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The Picasso of Pastry is none other than the inimitable French pastry chef Pierre Hermé as hailed by French Vogue, and anyone who walks into his jewelry store styled shops is stunned into submission. Click here to read all the mouth-watering morsels.
Once again, another heavy summer meal but when in Rome...or Burgundy as the case may be. The Burgundian or Bourgogne culinary specialties include their world class wines that I mentioned in my last post, escargots (yes, snails! blech!)... Click here to read the entire slimy story.
Recently on a wine tour through the Côte de Beaune and Côte de Nuits areas in the Burgundy region in France, we stopped to admire the Romanée-Conti vineyard, one of the smallest (barely 2 acres) but one of the most expensive at $4,500+ a bottle! Click here to read the rest of this whine.
It no doubt sounds strange, a fondue recipe in the summer, and my friend's husband immediately laughed and rolled his eyes at my very gauche faux pas of a dinner selection (did I mention he's French?) but it was chilly out, I was in the French Alps, and dammit I was going to have fondue! When in Rome... Click here to read the rest of this gooey gabbing...
