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Thierry Chocolaterie Patisserie Cafe

in Breakfast and Pastry, Carbapalooza, Vancouver, Comfort, Canada, Dessert, Drink, French 4 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The older I get, the more I lean toward dark chocolate, and melted bitter dark chocolate can be something like poetry in a cup. At Thierry, an order of ‘liquid chocolate’ is decadent and indulgent, swirled with ribbons of hazelnut, caramel, or coconut […]

The Smoking Goat

in Carbapalooza, Comfort, Gone Fishing, French, United States, San Diego, CA 4 comments

San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Across the street from trendy ramen joint Underbelly and next door to a degenerate day-drinking bar sits the Smoking Goat, possibly San Diego’s very best French restaurant, and certainly my favorite of the bunch. Of course, when you say “French restaurant” in […]

Spago – Las Vegas

in American, Carbapalooza, Dessert, Drink, Gone Fishing, French, Las Vegas, NV, United States, Italian, Vegetarian 7 comments

Las Vegas, NV (The Joy of Food) — Anyone recalling the old Spago in Caesar’s Palace will remember kitsch at its finest: a blue painted sky, a glistening fake pebbled floor, and a metal barrier on the ‘outdoor’ patio separating you from the passersby like a zoo enclosure. This location […]

Le Doux Ciel

in Breakfast and Pastry, Canada, Vancouver, Dessert, French 2 comments

Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Everything at Le Doux Ciel is an explosion of pink: it’s in the seat cushions, in the lamps, and in the giant spherical things that hang from the ceiling. If you’ve ever wondered what the inside of Barbie’s Dollhouse looks like, this is […]

Le Dézaley

in Zurich, Comfort, French, Switzerland, The Milky Way, Swiss 6 comments

Zurich, Switzerland (The Joy of Food) — I can’t think of a better place to venture into a pot of boiling cheese for dinner than at Le Dézaley, Zurich’s fondue mecca right in the heart of the city. If you have ever spent time around a fondue pot, this will […]

Au Kouign-Amann

in Breakfast and Pastry, Montreal, Carbapalooza, Canada, Dessert, French 4 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — A visit to Au Kouign-Amann in Montreal is a pilgrimage, a chance to visit a patisserie making a classic version of the famed kouign-amann. Fads like the Cronut come and go, but French pastry is forever. For the uninitiated, the kouign-amann is a […]

Au Pied de Cochon

in Montreal, Canada, Comfort, French, Meaty Goodness, Quebecois 8 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Montreal may be home to one of the richest, most decadent food scenes in the world, one where things like cheese curds, duck fat, and red wine flow through veins, where sophistication and rustic commingle on the same plate, and where gluttony is […]

Ladurée

in Breakfast and Pastry, Paris, Dessert, France, French 5 comments

Paris, France (The Joy of Food) — I was introduced to Ladurée, and dare I say the finer things in life, on trips to Paris in my youth, when I was led hand-in-hand down the grand boulevards by my mother and given bites of the cloud-like little pillows of pistachio-flavored […]

Joe Beef

in Montreal, Canada, Comfort, Gone Fishing, French, Meaty Goodness, Quebecois 2 comments

Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — When I saw two jolly guys on television traveling with their own stash of truffles on a train jaunt through the Québécois countryside, I knew I needed to visit whatever restaurant they were hawking on the show. Those jolly guys were chef-owners David […]