Wednesday May 2 2012
Peking Duck (Kaoya), the most famous duck dish from Beijing, has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty and is considered a Chinese national dish. I couldn’t leave Beijing without feasting on it! Both the foodie magazine “The Beijinger” and the hotel concierge agreed the best place in Beijing for Peking duck is DaDong, which has repeatedly been named Beijing’s best restaurant of the year. Read more
Wednesday March 28 2012
Continuing with my street food saga, another Québéc “dish” very popular in snack bars, referred to as cantines, is “les guédilles“. Unlike poutine, guédilles, popularized in the early 1980s, are rarely seen outside Quebec. Best compared to a sandwich, guédilles are a street-food classic in the French-speaking province. Read more
Wednesday March 21 2012
An obligatory passage for me while on the street food theme is to talk about the most famous Québécois fast food, which can be found in snack bars and stands throughout Quebec (called “cantines”) and along the roads in summertime: Poutine. It’s amazing how three simple ingredients—fries, fresh cheese curds and gravy—combined can create such a fun food phenomenon! Read more
Wednesday February 29 2012
This post promises to be the first of many on the street food phenomena sweeping North America. I believe street food is no longer a trend but a fundamental shift in the way we will eat in the coming years. Street food is already consumed by 2.5 billion people every day. There are 20,000 street food vendors in Bangkok alone! Read more
Wednesday February 22 2012
In Provence, omelettes are a traditional way to enjoy truffles, which I shared in my last blog post. I recently made my own omelette using the truffles I purchased at the auction benefiting the restoration of the Saint Denis painting in Richerenches’ church. Read more
What I Know Now About Success
Featuring a letter by Epicure’s founder Sylvie Rochette.
