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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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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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Sowing for summer: Home-grown herbs

April 14, 2013 by Ullrich

Why would you buy expensive bunches of rosemary, thyme, mint or basil at your “gourmet” store or greengrocer’s over and over again – when you can plant them yourself on you window sill? I mean: really?

Categories: chefs, good food, Paris, poetry, skills • Tags: Cooking, Food, Herbs, Vegetarian

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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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Pssst…this is my favorite restaurant in Paris!

April 5, 2013 by Ullrich

Pssst…! I share with you my favorite restaurant in Paris! Really? Yes, I do!

Categories: chefs, Dinner, good food, Lunch, Paris, skills • Tags: Food, Paris, Restaurants

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Winter Pleasures

February 1, 2013 by Ullrich

Today, after my visit at the street market not far from home, I couldn’t help unpacking everything I had bought just to admire my great catch.

Categories: France, good food, hero butchers, Paris, poetry, seafood • Tags: Food, France, savoy cabbage, smoked haddock

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Seafood feasts…

October 25, 2010 by Ullrich

…require substantial investments, unfortunately, but then there are hardly meals more satisfying, more festive, more splendid. In Paris, you’ll go Rive Gauche to hunt down your perfect, wild seafood and sooner or later you’ll end up buying your fish and shellfish at Poissonnerie du Dome close to Tour Montparnasse where they sell fare that is normally reserved to the best restaurants in town. Over the weekend I had such a feast, consisting of a giant spider crab, oysters and the […]

Categories: good food, Paris, seafood • Tags: Food, France, recipes

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A party without proof…

October 11, 2010 by Ullrich

…that’s what I sadly have to offer today. Had around 40 friends at home to celebrate on Saturday, we’ve killed 18 bottles of champagne, 12 bottles of Pic St. Loup, 6 bottles of Pommard, we’ve been eating lots of sushi, a beef fillet cooked in a salt crust, a real foie gras with fig chutney, a huge pot of Thai-style chicken, a tray of gratinated daurades (guiltheads), a big French cheese selection complete with Beaufort, Camembert de Normandie, Epoisses, Selles-sur-Cher, […]

Categories: Paris, poetry, Whatever Works • Tags: Food, recipes

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Give us this day our Paris bread…

September 7, 2010 by Ullrich

…from Du Pain et des Idées for instance, a quite famous bakery at the crossing of Rue de Marseille and Rue Yves Toudic, only a stone’s throw from Place de la République. I didn’t know it, actually, I just walked by the other day and the beautiful things on display caught my attention. Have a look: That looks promising, doesn’t it? Strange discs and special snakes and snails and rolls. And it gets even better when you enter the boutique. There’s […]

Categories: Bread, good food, Paris, skills • Tags: Bread, Food, Paris

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Catch of the day…

July 9, 2010 by Ullrich

…on a Chinese day weatherwise, it was cloudy but steaming hot in Paris today and I had to change my shirt three times. First time came this morning after I came back from the street market on Boulevard Richard Lenoir (you know it already, don’t you?). Have a look, it’s a weird selection: Seems, I had winter dreams while shopping (I mean: celery?). I’ll show you soon what I do with the cucumbers in the center, they’re of a special kind […]

Categories: good food, Paris, Savoy, Whatever Works • Tags: Fish, Food, France

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Plus français et tu meurs, quoi…?

July 6, 2010 by Ullrich

…that’s what French people say when they sit down in a bistro like Astier in Paris, a picturesque little restaurant complete with chequered tablecloth, l’ardoise (that’s a chalkboard) and even original Laguiole knives on display tucked on the wall. The experienced traveller could shy away and with good reason: beware, this could be a tourist trap as well! But don’t fear: here, at Astier, in a street named after Jean-Pierre Timbaud (who was a unionist and a freedom fighter once) you’re […]

Categories: chefs, Lunch, Paris, skills • Tags: Food

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Don’t bring eggs, bring a concept…

June 30, 2010 by Ullrich

…to make customers feel good and open their wallets. That’s what they really understand perfectly at La Grande Epicerie on the left bank of the Seine river next to Bon Marché: to stage food, and to let even simple staples look like precious goods or even art. The Epicerie is kind of a Parisian brother of  Harrod’s in London or KaDeWe in Berlin, a highly over-priced food store in the end, yet a very beautiful one. I’m sure they have […]

Categories: Paris, poetry, Whatever Works • Tags: Food, Shopping

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