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Chocolate & Zucchini
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Daily Adventures in a Parisian Kitchen
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Chocolate Appreciation Society (Club des Croqueurs de Chocolat)

A little over a year ago, I received the kind of phone call that makes you beam for hours on end, unable (and not really willing, either) to peel the smile off your face: I had just been admitted as ...

1 day ago 3 people like this

Three Very Good Things: Squash and Coffee Soup, Lo Bak Go, and Honey Lemon Tea

{This is part of a series in which I share three delicious things recently tasted and enjoyed. Please feel free to share your 3VGT list in the comments below, or on your own blog!} My latest "thr...

08 feb 12 4 people like this

DIY Cloth Napkins

I am not very big on what the French call arts de la table (literally, table arts), an umbrella term that covers the choice and placement of dinnerware, silverware, and glassware, as well as flower a...

01 feb 12 4 people like this

Curried Butternut Squash Pasta

Only recently did it occur to me that winter squash could be welcome in a dish of pasta. Before that, Id always vaguely considered the two ingredients were too similar and might cancel each other out...

24 jan 12 8 people like this

About my new book

In my Best of 2011 post earlier this month, I hinted at the new book Im working on, and after receiving several kind requests for details, I thought Id tell you a little more about the project. The g...

17 jan 12 3 people like this

Beet Hummus

Who says winter food has to be colorless and drab? I first put together this beet hummus just before the holidays, on a day wed been invited to dinner by one of my dearest friends (Ive told you about...

11 jan 12 9 people like this

Best of 2011

Happy New Year! May your 2012 be a year of glowing health, simple pleasures, serene prospects, and dreams fulfilled. 2011 has been an eventful and wonderful year for me, full of exciting and gratifyi...

02 jan 12 3 people like this

Almond and Orange Blossom Croquants

From the department of Who Has Time To Make Edible Gifts In Advance Anyway comes this last-minute recipe, shared by French food writer Cécile Cau on her blog a couple of days ago. It is a recipe for ...

20 dec 11 5 people like this

Easy Candied Almonds and Hazelnuts

If there was a candy making for dummies book (what am I saying, of course there is one) this recipe would deserve a prominent spot. No sugar thermometer, no elaborate trick, very few opportunities fo...

14 dec 11 8 people like this

Spaghetti with Crushed Sardine and Tomato Sauce

In ELLE à table, a French cooking magazine I contribute to, one of the longest-running sections is one called La Cuisine du placard (literally, cuisine from the cabinet or cupboard) that presents a p...

06 dec 11 4 people like this

December 2012 Desktop Calendar

At the beginning of every month, I am offering C&Z readers a new wallpaper to apply on the desktop of your computer, with a food-related picture and a calendar of the current month. Our calendar for ...

01 dec 11 2 people like this

Chocolate Almond Bettelman

If youve ever bought or baked fresh brioche, surely youve noted the subtle shift, occurring sometime during day two or three, when said brioche turns from something you cant keep your hands off of, t...

29 nov 11 6 people like this

Bear Claws (Growling Optional)

This post has been eight years in the making. Eight years ago, Maxence and I visited friends in London. On the night we arrived, Zoe made lasagna and a big green salad, which she proceeded to toss in...

23 nov 11 4 people like this

Three Very Good Things: Bumble Bee Dumplings, Excellent Vegan Food, and Old-School Chocolate

I want to express my sincere thanks to all of you who took the time to share recommendations for my stay in Stratford and Toronto. I spent most of my time in Stratford and very little in Toronto, so ...

12 nov 11 1 person likes this

Three Very Good Things: A Fennel Salad, Not Enough Kale, and Pedal-Powered Chocolate

I am writing this installment of the Three Very Good Things series from Canada, where Ive been for a week now, as the Gastronomic Writer in Residence for the Stratford Chefs School. Im having a wonde...

05 nov 11 2 people like this

November 2011 Desktop Calendar

At the beginning of every month, I am offering C&Z readers a new wallpaper to apply on the desktop of your computer, with a food-related picture and a calendar of the current month. Our calendar for ...

01 nov 11 2 people like this

Visiting Stratford and Toronto: Recommendations?

Maple leaves photographed by William Warby. I am writing to you from Canada, where I am spending two weeks at the Stratford Chefs School outside of Toronto: Ive been invited as their Gastronomic Writ...

31 oct 11 2 people like this

Three Very Good Things: Color-Coded Sandwiches, Persimmons, and Gianduja Sablés

{This is part of a new series in which I share three delicious things from the past week. Please feel free to tell me about your own 3VGT in the comments below, or to post them on your blog.} My thre...

28 oct 11 2 people like this

Bi-Rite Markets Eat Good Food

I am of the mind that the process of learning how to cook should always begin with learning how to shop. If you know how to select the highest-quality, freshest ingredients you can afford, and if you...

25 oct 11 5 people like this

Three Very Good Things: Buckwheat Praliné, Pasta with Hokkaido Squash, and a Red Collapsible Lunch ...

I recently had the opportunity to meet the lovely Stephanie -- the no less lovely Aran introduced us -- and I am therefore a new reader of her blog, "where practical meets pretty." She wrote ...

21 oct 11 1 person likes this

Reminder: C&Z 8th Anniversary Party Tonight!

Tonight at 8pm, please come join us and celebrate the 8th anniversary of C&Z at the new Paris wine bar Verjus! 47 rue Montpensier, Paris 1er, +33 (0)1 42 97 54 40 (see map). Continue reading "Re...

21 oct 11 1 person likes this

Homemade Natural Deodorant

Todays recipe is for something youll make in your kitchen with ingredients you would normally use for cooking, but that you shouldnt actually eat. (Or you could, but youd be missing the point.) Today...

18 oct 11 17 people like this

[Edible Idiom] Se vendre comme des petits pains

Photography by J. Annie Wang. This is part of a series on French idiomatic expressions that relate to food. Browse the list of idioms featured so far. This weeks expression is, "Se vendre comme d...

13 oct 11 5 people like this

Cooking For One (Zucchini and Chickpeas)

This is what dinner looks like when I eat on my own. I am endlessly curious to know what cooks cook when they cook for one: some cant see the point if there is no audience, others fall back on no-coo...

11 oct 11 8 people like this

C&Z Anniversary Get-Together: Important Update, Now Oct 21!

Due to an unforeseen administrative snag, the C&Z Anniversary Get-Together has been rescheduled to Friday, October 21. The venue has not changed: it will be held at Verjus, the wine bar that my frien...

06 oct 11 2 people like this

Custom Labels for Homemade Goodies

Chefs medallions Ive always had a major thing for stationery. When I was a child, I would spend a large portion of my allowance at the neighborhood stationery shop, which my family refered to as ta p...

04 oct 11 3 people like this

October 2011 Desktop Calendar

At the beginning of every month, I am offering C&Z readers a new wallpaper to apply on the desktop of your computer, with a food-related picture and a calendar of the current month. Our calendar for ...

01 oct 11 3 people like this

C&Z Turns Eight! + A Paris Get-Together

Today marks the eighth* anniversary of Chocolate & Zucchini. And just like last year and every year before it, I am divided between two feelings: on the one hand, I cant really remember what it felt ...

29 sep 11 3 people like this

Chestnut and Herb Canistrelli

Cooking inspiration is not the least of the pleasures I draw from a vacation, especially when Im able to bring back a few local ingredients. Its not always a sensible maneuver, though: Im sure we all...

20 sep 11 2 people like this

Homemade Celery Salt

When I read Heidis July post about her homemade celery salt, I bookmarked it immediately, murmuring to myself how simple and beautiful and clever the idea was. While I am an enthusiastic consumer of ...

13 sep 11 10 people like this

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