It was such a blast to run up the aisle at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards here in Paris the other night and pick up this great little Swarovski designed trophy from Gourmand founder Edouard Cointreau.
As soon as I ran down to the podium Edouard leaned in a whispered “En Francais, s’il te plait.”
Merde! I [...]
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Best Illustrated Cookbook in the world 2009!
Introducing the BlogAid for Haiti Cookbook
If you buy BlogAid: Recipes for Haiti the proceeds will go towards Doctors Without Borders to help with the Haiti relief.
That’s it, just buy this very cool cookbook and people in Haiti will be helped. It’s win/win.
Not quite sold on the idea, you heartless bastard? Read on if you still need convincing…
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Anthony Bourdain
Ever since I was 15 when I first read Kitchen Confidential, I knew for certain that I never wanted to become a restaurant chef. Thanks to Anthony Bourdain I was able to set aside my culinary urges for fear of having to work on Christmas day along side a large Italian gorilla cupping my buttox [...]
SuperVisor Muffin
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Stud Muffin!
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Bananuts Muffin
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It’s 2010…ready? Set? Go!
1. Blog way less
Okay, I’ll be honest here, I don’t expect many feelings will be hurt. I might have a small handful of dedicated viewers, but they won’t make much a fuss if I post less frequently. In fact, I bet nobody will comment to the contrary.
I’m going to restrict the number of posts to [...]
Neo-neopolitan Main Event
Dividing up the Neapolitan ice cream can be a real three-way tug of war. The tension builds throughout the meal as to who will be the first to pick out their favourite flavours and leave the dregs to the plebs.
The Chocolate fiends are the type who aggressively attack with a spoon to get their fix. [...]
Yeti Treats
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Julie/Julia dinner party
Last week Julie (from Dinner with Julie) decided to host a Julie/Julia Dinner party for a handful of local food bloggers. We each brought something from Mastering the Art of French Cooking that we had prepared earlier. While we feasted Julia Child tutted about her kitchen as The French Chef reruns played in the background.
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