Kate Flaim (Girl Reporter)

As I said in the last post, we spent a lot of time this weekend working around the apartment. While the kitchen didn’t get any new touches, we did talk and think a lot about what it needs to make it feel complete… I need to upload a more recent photo, since we have added [...]

Once again I am posting erratically and cooking even less. This is, of course, weeks out of date. Still, I wanted to post the delicious meal that we enjoyed at our friend Kabir’s apartment on New Year’s Eve, prepared by his talented fiancée Nicole. The men contributed to the meal by playing Nicole’s new Wii. [...]

After finishing my meandering shopping trip, I went to the Rue Mercier, a touristy pedestrian street lined with inexpensive restaurants. I had fun reading the prix fixe options on every menu, then picked the smallest and most crowded one for my solo dinner. I sat at a tiny table next to the door, facing out [...]

After Paris I spent a couple days working in Lyon. The first night I got in late and just grabbed snacks for a belated dinner. For lunch the next day I stopped in a large traîteur on my noon walk, and picked up some little pastry rounds filled with terrine. What a brilliant picnic food! [...]

Eeek, I’m still alive, just working! And this weekend I flaked out and was lazy during our snowed-in Nor’Easter day, instead of catching up on posts. Anyway, back to Paris… On Saturday night we ate near the apartment (which was a great little studio in a perfect location–highly recommended). I had so-so boudin noir with [...]

Wednesday afternoon I stumbled across an afternoon market, which of course made me starving. If I weren’t allergic to half the ingredients I would have asked for a little container of that paella! I’ve never cooked Poulet de Bresse, but I know chicken in France always tastes more like CHICKEN and less like Something Bland….I [...]

I love seeing new places but when I get to France it’s like my whole body heaves a sigh of relief. It just feels right. We had a wonderful weekend between my days of interviews and I will write more later. But in the meantime, check out the magic that I saw when I got [...]

I know I haven’t been very food-focused lately, but it’s been a busy time! I had to share this photos, though, because they amuse me so much. When I got home from London the tree in front of our apartment was still glowing pure, bright yellow. It didn’t look like any leaves had fallen. On [...]

Almost two weeks ago we were home for the weekend, without guests or a trip, for the first time since…. Hmm, early September. There was a crazy storm on Saturday, which I was excited to see forecast since Ben had studying to do and I wanted nothing so much as an excuse to laze around [...]

Ben ordered the new stove, and we’re thinking about hoods; scary and exciting stuff. Here’s what we’re thinking: Hood: We need a recirculating hood because drilling through to the outside for ventilation will be a nightmare. Not sure what to do yet. Stove: I saw the white enamel Viking in Domino at least a year [...]