Writing about food since 2004.
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Sandra Lee’s Kwanzaa Cake
This is too good not to post. Sent in by site reader Josh, here’s Sandra Lee’s Kwanzaa Cake complete with corn nuts, popcorn and “apple filling.” Special equipment? Kwanzaa candles. Oh and a cyanide caplet for after you’re done. A belated Happy Holidays to everyone out there!
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The Paris Wrap-Up
I haven’t updated much since I got back for two main reasons: (1) I have a nasty cold; and (2) I really liked that the main page was completely filled with my Paris posts and videos for latecomers to graze over. But now that grazing time’s over, I thought I’d do a wrap-up. Mainly this…
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Paris, The Rest of the Trip (Days 6, 7 & 8): Au Gourmand, Ze Kitchen Galerie, Delicabar, L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Chez Paul. **PLUS: Special Appearances By: Clotilde AND David Lebovitz!**
Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco; I left my heart in Paris. I also left my jeans in Paris. Seriously. They were my favorite pair. And right now they’re under the bed in room 204 of the Pavillon Pereire Arc de Triomphe Hotel. I suppose the saying is true: you can take the…
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**WORLD PREMIERE** The Paris Films: “J’Eat Paris” & “David Lebovitz in Paris”
It is with great honor and self-aggrandizement that I present to you two of the greatest films to hit the internet since Pamela Anderson uttered the words, “Tommy Lee, I do.” Dragging a video camera through Paris takes work and effort, and here is the product of that work and effort. The first film–“J’Eat Paris”–stars…
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[Paris Trip Over, Back to New York]
Tonight’s my last night in Paris. My stomach waved a white flag at dinner tonight and he and I, like transit workers and Mayor Bloomberg, decided to reach an accord: I’d return to New York and quit this binge eating and he’d agree not to swell to the size of a quadruplet-pregnancy. My flight gets…
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Paris, Day Five: Secret Little Nooks [L’As Du Fallafel, Berthillon, La Muse Vin]
![Paris, Day Five: Secret Little Nooks [L’As Du Fallafel, Berthillon, La Muse Vin]](https://amateurgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/parisday5.webp)
Like any major city, Paris has the face it shows to the world (the tower, the arc, Jacques Chirac) and then it has its own secret, private identity. For tourists breezing through, you hit the major spots–you ride that elevator and take pictures, you stroll down the Champs and buy “Paris Original” t-shirts. But for…
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Reminder: Raffle Ends Dec. 24th
For those who missed it, I’m raffling off a chance to star in an Amateur Gourmet video with me and one of my friends back in the Big Apple when I return. Pim’s “Menu For Hope II” has raised an absolutely astonishing $11,000 so far for earthquake victims and we’re trying to push to $15,000…
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Paris, Day Four: The Ins and Outs of Being a Tourist (Fauchon, Chez Flottes, Pierre Herme, Le Trois Freres)
I am a bad Parisian food blogger. Today’s Wednesday, Day 7, and I have to backtrack now to Day 4. But this is a good thing, I think. It means I’ve been so busy enjoying this beautiful city I fell behind. Or it means I’ve been kidnapped and replaced by a young Parisian upstart whose…
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Paris, Day Three: Simply The Best [Petit Dejeuner, Poilâne, Barthelemy, Laduree, Chez Omar]
![Paris, Day Three: Simply The Best [Petit Dejeuner, Poilâne, Barthelemy, Laduree, Chez Omar]](https://amateurgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/paris3.webp)
Saturday was the Day of Food. A video camera is my greatest tool for coercing innocent friends (John) and brothers of friends (Chris) into binge eating their way across a city. In this case the city was Paris. A list was made of all the most important places we needed to hit in our film—the…
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Paris, Day Two: John Arrives [Lunch at Le Petit Plateau, Le Loup Blanc]
![Paris, Day Two: John Arrives [Lunch at Le Petit Plateau, Le Loup Blanc]](https://amateurgourmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2005/12/parisday2.webp)
On Friday morning, John would arrive the same time I did on Thursday (he took the same flight). Because I napped for six hours Thursday afternoon, I woke up at the crack of dawn on Friday (around 6:30 am) and decided to go exploring before John got there after 10 (the flight landed at 7:30…
