a magic moment
Sometimes there are situations that you can't anticipate, and that provide maybe for that very reason a magic moment in life. I just had a 15 minute lasting magic moment, that I want to capture. A long...
View ArticleWhat to do with too many kumquats ?
Last week my favourite chef was on a well deserved vacation, and I had to deal once again with his replacement chef I don't like at all. Actually nobody in the team really likes him. A chef of the "old...
View Articletrouble in paradise
I haven't been posting for a while about the restaurant, because I am going through a phase of doubts and wasn't in the mood to share dessert or starter photos. My motivation and drive for creativity...
View ArticleHappiness is ...
... to find this on the Christmas market on the Champs-Elysees : And a note on my previous post and the comments : Chee, Gloria, Mindy , Kelli & Olivier, Ulla, C, Lisa : I am very touched by your...
View ArticlePerles du Japon au lait de coco
The trio de pannacotta, one of the best selling desserts had to be replaced last week. In the beginning I had 75 verrines (small glasses), just right for 25 portions, and it allowed me to prepare the...
View Articlephotography classes
I have taken a couple of more photography classes since September. The two last ones about capturing speed and about night photography. The purchase of my new toy had been initiated by a missed...
View ArticleBento-Box d'Issé
Being tired of all the cheap touristy adjusted-to-French-taste Sushi-Shops in Paris I wanted to try this "true" more authentic Japanese restaurant for a while, that has earned a lot of positive...
View ArticleHappy Holidays
Merry Xmas to everybody who is celebrating it ! Last dinner service of 2009 for me tonight, on my way to Germany tomorrow morning where I will spend almost 2 weeks...
View ArticleThey said there'll be snow at Christmas...
This is a special greeting to my sister Gabi Doktor Bosse, who is working during Xmas in the hospital. In anticipation of Aug 12th 2010..... Merry Xmas kleine Schwester !
View ArticleChet Baker
Sorry for the too long break, and thank you for the comments and emails to encourage me to continue this. After return from Xmas vacation I was without internet for a while, the neighbour apparently...
View ArticleTartare de langoustines
In January the owner had a communications agency come in to create a press brochure that was subsequently sent to 300 journalists. Exciting times, we start to get a couple of nice articles and...
View Articlereviews
As result of the 300 brochures sent out to journalists we are getting now weekly 2-3 reviews on blogs and on paper. In some of them my name appears, which makes me very proud, so far the critics about...
View ArticleThe big decision
I have taken one of the bigger decisions of my life : It is time to stop giving my time and talent to others and in 2011 I will open my own restaurant. Most likely in Paris. Voila. Big big decision. I...
View ArticleMillefeuille de pommes roties et creme de calvados
The bestseller among my spring 2010 desserts : caramelized cinnamon flavored apples and calvados-mascarpone cream, layered between crispy sheets of puff pastry. Photo by Stephane Laniray.
View ArticleThe best asparagus I've ever eaten...
...were prepared by Adeline Grattard, a young chef that everyone talks about. Within a couple of months after opening her restaurant Yam'Tcha in the center of Paris near Les Halles, she got...
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