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United Parcel Service

August 11, 2014 by Ullrich

I like wrapping, rolling, packaging food – it brings love and elegance to your table. Here, beetroot leaves make a perfect coating for fish fillets topped with mushroom duxelles. Just excellent!

Categories: Dinner, France, good food, Lunch, nature, seafood, signature dish, skills • Tags: Cooking, Cuisinier, Essen, Food, Food photography, Kochen, Manger, Recettes, Recipe, Rezepte

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mushroom fairytales of early fall

September 1, 2013 by Ullrich

On the markets of Paris, chanterelles are sold under the name girolles and both are quite different kinds of mushroom. The latter are firm and fleshy with thick stems, almost golden and snow-white on the inside, the former are softer, skinny guys, more on the brownish side and clearly less classy. A nice pan of girolles counts among the great pleasures of this late summer/early fall season. I used a chunk of the excellent pancetta I drove home from Italy to spice up […]

Categories: France, good food, nature, Paris, skills • Tags: Cuisinier, Essen, Food, Food photography, Foodies, Kochen, Manger, Recettes, recipes

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You say tomato, I say tomates (farcies)!

July 8, 2013 by Ullrich

Summer times are tomato times, at least in Europe where the “paradise apples”, as the Austrians say, are really good only between June and late August. But then they’re really good – and you can create simple, yet delicious dishes without limits.

Categories: Apéro, Dinner, good food, Lunch, nature, Snack • Tags: Alimentation, Cooking, Cuisinier, Essen, Food, Foodie, Kochen, Recettes, Rezepte

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Fish soup, heart-warming, spirit-lifting

June 29, 2013 by Ullrich

A good and hearty fish soup offers rare pleasures and always puts me in that Southern, summerish mood. Learn about some basic rules.

Categories: Dinner, France, good food, Lunch, nature, seafood, signature dish, skills • Tags: Cooking, Cuisinier, Food, Foodie, Kochen, Recettes, recipes, Rezepte

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Fishing for compliments: Home-made Anchovies

June 5, 2013 by Ullrich

Marinating fish is no big deal, actually, you only need to know some basic rules.

Categories: Apéro, Dinner, good food, Lunch, nature, seafood, skills • Tags: Cooking, Cuisinier, Essen, Food, Recettes, recipes, Rezepte

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Three ingredients, lots of pleasures

May 30, 2013 by Ullrich

Asparagus makes an excellent salad, the white or green stalks are great when pan-fried or grilled, steaming would be a good idea – but I cook them à l’anglaise, as the French say when they mean: in water. It’s fast food but it’s great.

Categories: Dinner, France, good food, nature • Tags: Bouffe, Food, Food photography, Küche, Recette, recipes, Rezepte, Vegetarian

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Daurade: A noble fish and dish

April 21, 2013 by Ullrich

The street markets in Paris will ruin me sooner or later, financially. But this morning, I couldn’t resist to a perfect daurade that I turned into a simple and noble French dish.

Categories: Dinner, France, good food, Lunch, nature, Paris, poetry, seafood, signature dish • Tags: Cooking, Food, Food photography, recipes, Seafood

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Get your hands dirty! It’s worth it.

April 13, 2013 by Ullrich

The cured cod adventure continues. Some new ideas about how to treat that picturesque fish.

Categories: Dinner, France, good food, nature, Paris, seafood, signature dish, skills • Tags: Cooking, Food, Food photography, France, recipes

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Cheese University (XXIX): Mothais sur feuille

April 4, 2013 by Ullrich

Let me introduce you to the Mothais sur feuille, a great French goat cheese widely unknown. It hasn’t got its AOC yet but it should only be a matter of time. It’s just too good.

Categories: Cheese University, Dinner, France, good food, nature, skills • Tags: Cheese, Food, France

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Amazing Lentil Salad (makes you wanna cry!)

October 24, 2012 by Ullrich

serves 4 (as a starter, in Europe) 1 cup lentils (look for small French lentils, it won’t work otherwise, “Le Puy” would be perfect) 1 carrot, chopped into (small!) cubes 1/2 onion 2 cloves 1 bay leave 1 cinnamon stick salt, pepper for the vinaigrette, and to finish the salad: 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard salt, pepper, sugar 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion 1 tablespoon finely chopped celery stalk 1 tablespoon finely chopped tomato flesh (seeds removed) (good) vinegar (white wine, […]

Categories: Apéro, Dinner, good food, Lunch, nature, signature dish, Whatever Works • Tags: Crossover, Food, Vegetarian

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A “green” cookpot à la Ducasse

January 8, 2011 by Ullrich

I’ve heard a renowned French cook say recently that it was much harder to prepare high-class dishes only with vegetables. I thought he actually wanted to say: any high price for vegetarian food was justified. The three star chefs of Paris put price tags on carrot or celery salads nowadays that are nothing but shocking. Once in a Parisian gourmet temple, don’t be surprised to get a platter of raw vegetables for, say, 39 Euros (50 US$). You might find […]

Categories: chefs, Dinner, France, good food, nature, skills • Tags: Ducasse, Food, Vegetables

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Porcini, ceps, cèpes

October 12, 2010 by Ullrich

…make a beautiful dish when treated with respect and care. Be humble! These mushrooms are a precious gift, they need your full attention. In your cookbooks you’ll find many highly contradictory recommendations on how to cook them. I’d say, frankly, that most recipes have got it wrong. To me, there’s only one question when it comes to preparing porcini: will I use thyme or origan? The other ingredients I use are thus: excellent olive oil, lemon juice, thyme/origan, sea salt, […]

Categories: good food, nature, skills, Whatever Works • Tags: Cooking Skills, Food, recipes

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