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Impressions Françaises/ John Baxter- Le repas parfait et le découvert des goûts passé en France

April 14, 2013

(English) John Baxter est un écrivain célèbre, un critique du film, et un biographe. Il est auteur des mémoires La …

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French Impressions: John Baxter’s “The Perfect Meal” and Finding the Foregone Flavors of France

February 25, 2013

(French) John Baxter is an acclaimed memoirist, film critic, and biographer. He is author of the memoirs The Most Beautiful …

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Boudin blanc — yes, chef!

December 23, 2012

Shut the cookbook. Now, put it away. I couldn’t believe I was being ordered to discharge Julia Child and Simone …

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Happy holidays from A Woman’s Paris

December 21, 2012

Text copyright ©Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. All rights reserved. Illustration copyright ©2012 Barbara Redmond. All rights reserved. barbara@awomansparis.com

French Impressions: A baker, wine scholar and self-proclaimed foodie divulge delicacies of multicultural cuisine

August 29, 2012

We look at the altering experience of being born between two universes — from French baker and pastry chef Arnaud de …

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Eating: Afro and French (in Paris)

March 5, 2012

Special guest writer Kiratiana Freelon author of “Kiratiana’s Travel Guide to Black Paris: Get Lost and Get Found.” Used by …

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French Cuisine: Cooking schools in Paris founded by women

October 8, 2010

With a sharp downward stroke, I flicked my brush tip up and around to create the toque. A quick jump …

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Smell and Taste, Sensation and Pleasure

September 23, 2010

When I was a child, my parents would go every summer to buy their wine in Sigolsheim, Alsace, France. It …

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Julia Child: French cooking for North Americans

June 18, 2010

The genius of Julia Child was to translate French cooking into a form that North Americans could follow. In the …

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The Best of Times, The Worst of Times… for French food

May 13, 2010

We’ve been hearing a lot about threats to French food traditions. Neighbourhood bistros are dying (there were 200,000 across France …

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