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  • Recipe Walking Paris
    Walking Paris
    Ile Saint-Louis Bakery Ile-Saint-Louis Seen in a gallery window - Ile-Saint-Louis Bakery storefront: detail Rue de Rivoli
  • Recipe No-Knead Bread
    No-Knead Bread
    Be sure to check out Better Bread with Less Kneading , a very interesting article by Harold McGee in today's New York Times .
  • Recipe Very cold in Paris
    Very cold in Paris
    In the "métro" Pont-Neuf Le Pont des Arts Le Louvre Still le Louvre A convent in Versailles
  • Recipe Place de la Madeleine by night
    Place de la Madeleine by night
    Fauchon Hédiard
  • Recipe If this is December, it must be Paris...
    If this is December, it must be Paris...
    A former bakery, now a bistro I am in Paris visiting my Mom. It's freezing out but dry. My mother, who is 95 and frail and -save for dessert- eats less than a sparrow, wants me to take her to a crêperie tomorrow for lunch. I suspect she[...]
  • Recipe Ever wondered how come bread dries out...
    Ever wondered how come bread dries out...
    ...after being reheated in the microwave? Well, wonder no more. Andrew Ross, Associate Professor in both the Crop & Soil Science and the Food Science Departments at Oregon State University, has an explanation: it's a chemistry thing ![...]
  • Recipe Some notes
    Some notes
    To overcome most, keep young people busy. let them exercise. Give them food and sports like in the old times. I'll do. I like to exercise my self but really see the advantage through sport we keep the young spirits going on and keep them[...]
  • Recipe Notes About Vanilla
    Notes About Vanilla
    Vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world The vanilla bean is a phallic symbol if ever i saw one.. long, sticky and loaded with an uncountable number of seeds... Vanilla was first served by the ancient Aztecs and Mayans in[...]