Posts tagged natural wine
Aux Deux Amis
May 12th
The evening began with an apology over the phone: “the owner is gone this week, so we’re only doing tapas.” It finished with some nail-in-the-coffin Crozes-Hermitage, taken while standing at the bar and listening to this song:
I think I may have found my happy place. In this place, men who are handsome enough to have worked at le Chateaubriand bring me glass after glass of natural wine. I soak these up with small plates of food that look simple, are made with foodie approved ingredients (Thiebault veggies), and taste a little like love.
Burrata with green asparagus
The most delicious (oily, oniony) Tortilla outside of Madrid. More >
Pierre Jancou: pulling up the Racines
Oct 18th
Posted by Meg in News & Events
Pierre Jancou, the photogenic owner of Racines, sent me a sad email this morning:
Finally Racines will be sold next friday and I will go to the Drôme region next to my family and have new adventures.However shocking it might seem, this isn’t the first time that Jancou has built and sold a thriving enterprise at the height of its popularity. He offloaded his previous project, la Crèmerie, just as the mainstream press were climbing on board. The right owner and offer came along, he told me, just as he was beginning to tire of his Saint-Germain clientele. Too many More >
Two hot dishes from Racines
Jun 17th
Posted by Meg in Restaurants
Hot Dish #1: Pierre Jancou
Photo: Kai Junemann
Hot Dish #2: Pierre’s Agneau de Lait en Cocotte The latest issue of Gulf Life, the in-flight magazine for Gulf Air, has a new interview with Pierre Jancou. The charismatic owner of Racines was kind enough to share (along with his time and some tasty natural wine) this recipe for milk-fed lamb with spring vegetables.
