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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

Pasta Express & Drawings du Jour

April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

I don’t eat much pasta but before a gig I like to have an early dinner that will give enough energy to be able to sing three hours later and pasta & lox is perfect for me. So on Monday before going to our gig at The Local 269 with Pierre Joris & Michael Bisio [...]

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Tags: Food Sources · French Food · Live Shows · Lunch · My Fast Food · Paintings/Drawings · Recipes

Oeufs Soufflés & Concert Drawings Series

March 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The bok choy in the fridge was calling for immediate attention. As it was Sunday and brunch time I felt like something a little more festive than bok choy and rice! Some sort of a soufflé came to mind. I preheated the oven to 375º. I sliced the bok choy vertically into 6 sections, then [...]

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Tags: Food Sources · French Food · Live Shows · Paintings/Drawings · Recipes

Lo Magret goes to Paris!

January 12th, 2010 · 7 Comments

André Daguin, chef/owner of the Hôtel de France in Auch (Gers) until 1997, tells how he gave a new life to the tasty magret de canard — and made it famous in the process: “The magret was served only as “confit” in soups, cassoulets and everyone would find it dry. The only way to avoid [...]

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Tags: Family · Food History · Food Sources · French Food · Gasconha/Occitania · Luchon/Bourg d'Oueil · News · Paris · Recipes

Family Heirloom: Les Pannequets Saint-Louis

December 31st, 2009 · 3 Comments

Among all the family recipes Les Pannequets Saint-Louis is truly a unique one, et je pèse mes mots — that is: and I weigh my words — yes: unique, a word I almost never use. My great grandfather Louis, Gabriel, Marcel, Marie, Peyrafitte (1858-1929) created this amazing recipe that we still make for very special [...]

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Tags: Bay Ridge · Dessert · Family · Food History · Food Sources · French Food · Gasconha/Occitania · Live Shows · Manhattan · Menu · Poetry

Spirited Noël Dinner

December 26th, 2009 · No Comments

We are not particularly attached to any specific Christmas tradition although this year we were eager to have an intimate family dinner at our new place and to take out the family heirloom china that had been in boxes for a while. So after consulting with husband, sons, and daughter in law, we agreed on [...]

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Tags: Bay Ridge · Dinner · Family · Food Sources · French Food · Menu · Recipes · Shellfish

Pyrenean Piedmond

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

I am now in my birthland to gather more info on Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) whose father, Bernard Saint-Gaudens,  was born in the village of Aspet in 1816. I will not go into details about it now,  but briefly want to share yesterday’s photographs, impressions & menu. I left Luchon —family hometown where I am based— [...]

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Tags: Family · Food Sources · French Food · Lunch · Travel · Visit