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 compiled some links that may prove helpful. African restaurants in Paris tend to be Northern [...]

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 this summer. It is a graphic novel about a trip Lucy and her mother took [...]

France: Le Chardonnay

Le Chardonnay
320 W. Johnson
Madison, WI

Madison’s semi-annual Restaurant Week gives us a chance to sample some higher-end restaurants that poor graduate students like don’t typically frequent. After checking over the menu offerings at a number of different places, we settled for the French/North African fare of Le Chardonnay. Le Chardonnay is tucked into a low-key corner [...]

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 temporary Macaron store in the Park Hyatt (800 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago). The temporary story [...]

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 lattes. However, I have noticed this unusual squash at several farmers markets recently, and it [...]

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 save us the airfare. For this weeks Friday foodie link we’ve rounded up some delicious [...]

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 of looks like a melon, but is actually quite delicious. What is interesting about Mimolette [...]

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 acquaintances. However, it is also a day for chocolate fish! These on the right are [...]

FTC: Mariage Frères Tea

So, I tried for the first time my Mariage Frères tea – and it was worth the expense. The cost was 20 euros [!!!] for a 100gm tin of Thé sur le Nil, a green tea mixed with citrus and spices. Green tea, sadly is probably my least favorite type of tea, but now I [...]