Tag Archives: France
Macarons for the Diamond Jubilee
This coming weekend marks Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee – 60 years on the throne - and British companies have been pulling out all all of the stops to put out special editions of clothes, tea and even Heinz baked beans. However, what … Continue reading
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French Pantone Tarts
It seems that Pantone, the color matching system used to standardize colors across industries and projects, is ubiquitous nowadays. You can even find Pantone mugs, ornaments and makeup. Now, the Pantone mashups have reached food – French blogger Emilie Griotte … Continue reading
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Paris vs. NYC
We saw the Paris vs. NYC comparing the foods, attitudes and styles of each city in colorful graphics, while we were in Paris. The book is based on a blog of the same name.
Finer Things Club: Berthillon
Berthillon 31, rue Saint-Louis-en-l’Île Paris, 75004 You know ice cream is good if you crave it even in 40 degree, rainy weather (hmmm, just like Chicago right now). Despite the gross grey drizzle we made a pilgrimage to Berthillon on Île Saint-Louis, … Continue reading
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Christmas in Paris: Bûche de Noël
In our continuing coverage of holiday-related cakes and desserts (yum!) we move on to France. As much of a fixture as holiday lights and trees, the arrival of the Bûche de Noël cake in pastry shop windows signals Christmas. Known in … Continue reading
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The Best Macarons in Paris
One of our main goals while visiting Paris was to sample the macarons. L and M are huge fans of macarons, and even had them as our wedding favors (chocolate, blueberry and chai). However, we will freely admit that none of the … Continue reading
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Le weekend à Paris
Heading to Paris for a long weekend – excited for the macarons, tagines, cheese, falafel and Christmas market delicacies! This is our first time in Paris since 2007 – which is where we got the inspiration to start Eating the … Continue reading
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France: Ti Couz
Ti Couz 3108 16th St San Francisco, CA 94103 Of all of the places to get a crepe – the Mission District of San Francisco is probably not the first place that comes to mind. But truth be told we were not … Continue reading
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France: Macaron Smackdown
Macarons, with their near-infinite variety of colors and flavors, are the most Parisian of desserts. The Kitchn does a pastry tour of Paris and determines that the winner of the best Macaron title is…. Flickr Credit: Yuichi.sakuraba’s macarons from Pierre Hermé, Tokyo.
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The Rise and Fall of French Cuisine
The London Review of Books has a great review of a new book, Au Revoir to All That: The Rise and Fall of French Cuisine by Michael Steinberger about the role of French Cuisine in tastemaking over time. The book argues … Continue reading
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Crêperie: Bradbury’s
Bradbury’s 127 North Hamilton Street Madison, WI Madison has an impressive number of homegrown coffee shops, though it definitely had less of a “crepe” presence. However, now both aspects of the Mad-town dining scene get a boost with Bradbury’s which … Continue reading
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Paris, 1962
Guests at the Pied du Cohon by Tompalumbo There is a great Flickr set by User Tom Palumbo featuring street photos from Paris in 1962. Food is, of course, heavily featured, including servers and guests at restaurants across Paris and … Continue reading
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France: Boule de Noël
Finally – after 2 years we made it to the macaron boutique at NoMi – Boule de Noël. There wasn’t actually a storefront, just a display case of desserts with a chef standing by to take any orders – it … Continue reading
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World Eats: African Eats in Paris
Eating the World started as an idea in a Senegalese restaurant in Paris, and with a glimmer of a trip to France next year on the horizon, we are already in pre-pre-planning mode. So in prep for that we have … Continue reading
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Friday Foodie Link: French Milk
So we usually don’t review books around here. Probably because we’re so busy reading books for school that the concept of leisure reading falls to the wayside. In any case, Lucy Knisley’s French Milk seems like a book worth reading … Continue reading
Friday Foodie Link: Macarons on Michigan Avenue
Macarons are perhaps one of my favorite cookies – mostly because they come in a million different flavors and are so darn photogenic! So I’m a latecomer to this news, but I have just been informed that there is a … Continue reading
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FTC: Galeux d’ Eysines
The culinary harbingers of fall are squash and pumpkins. I admit to getting a little overloaded on pumpkins around Halloween time (though I do like to carve them) since they get incorporated into every type of food, from ravioli to … Continue reading
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Friday Foodie Links: DIY French Pastries
So France is famous for its pastries (which we can’t get enough of). We’re not going to France anytime soon, so we figured it would be a good idea to learn how to make some treats on our own to … Continue reading
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FTC: Mimolette Cheese
We like cheese. No – we love cheese. Every time I am up visiting M we buy a new type of cheese to sample. On first look, Mimolette is weird and orange (due to the coloring of Annatto) and kind … Continue reading
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Poisson d’Avril
In France, April 1st is a day of fun and pranks, much like April Fools. French festivities are known as Poisson d’Avril (April fish), where you are supposed to go around taping paper fish on the backs of friends and … Continue reading
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