many Mediterranean traditions. I have found Algerian, Jewish, Tunisian,  Moroccan & Kabile recipes, all have pretty much the same ingredients with [...]

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Tags: Breakfast · Dinner · Food Sources · Mediterranean Food · Recipes · Vegetarian

Chéri’s B-day & Temps des Cerises!

July 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today is Pierre’s Birthday and one of his presents is my rendition of a favorite French  oldie, “Le Temps des Cerises”. You can find more info about the song on Pierre’s blog but  voilà  for you P.J: Joyeux Anniversaire and many happy cherries! Click the link below to listen to the song & now off [...]

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Tags: Family · Food Sources · Songs

Sangría Brava!

July 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments

In order to fully support Spain during the The World Cup Final I decided to make sangría. It was very  à propos as we were invited to the home of Spanish friends and neighbors. They had made a delicious buffet of empanadas, calamari, arroz negro (black rice, made with sepia ink), chorizo, queso manchego. They [...]

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Tags: Brooklyn · Cocktail · Food Sources · Other Foods · Recipes