“All Mushrooms Are Edible…”

A duo of wild mushrooms from the Vosges mountains in eastern France. Photo by Erin Brown. Nothing compares to the thrill of taking your life into your own hands, especially…

Delicious Bread.

Our Daily Bread

A loaf of T80 wheat bread baked at the Kerjean farm in Pleyben, France. Photo by Ec Brown   Every Friday on the wwoof farm in north western France where…

what it doesn't tell you? That you're going to have to get armpit deep in duck slurry to mix that.

Pâté in Paris: Opinel in Hand

I showed up to the pâté-making gig with knife in hand. Well, knife in hand, and hand in pocket, to be more accurate. I’ve never had reason to distrust the…

Danger: Kale Chips Cooking

During a recent visit to my godparents’ house and a lovely meal of ham sandwiches, I noticed but avoided the ham’s table companion: green clumps in white bowls at either…

Turkey

My Dream Come True

My dream come true would be to have the means to travel the world and explore the various worlds of food that are out there. Thus, combining two of my…

India, Take II

For Christmas, my beau gave me an Indian cooking class, for two of course.  So, it doesn’t exactly constitute a second trip to India, but it was the closest you…