It’s really easy to dismiss haute cuisine with an epic eye roll and dismissive wank. It can be finicky, stuffy, pretentious, and egocentric. It’s the supermodel aesthetic writ large in the world of ...
I’m not a ‘foodie.’ I like sandwiches — the simple things. That’s why I was initially hesitant over a screening of a two hour film about French cuisine and a Q&A with the film’s inspiration. I thought ...
Hunter, cook and writer Steven Rinella discusses his new book, The Scavenger's Guide to Haute Cuisine. Inspired by a famous 100-year-old cookbook by the king of haute cuisine, Auguste Escoffier, ...
The unnamed president in “Haute Cuisine,” an ode to traditional French cuisine and professional pride, summons a self-taught culinary expert from the provinces to be his personal chef at the Élysée ...
An electric fry pan purchased at a yard sale for $1.89. A wood-burning cook stove. An unheated farmhouse with a big garden bought on time with a $48-a-month mortgage. A trove of old French cookbooks ...
Here in Abu Dhabi, the richest of the seven hered-itary sheikdoms that make up the United Arab Emirates, air-conditioned French bistros serve tarte tatin on white tablecloths and cafés offer high tea ...
Baseball stadium cuisine has been elevated to haute cuisine. Alongside hot dogs and pretzels, fans can now dine on zucchini arancini, fried chicken bahn mi, and poke bowls prepared by some of the ...
Think of “Haute Cuisine” as a backstage drama, but instead of taking us behind the scenes of a play or ballet, it’s in a kitchen. There’s plenty of conflict in this particular kitchen because it’s in ...
A femme Gallic country cook is elevated to the rank of the president's personal chef in scribe-helmer Christian Vincent's "Haute Cuisine," an airy comedy-drama whose preparation, with its conspicuous ...
How exhausted must the list of biopic subjects be if producers are now spearheading movies about the employees of famous people? Like Lee Daniels’ The Butler, another recent Weinstein acquisition, ...