Persian Noodle Soup (Ash Reshteh)
Gingerbread Cake with Rum Brown Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Butternut Bisque with Crab
Pear and Almond Tart
Tarte Aux Noix
I keep telling myself I’m not going to publish another tart recipe but I can’t help it! It’s my “go to” dessert. I whip them up kind of… Read More »
Baking Bread in Conzieu: IT’S ALIVE!!!
This has got to be one of the top ten reasons to quit your day job and become a food blogger: so that you too can get invited… Read More »
Saumons Parfumés Aux Cèdre, Navets à la Nivernaise
That’s a really fancy way of attempting to say: salmon grilled on a cedar plank with glazed turnips, carrots, onions and potatoes. I’m sure some one is bound… Read More »
Chef’s challenge
Dust off that ipod and join my Nike Chef’s challenge to work off those extra pounds so we can enjoy putting them back on this winter. This is… Read More »
Pink Champagne Sorbet
My biggest problem with this recipe is not tasting it every other second while the liquid freezes. Just because it’s frozen champagne doesn’t mean it has any less… Read More »
From Dust to Drinky Places
Immigration was on the brain as I lay in bed nursing a concussion caused by sheer stupidity and lack of coordination. Between ears ringing and different states of… Read More »
Paris Picks: Restaurants & Bistros
I receive tons of emails requesting good restaurants in Paris. And it’s no surprise because there are a lot of mediocre eateries here! Here’s a short list of… Read More »
Tempura Green Beans & Cod Escabeche
This recipe is in no way shape or form French. Sorry! But, it is good – I promise that at least! So here’s my latest fusion offering: Japanese… Read More »
Tarte Aux Nectarines et Mûres
I’m obsessed with the colors orange and deep purple right now. Maybe it’s because I’ve been deprived of Halloween for three years here in Paris or that I’m… Read More »
Salade d’Arugula, Nasturce, et Mûre,
My dream was so strange: I don’t know what I was doing making a salad presented three ways for a Top Chef episode. But I remember in my… Read More »
Paris On The Terrace: BBQ Chicken
Without fail, whenever I make a video on my terrace, it rains! Nonetheless, I think this video is still entertaining – in the same way rubber yellow chicken… Read More »
Hors d’Oeuvres d’Été
My California summer is coming to a close. I fly tomorrow back to Paris. (Sniff, sniff!) It’s always hard to leave San Francisco – no more baseball games,… Read More »






