Recipes

Poilâne for Delivery

3 October 2011
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Heading home last weekend, I wanted to bring a surprise particularly Paris and completely unexpected to share with my family the short time I was with them in the States. It was while pondering over the perfection of Fauchon’s confiture de lait spread across a slice of bread, that I realized my family might also [...]

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The Making of a Provence Tradition: Pastis

9 February 2011
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The South of France is known for more than its turquoise coastline, rosé wines and luxurious lifestyle. It also brought the world sunshine in a bottle, better known as pastis. With the ban on absinthe during WW1, France was looking for another cool beverage with the same tenacity as the pungent green fairy (la fée [...]

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Recipe: La Raclette

29 September 2010
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Fall is slowly making its presence more and more known – even in Nice. Though today is beautiful, the wind has a crisp chill in it that certainly wasn’t present when I first arrived. Tonight many of my friends are coming over and we are cooking a wonderful feast. We just got back from the [...]

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Restaurant Review: Bistrot La Minette

18 August 2010
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Hidden on a quiet street is a quaint, charming restaurant worthy of the title of Best French Restaurant of Philadelphia. Chef Peter Woolsey not only understands the complexity of French cuisine, he understands the importance of his customers – it’s not just fine french cuisine he offers, he creates the entire French experience.

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