I vaguely remember my first visit to J’Go . I think it had something to do with a wild night at the bar, and involved French rugby players drinking Armagnac shots off my belly. But unless someone has photo proof, I’m going to just assume that my memory may be off

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J’Go

My good friend and fellow foodie blogger  Kristi , signed us up for cooking classes at Hipcooks, here in West LA. We chose Dim Sum from their large variety of classes available because it sounded like the most challenging since we were both clueless on where to  start with all these flavors! Since then, we’d anxiously been looking forward to stuffing our faces with wontons, dumplings, pork puff pastries and more! We had a TON of fun learning to make Chinese food with our teacher Jessie and were both surprised with just how easy she made it all seem! I cant wait to try making these in my own kitchen, and then sharing them with you.  Here’s a look at what went on in the Hipcooks kitchen… The menu: Steamed shrimp wontons Chicken cabbage dumplings Chinese-style green beans Seared sesame beef in rice paper Lotus Flower Pork Puff Pastry Sweet Wontons with orange, walnuts and dates We also enjoyed 4 types of Chinese tea, seared scallop lo mein and even scallion pancakes! Stay tuned for video of me attempting my very first pan flip while making those really delicious scallion pancakes. If you’re looking to hone in on your Chinese culinary skills, check out Hipcooks . Can’t wait for my next class!

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Dim Sum and then Some

Before we go one word further, I have a request:  Prepare to think differently about Washington, DC.  Too often our capital city is disparaged for bulky national programs.  But this is a story about something that works beautifully:  Common Good City Farm located at 3rd and V Streets in the LeDroit Park neighborhood. Continued below The Community Comes Out for Common Good Founded four years ago by Liz Falk and other engaged citizens, Common Good recently celebrated the start of the 2010 season.  It’s located on the grounds of a former junior high that ended in a sweep of school closings by Mayor Fenty in 2008.  Of the twenty-six schools that closed, Common Good is the only active space among the vacancies formed two years ago.  The city has plans to create a public park in the area surrounding the farm, so there will be gateway green for people to relax and then discover it.

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Local Food Citizen: Common Good City Farm in Washington, DC

For quite some time, whenever I’d go out to eat in Paris with a visiting friend, their gaze would invariably land on something Italian on the menu. And they’d want to order something like risotto or salad Caprese , which I’d warn them away from.

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Al Taglio

Yesterday, I was passing through the Place de l’Opéra, and saw this mob outside the Air France office. And the line snaked around the block

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10 Things to Do If You’re Stuck in Paris

Many thanks to Erin, who shared this fantastic post from her blog, One Particular Kitchen. Some of my very favorite kids came over to play yesterday — a nine year old boy and 5-year-old twin girls, and of course two year old Kiddo, who is a permanent fixture

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What’s Cooking With YOUR Kids: Cupcake Playdate

For some reason, the world went a little nuts for Parisian macarons in the past year and everyone, from New York to New Delhi, seemed to be fascinated by these little sandwich cookies. Notice that I said “Parisian” macarons, since you won’t find these too far outside of Paris

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I Love Macarons!

Because I live outside the United States, sometimes people inquire about where they can obtain the same ingredients or equipment there, or wherever they live. Although I strive to make the recipes and stories as globalized as possible, infrequently I will use an ingredient or equipment that might not necessarily be as easily available to others as it is to me

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How to Find Foods and Other Items Mentioned On the Site

When cookbook author and nutrition educator Meredith McCarty continues her monthly series of cooking classes in Menlo Park on Saturday, April 24th her focus will be on the health benefits and culinary uses of tempeh. She promises to teach you how to lighten traditional recipes designed for chicken to shine with tempeh, including a recipe for Tempeh Marbella adapted from the “Silver Palate Cookbook.” Full menu and registration details after the jump.

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Learn the Temptations of Tempeh with Meredith McCarty

Every year, I look forward to the Great American Bake Sale.  It is a perfect event for me and my students.  We already cook together – and this gives us an important reason to make some sweets for a change.

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Snickerdoodles with 3rd Graders: Great American Bake Sale

You’re probably thinking that I’m a little crazy saying that a meal that’s going to set you back a hundred bucks is a bon marché . I don’t know about you, but that’s not pocket change, even for a bon vivant like me. The first time I went to a three-star restaurant in Paris was about six years ago.

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Great Dining Deals in Paris

I am so proud of my friend Aviva.  Not only does she help families get dinner on the table with her menu planning service, The Six O’Clock Scramble, but she also makes the environment a priority. Her new book, SOS! The Six O’Clock Scramble to the Rescue; Earth-Friendly, Kid-Pleasing Dinners for Busy Families, came out TODAY

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SOS! Earth-Friendly, Kid Pleasing Dinners for Busy Families

Thanks for starting this part of your blog site! I love that you are bringing all these families together this way.  I don’t know very many people who enjoy doing this as much as I do.  I come from a pretty strong background in Early Childhood Education so being able to bring these two elements into

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What’s Cooking with YOUR Kids – Letting Kids Be Creative

I experimented yesterday and did a twist on the traditional mazarins, which are small pastries made of short crust filled with almond paste and then glazed. However I used toasted oat flour and rhubarb instead of normal flour and basic almond paste filling.

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Toasted oat flour mazarins with rhubarb

Kitchen Studio, a self-proclaimed “innovative, high-tech culinary club” opens this weekend in a 250m² loft in Boulogne, one of Paris’s twenty-something arrondissements. The inaugural weekend hints of several surprises with a series of cooking classes, demonstrations and workshops—all free—starting Saturday at 11am and running through out the day, culminating at 19h00 with a culinary spectacle by ” Les Coqs en Pâte “.  Sunday morning gets started with a brunch workshop entitled “So British” and ends with a giant goûter (snack) at 16h00 with the authors of La Cuisine des Papas .

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Kitchen Studio

This, friends, is the vanilla French buttercream icing from Butter Lane , aka the best cupcake icing in the world (although I’m also a huge fan of the “Moose” at Sugar Sweet Sunshine – maybe they’re actually tied for best cupcake icing in the world).

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Bake cupcakes like a rock star at Butter Lane

You might not remember the days before the internet, but when we used to travel somewhere, we’d ask a friend to scribble down a list of suggestions. And we’d often be asked to do the same in return

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Rue Montorgueil-Les Halles

Today is the release of my newest book, Ready for Dessert —a hefty volume of my all-time favorite recipes! You’ll find everything I love in this book, from the Chocolate Chip Cookies that won over les Parisiens to a French inspired Apple-Frangipan Galette . I figured out the secret to truly chewy Peanut Butter Cookies , and frosted Black and Whites finally get their due.

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It’s Ready!

A very happy Easter to all of those who celebrate. In Sweden Easter is mainly celebrated on Saturday, and in Poland today on Sunday. Yesterday we went to church with a small basket of food for the traditional blessing of Easter food that is common for Eastern European catholics

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Happy Easter!

I was having drinks at a friend’s house last night, who is a cuistot , the French slang for a cook. I don’t think you’d say cuistat for a woman, but whatever you want to call us, the conversation pretty much stayed on one topic: Food. We talked literally for hours while we drank brisk sauvignon blanc and picked apart an amazing wedge of 30 month-old Comté cheese from a giant wedge on a cutting block positioned strategically between us.

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Involtini: Feta & Prosciutto Rolls