les petits gateaux de Marie de Chèvre- little goat’s cheese cakes
little goats cheesecakes There is something about these little cheese cakes, tangy with fresh goats cheese- les faiselles- softer than cream cheese, rich but not too. I make them with eggs from the little black hens here at Camont so they are stained deep saffron yellow and taste beyond delicious. I spooned the thick batter into brown paper baking cups I bought so long ago I can’t remember where. They puffed and huffed and rose above the edges... Read More
Inspired Cooking- a January lunch menu
Pre-1970 Cooking. Cooking in France. Cooking in Gascony, France. What inspires you to cook? A recipe? A photograph in a cookbook? A blog post? Here at Camont, I look around my Gascon world for the everyday inspiration that has fueled generations of good Gascon cooks. This month’s inspiration? Muddy farmyards clucking with fat hens and fatter ducks, fields of growing wheat shoots just 6 inches high, plum orchards in bloom anticipation, and... Read More
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
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
Kitchen Inspiration- look around you.
Morning. It’s Saturday. Here in Gascony that means Market morning. From Camont, there are lots of choices of where to go for the Saturday morning producer’s markets: Agen at the Graviere neighborhood Agen at the Place de Laitiers for the organic market Le Passage for best honey, cheese and fresh fish Nerac for the best selections of friends… Sometimes I choose my market by who I will see, sometimes by what I will find or hope... Read More
