This week’s takeout menu included a Caramelized Onion & Tapenade Tart, Poached Cod in Red Wine, and Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Creme de Menthe Cream. Start the video around 17 seconds to get tips on how to make caramelized onions, how to poach fish in red wine, and how to make the whipped ganache […]
For all the tips and tricks to make the most delicious Cod Brandade, check out this video from our Facebook Live cooking series. I always describe this dish to customers as “French Macaroni and Cheese” which makes no sense at all. Brandade has no macaroni – or pasta of any shape – and no cheese […]
I don’t think that employment in a 2-Michelin starred restaurant’s kitchen is really the dream that people might imagine it to be. It’s certainly far away from anything I could have imagined before I worked my way through Le Gavroche in London in 1999. It’s not just that it’s hot, or that it’s stressful, or […]
All winter long we get to try new recipes and ideas out on our Manger! Boire! Eat! Drink! customers every Thursday night. It’s fun for them: food, wine, recipes, and a cooking demonstration for $35. and it’s usually pretty delicious. But it’s really fun for us, too. We have done so many themes over the […]
Everyone has their “guilty pleasures” when it comes to food…and for many chefs it can be something really out there, think steamed cheeseburgers, Hostess Cakes, greasy poutine. I guess it’s something that usually hearkens back to childhood and a time before any culinary careers and regular contact with luxury ingredients took off. In any case, I […]
What’s with the recent backlash against the word “foodie”?? A recent issue of one of our favorite cooking magazines recently went on a minor diatribe about this “catchall word for people who appreciate a great meal and what goes into it” and it’s not the first we’ve seen…The editor claims that the word is “goofy” […]
When you hop out of your vehicle and wander through the medieval walls into the center of Saint-Malo, Britttany, it is quickly clear that there is no doubt what you are going to be eating for your next meal: Galettes & Crepes! Literally every other storefront is a Creperie and each follow a very similar, […]
I guess that part of the appeal of cooking and baking is the magic part. Watching or assisting in transformations is really what it’s all about. When I was a little girl I would hunt out the tv section of the newspaper to find when Julia Child’s The French Chef was going to be on. […]
It doesn’t matter how much time we spend working on a new menu, making sure it’s clearly and correctly written, people often don’t seem interested in reading what is actually written down when they order! We have been serving the rare, ancient grain Einkorn here at the restaurant for almost 2 years, and yet […]
It really is hard to articulate exactly how incredibly intensely we worked in the kitchen at Le Gavroche in London. At the time, it was kind of surreal to be constantly running, never having a sense of control over the job in front of you, never having had enough sleep that wasn’t ridden with dreams […]
