Tag Archives: Julia Child

‘Food is the key to understanding Marseille’: a tour of the gastronomic city

‘Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are,’ wrote philosopher-gourmet Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1825, and this is particularly true of today’s Marseille: food is the key to understanding the city. Kesra The pita bread grilled by grandmothers from the Algerian diaspora in Noailles. The pizzas that young people and… Read More »

Layers of extraordinary vegetable found around the world are being peeled away

Right now, cooks around the world are standing in their kitchens, slicing and dicing onions and crying collectively. These tears are the price they pay for that heart-warming casserole, stunning stir-fry, delicious custard pie, earthy bread or tongue-tingling salsa that will soon grace their table. It’s all thanks to the humble onion. Onion is the… Read More »