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Category Archives: 5. Fish and Shellfish
Coques au satay
This dynamite French-Asian fusion dish of cockles in satay sauce is the creation of John O’Shea, a young British chef at the Paris bistro JJ, which happily for me is located in my building. The menu changes twice a day, … Continue reading
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Tagged cockles, coques, french-asian fusion, recette, recipe, satay
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Langouste beurre blanc Noilly
Lobster is a rare treat in Paris, largely because of the price. At my local farmers market the other day, they were selling small live lobsters for 30 euros a piece — far more than you would pay in other … Continue reading
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Tagged beurre blanc, Christmas, holiday meal, homard, langouste, lobster, New Year, Noilly Prat, recette, recipe
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Trilogie de coquillages persillés
I discovered this dish at a beachside restaurant near Sète in the south of France, and found it so delicious that I asked the chef for the recipe. It is a trilogy of shellfish — mussels, clams and razor clams … Continue reading
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Tartare de thon sur riz noir
Fusion is hot in Paris at the moment, with Asian, African and Latin American-inspired dishes popping up on menus created by French chefs at trendy bistros. And among the popular dishes, raw fish — served as tataki, ceviche or simply … Continue reading
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Tagged black rice, le comptoir du relais, le desnoyez, recette, recipe, riz noir, tartare de thon, tuna tartare
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Petite friture
This quintessential French dish evokes happy days at the seaside, where plates of small crispy fish are served up along with a chilled bottle of white or rosé. For me, petite friture inevitably makes me think of summer, which is … Continue reading
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Plateau de fruits de mer
Sharing a shellfish platter in fond company is one of the great pleasures of life in France, particularly if you happen to be enjoying it by the sea. Add a bottle of crisp white and the sound of waves breaking … Continue reading
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Tagged bigorneaux, bulots, gambas, holiday meals, oysters, recette, recipe, shellfish, whelks, winkles
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Tartare de saumon
Tomorrow is April Fool’s Day, an event marked in France by pranks known as poissons d’avril, or ‘April fish’. So this seemed an appropriate time to post a fish recipe, all the more so as spring has now sprung with … Continue reading
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Tagged poisson d'avril, recette, recipe, salmon, saumon, tartare
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Chipirons à la plancha
We just returned from a week at the shore in southwest France, where the beaches are vast, the waves are impressive and the food is fantastic. One of the specialties I most love in that corner of the world is … Continue reading
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Tagged aller-retour, basque cuisine, calmar, encornet, recette, recipe, seiche, squid, supion
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Cabillaud aux pistaches
‘I do not cook, I practice art.’ These words, pronounced by the divine actress Stéphane Audran toward the end of the film Babette’s Feast, give voice to the feelings of many of us when we enter the kitchen. Such were … Continue reading
Saint-Jacques à la bretonne
Sea scallops, Brittany style — dusted with flour, tenderly sauteed in butter and drizzled with a creamy sauce — make a fine winter’s dish. But what does this recipe have to do with the Way of Saint James, the historic … Continue reading
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Tagged brittany style, coquilles saint-jacques, recette, recipe, scallops
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