Doing the truffle shuffle: 8 pastry chefs, 15 desserts and a lot of Valrhona chocolate

I’ve always been more of a savoury than sweet kind of girl. When it comes to dessert, I’m more likely to order a nice big cheese board than a devilish pud, and by the time it gets to petit fours I’m usually over-faced. But, after a few days spent at the Ecole du Grand Chocolat [...]

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Pass the whelks

I’ve just got back from a visit to Rungis – the world’s biggest fresh produce market just outside of Paris. I was there writing an article for Yes Chef magazine and in the company of four esteemed chefs – the legendary Pierre Koffmann, Pascal Proyart, Mark Jordan and James Dugal. Just in case you’re picturing [...]

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Paris food porn

Ok, so I do know that it’s not really in the remit of this blog to keep posting about foreign food experiences (we are 54 food miles) but I just had to say something about my trip to Paris.
Predictably, the trip pretty much centered around food (well why on earth wouldn’t it?) and it was [...]

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