Category Archives: food & drink

Tasting, cooking, shopping.

Mamy’s pear cake

Posted on 27 March 2010 by leacock

preparation time: 20 hours baking time: 40 minutes This is about as failsafe as cake recipes get. Depending on the size of the pan and the amount of fruit used, the pear chunks may peek through the top (as shown) … Continue reading →

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Easter at Patrick Roger (again)

Posted on 22 March 2010 by leacock

The window display at the Faubourg-Saint Honoré Patrick Roger is currently piled high with Easter eggs, crafty foxes and cooking rats, all made out of chocolate. It’s a smaller version of the display at the Saint-Germain shop, which had too … Continue reading →

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Easiest olive oil cake ever

Posted on 13 March 2010 by leacock

preparation time: 15 minutes cooking time: 45-50 minutes emergency contact: not even necessary This is also known as “Hazel’s cake” (because she can eat half of it in one sitting), or “Amy’s welcome home cake” (because there was one made … Continue reading →

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Holiday cheese

Posted on 6 January 2010 by leacock

Christmas Eve: Bleubry# — cow — Québec (Portneuf)

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Dueling falafels

Posted on 24 November 2009 by leacock

You can’t walk more than 10 metres on rue des Rosiers without tripping over a falafel stand. L’As du Falafel (the Ace of the Falafel) is the most popular, attracting locals and tourists by the hundreds each day. Mi-Va-Mi is … Continue reading →

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Paris roundup

Posted on 22 November 2009 by leacock

A running list of places to eat and to buy stuff that can be eaten in Paris. Thumbs way up L’As du Falafel, 34 rue des Rosiers (4th). See post. $ La Boulangerie Mauclerc, 83 rue de Crimée, 19th. This … Continue reading →

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Café des Musées

Posted on 19 November 2009 by leacock

We tried out a neighbourhood bistro called Café des Musées on the eve of the third Thursday in November, the day on which French law decrees Beaujolais Nouveau may be released. Having already had a little Pineau at the apartment, … Continue reading →

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Macarons

Posted on 15 November 2009 by leacock

Not having ever been big fans of macarons, we decided to at least taste some of Pierre Hermé’s famed ones to see what all the fuss was about. This being our first Hermé experience, we stuck with the basics (rather … Continue reading →

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Da Rosa

Posted on 13 November 2009 by leacock

Da Rosa is an épicerie (delicatessen) with an upstairs tasting room, a pleasant streetside terrace and an impossibly tall tower of a wine rack. More importantly, Da Rosa stocks many of the Leacock favourites: several types of jamón ibérico, Amadei … Continue reading →

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Breizh Café

Posted on 12 November 2009 by leacock

We had the wonderful wonderful oysters and organic buckwheat flour crêpes (galettes) on Armistice Day at Breizh Café. The menu is small, but with an emphasis on the freshest and best ingredients. Reservations are recommended for dinner. Galettes sampled: La … Continue reading →

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