Food and Drink

From My French Kitchen: Pan Bagnat

Since my house was up in the hills and to the left of the city of Nice, Cuisine Niçoise was all around me. Cuisine Nicoise is different because until...

From My French Kitchen: La Soupe de Courge

This is a warm colorful soup to make this time of year with pumpkins. The “pumpkins” I found in the south of France didn’t quite look...

Old Luchow’s

Every Christmas my father took us to Luchow’s, a German restaurant in New York City. Every year he miraculously acquired the table by the huge Christmas...

Lavender Cookies

When I had my house in the South of France, lavender grew everywhere…in the driveway, up and down the hill, all around the garden. I would pick...

Artisanal Holiday Cocktails From My Friend Warren Bobrow

I am so happy to introduce all of you to my friend Warren Bobrow. I emailed him asking for advice about conjuring up a scary brew for Halloween...

Food and Flowers

I want to talk about food and flowers, a topic that draws me into windows (like this one in Paris) with utter fascination, into plates with a delicately...

Family Recipes From An Aruban Chef

Meet Chef Marlon Damian from the Aruba Mariott. As I promised you a few days ago, I am now going to share with you the recipes he gave me from my cooking...

Chocolate Love In Paris

What could be better than being in Paris and eating all the chocolate you ever could dream of, most of it free samples, and most of it the finest chocolate...

Day Three: My Culinary Adventure In Aruba

Last night I sat out on my balcony at the Aruba Marriott listening to whisps of music drift up from the beach. My hotel had a great reggae band, so good...