Easter in France A Favorite on the French Easter table Jump to video and recipe A Favorite on the French Easter Table You are right, it’s asparagus. But not just ANY asparagus. It is white asparagus from the Loire Valley, the first of the season and just in time for Easter. The stalks are big, …
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This is an “à peu pres” or “just about” recipe. You adjust the quantity for the number of people you will serve.
Go to Recipe Go to Video As June marches on, thus goes the season of asparagus. But oh! Are we enjoying it and will continue for the next weeks, to the tune of 20,000 tons per capita! To say the French love asparagus is to put it mildly! The Best Comes From… French asparagus is …
Go to Video I wish I’d invented this amazing way to cook an egg but I didn’t. It’s a Japanese method called Onsen Tamago, and I stumbled upon it by accident. Well, not really. A friend of mine who loves eggs as much as I do told me about it. Egg Cooking is Fun AND …
Go to Video Asparagus is food of the goddesses. It has been appreciated by exalted members of society beginning in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Then, asparagus was a wild and slender plant with a somewhat bitter taste; the Romans tinkered with varietals to fatten it up and soften it down. In France in the …
Go to Recipe Go to Video Welcome to the Land of Lamb! I’m so happy that you’re here, because I’m on a one-person campaign to convince the world’s cooks and eaters that lamb is one of the best and most delicious meats there is to eat. I’ve heard rumors people think they don’t care for …
