Food, cooking, and travel
My true love and I have been traveling to Paris since 2004 and we have always stayed at the same hotel – Citadines Didot Montparnasse. It is located in the southern part of the 14eme arrondisement in a residential middle class neighborhood, far from Notre …
When I was 10 years old my family spent a year in California’s Bay Area and one of our regular treats would be a Sunday afternoon dinner at Tarantino’s. Overlooking Fisherman’s Wharf, it was (and probably still is) a white tablecloth restaurant featuring seafood from …
This will be my final note on the World Cup but I couldn’t let this picture go to waste. We fly British Airways from Philadelphia to Paris and that means a couple of hours or so in London’s Heathrow airport. Normally, the food in the …
What is this doing here? This is a food blog, right? Well, yes, mostly, but it is also about travel and we have just spent the most extraordinary two days here in Paris. I’m not a big fan of football/soccer but I recognize a big …
My true love and I have just begun our annual vacation in Paris and while today was less than Stella (more on my next post) I really felt the need for a quickie. We always stay at the same hotel (Citadines Didot Montparnasse) on rue …
I recently shared my new-found love with my mortar and pestle. Did I tell you how much I like it? I think I did, but that’s not the only new addition to my kitchen. Now I’m not a real big kitchen gadget kind of …
My kitchen is pretty low-tech and I don’t spend a lot of time fantasizing over new kitchen equipment. Most of the time I’m happy enough with a sharp knife, a good cutting board, and my pots and pans. I do have a really good food …