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French Cuisine – Bio?
While French Cuisine has always been fresh, (it’s major “secret”), and is often “organic”, nowadays it as ascended to “bio.” Short for “biodynamic.” As in grown according to biodynamic methods So what exactly, you may well ask, are ‘biodynamic methods? And how do they differ from “organic methods?” To paraphrase a famous line from Groucho […]
31Mar2011 | Bicycle Gourmet | 8 comments | Continued
Fathers of French Cuisine – Escoffier
Unlike his predecessors, Auguste Escoffier cooked for the public. Not privately for royalty and high society as was the case for Antoine Careme. And to a lesser extent La Varenne. But building on the foundations that La Varenne and Careme established, Escoffier donated the final refinements to French Cuisine as we know it today. Escoffier’s […]
17Nov2010 | Bicycle Gourmet | 17 comments | Continued
French Travel – Dangers and Delights
My brother and I , like most siblings, are complete opposites. He’s“Mr. Caution.” I’m (as you may have noticed) “Mr. Adventure.” My Brother will not go anywhere, unless and until he knows the how, why,what,when, and what if of the situation. Me? All I need to know is it’s a beautiful day, and a […]
2Nov2010 | Bicycle Gourmet | 16 comments | Continued