MAGYC Pies at Camont
a MAGYC PIE... There are pies and there are PIES. There is magic and there is MAGYC. And yes, this is a bonafide, real, authentic MAGYC PIE. Over the years, I have dabbled in savoury pies as the visual and gustatory homage to Monsieur Monet’s painted pies here, here and here, of course! But this week as Fran and Ian from Melbourne, and Hilary from Sonoma, and Matt from Welbeck descend on the Chapolard home for lunch, we’ll be bringing... Read More
here chick, chick, chick… they’ve flown the coop!
The mother hen in me is clucking around the Internet, pecking over at Twitter, and flying over the Wire as my SAF chicklets leave their nest for the first time to work in real life farms and butcher shops across the UK and here in France. Here in France over at the Chapolard farm, Matt joins newly arrived AB&C student Hilary for an early 6 am call to start work butchering the newly arrived pig carcasses. Today they’ll be making saucisson,... Read More
What goes around comes around, again and again… New trends for 2012
It's just bacon. A couple of years ago someone, some too-clever-for-their-own-good someone, declared bacon was out… and that in the coming year pork belly was in. That set me off. It’s been cupcakes in and in and in and then- pies at last. In. Pickling came in and smoking went out. Butchery, charcuterie, and brewing are in, in, in. Potlucks, Pop-ups & Popsicles… all get their share of spin IN. Every January there is media... Read More
Cook, Shoot & Eat Gascony…in London & Paris!
Si tu ne viens pas à La Gascogne, La Gascogne ira à toi! / “If you don’t come to Gascony, Gascony will come to you!” Paraphrased from one of my all time favorite swashbuckling movies- Le Bossu, it does indeed serve as our cry to arms to bring a bit of Gascon country magic to two city venues- Paris and London for a weekend edition of our favorite Natural Light Natural Food photography workshop. Cook, Shoot & Eat Gascony! Cook:... Read More
Sweet Pie and other ideas from Camont
Tell me about pie and one person springs to mind. Kate McDermott. The Art of the Pie. From a flour dusted apron to her sunny blue chapeau, Kate is my inspiration for all things round and sweet. When we met last year in Seattle for the first time, to bake side by side our American/Franco versions of apple pie, the Sisters of the Pie was born. Our wonderful pie- lovin’ filmmaker Luuvu captured the movement here. Sisters of the Pie from by.luuvu... Read More
