Le bernardin chawanmushi

The most delicious chawanmushi you will ever have. Fresh uni, geoduck, amaebi, and I'm sure I missed some other items.

the perfect parisian picnic

we're off to monterey for an anniversary weekend getaway. image above of a wonderful picnic we enjoyed in the south of france, consisting of delicious fraises (strawberries), macarons (pistache, lavender, cassis), salumi, cheese, olives, badoit sparkling water and of course orangina. =) have a happy weekend! =)

ferran adria sferificacion minikit

make your own strawberry caviar or bacon foam with this sferificacion minikit by ferran adria.

alice chocolate

'eat me!' says this daintily packaged swiss chocolate. the name alice chocolate was inspired by many alice's around the world including 'alice in wonderland, alice pleasance liddell, alice b. toklas, alice waters and all the others that enrich the day through their imagination, refinement and enchantment.'

anisette brasserie

indulge in a pain au chocolat et café for le petit dejeuner, and maybe stay for dejeuner (try the warm goat cheese beet salad and moules frites - trés délicieux). lastly, finish off your fantastic meal with some vacherin glacé (lavender ice cream). i love, love paris and i'm ecstatic, chef alain giraud has brought anisette brasserie into our neighborhood. now, if only i could walk to the eiffel tower after lunch. . .

happy red, white and blue weekend!

functional drinks

in need of some afternoon recharge, i came across this function 'brainiac' drink at famima. carambola, aka star fruit, gave this drink a slightly different punch while a cornucopia of biomedical compounds (phosphotidyl serine anyone?) titrated the juice with an unusual 'flavor'. this just might be your cure for dys-'function'.