*Last month, I...* worked at Bob's Kitchen
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bobs-Juice-Bar/28014229087?sk=info>
, got april-fooled for the first time in years and years, made ramen
from scratch (except for the noodles but that's next on my list), had
lunch <http://patriciawells.com/blog/2815>
at Patricia Wells's to celebrate the release of her latest book
<http://www.amazon.com/dp/006123883X?tag=chocolzucchi-newsletter-20>
, met the wonderful Nunu Chocolate <http://www.nunuchocolates.com/>
team at their pop-up shop
<http://www.brachfeld-gallery.com/gallery_exhibitions.php?gid=45>
in Paris, went to see les Sea Girls <http://www.les-seagirls.com/>
and loved loved loved the show (will go again when they come back
later this year), attended a frog fight <http://frogfight.tumblr.com/>
at Coutume Café
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coutume/187873637913065>
, and preordered Mission Street Food
<http://store.mcsweeneys.net/index.cfm/fuseaction/catalog.detail/object_id/c6df31ef-5f88-4763-ac27-eed4b75f6d8f/MissionStreetFood.cfm>
, the first McSweeney's cookbook.
*This month, I will...* get frequent whiffs from my May 1st stems of
lily of the valley
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2005/05/1er_mai_fete_du_muguet.php>
, embark on the painful but ultimately rewarding process of having my
*kitchen remodeled* and living room repainted, seek asylum in other
people's kitchens to test recipes for the *new book* I'm working on
(more details to come!), go out to taste Belgian fries from this new
baraque à frites
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/De-Clercq-les-Rois-de-la-Frite/153097221406554?sk=info>
and cream puffs from this new pâtisserie <http://popelini.com/>
, attend my first meeting as a member of the Club des Croqueurs de
Chocolat <http://croqueurschocolat.com/>
, go to see Eddie Izzard
<http://www.eddieizzard.com/news/view.php?Id=67>
perform in French, drop by the Fête du Pain
<http://www.lafetedupain.com/index_carte.htm>
at Notre-Dame, and enjoy the other surprises Paris and life will
throw my way.
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**Links you should enjoy**
~ Brandi has a recipe for homemade donuts
<http://lookimadethat.com/2011/04/04/glazeddoughnuts/>
, Krispy Kreme-style.
~ Harris Salat tells us how to make gyoza
<http://www.japanesefoodreport.com/2011/04/how-to-make-gyoza.html>
.
~ How soon will this nifty cake-decorating machine
<http://www.mischertraxler.com/projects_till_you_stop_cake_decoration.html>
become a staple of the home kitchen?
~ I hardly ever eat sushi anymore for environmental reasons
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2008/08/sustainable_seafood.php>
, but I could go for an assortment of these sushi memopads
<http://www.scope.ne.jp/nico/sushimemo/>
.
~ The My New Roots
<http://mynewroots.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-new-roots-cooking-show.html>
web cooking show opens with a promising first video.
~ As soon as my kitchen is in working order again, I plan to make
spoon butter
<http://www.foodinjars.com/2011/02/wooden-tools-and-homemade-spoon-butter/>
to pamper my wooden utensils.
~ I love these little robots
<http://www.laboiteverte.fr/les-petits-robots-de-brian-marshall/>
made with spare parts and scraps, and also this witty series of toy
stories
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/35699504@N00/sets/72157626226613468/detail/>
.
~ Read what Ira Glass, host of This American Life
<http://www.thisamericanlife.org>
, has to say about creative work and what nobody tells beginners
<http://nprfreshair.tumblr.com/post/4931415362/nobody-tells-this-to-people-who-are-beginners-i>
.
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<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/05/may_2011_desktop_calendar.php>
, i.e. a wallpaper to apply on the desktop of your computer, with a
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**Entry Digest**
**What have I been up to on Chocolate & Zucchini recently?**
How Not To Cry
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/how_to_peel_onions_without_crying.php>
(April 26, 2011)
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/how_to_peel_onions_without_crying.php>
Of all the kitchen inconveniences the cook has to live with, the one
that generates the highest number of defensive strategies is no doubt
the chopping of onions, and the associated teargas effect.
The reason why it makes you cry is explained in detail here, and if
you like to read about enzymes and syn-propanethial-S-oxide, as do I,
it is worth a read.
But to put it more simply, chopping onions causes the release of an
irritant gas in the ai...
Continue reading »
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/how_to_peel_onions_without_crying.php>
50 Things To Do With Fresh Sorrel
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/50_things_to_do_with_fresh_sorrel.php>
(April 19, 2011)
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/50_things_to_do_with_fresh_sorrel.php>
Garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa) is commonly cultivated in French
vegetable patches, and the season is just beginning. It is a sturdy,
easy-to-grow leafy plant that comes back year after year, and belongs
to the same botanical family as rhubarb and buckwheat, which is always
fun to know.
I think of it as being halfway between a green and an herb: its
flavor is notably tangy and sour, and it can be eaten raw or gently
cooked, but in both cases it ...
Continue reading »
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/50_things_to_do_with_fresh_sorrel.php>
Water Kefir
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/water_kefir_tibicos.php>
(April 12, 2011)
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/water_kefir_tibicos.php>
Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter already know that I
worked for a little while last month at Bob's Kitchen, a (very good)
vegetarian lunch restaurant and juice bar in the 3rd arrondissement.
The team had been hired to provide the food during a film festival
that was held at Beaubourg, so they needed a few more hands on deck,
and I seized this opportunity to gain a little pro cooking experience,
to catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse a...
Continue reading »
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/water_kefir_tibicos.php>
Chinese Marinated Pork Ribs
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/chinese_marinated_pork_ribs.php>
(April 5, 2011)
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/chinese_marinated_pork_ribs.php>
In the very early days of 2011, I was invited to lunch by a
blogger-friend*. In preparation for the meal, she said two promising
things: "I hope you like Chinese food" and "Come hungry."
In her pretty apartment filled with lovely things to look at --
postcards and drawings and old vinyls and slim books with soft covers
-- she treated me to a cornucopian spread of Chinese dishes, all of
them family recipes from her mother's kitchen.
Among thes...
Continue reading »
<http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2011/04/chinese_marinated_pork_ribs.php>
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