Episode 44: Paris Restaurants, Le CBD Café Cookbook & Wines of The World by Barrère Capdeville

by Paige Donner

Today's episode of Paris GOODfood+wine from this early February springtime in Paris is all about restaurants and wines...and a brand new Cookbook! 

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The first segment features a longtime colleague of mine named Heidi Ellison who, after we worked together at the International Herald Tribune in the early 90's (since re-branded the International New York Times), went on to found Paris Update. Her Best Restaurants List for 2019 published recently on her site and these are the restaurants she'll be telling us about in our first interview.

Several of her picks coincide with mine which you can read about on 10BEST.com where I review restaurants, hotels and attractions for USA Today on their 10BEST travel media brand.

Then we switch to the world of wine. And I do mean the world of wine because as a departure from our regular wine discussions here on Paris GOODfood+wine ,which focus mainly on French wines, we speak with Florent Barrère, a native Bordelais, whose business, Barrère Capdeville, is importing and selling high-end wines from regions like Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Chile here in France to a predominantly French consumer. We discuss this ambitious yet successful business he founded 10 years ago following the outstanding day of wine tasting he hosted at the Plaza Athénée here in Paris last week.

 

I also have a big announcement: My first cookbook just published. It's called Le CBD Café Cookbook.

 

Click HERE to find LE CBD Café Cookbook on Amazon

In it you'll find over 50 recipes that all incorporate hemp-derived CBD oil. Note, in the US, the FDA has classified hemp-derived cannabidiol, commonly known as CBD, as a food supplement since there are no known narcotic effects but there is a plethora of reported health benefits.

Recipes in Le CBD Café Cookbook are for delicious meals and snacks like Strawberry Dark Chocolate Banana CBD Smoothie, Apple Sausage Dutch Baby, Buttered Wild Mushrooms on Toast, Fish and Shrimp Ceviche with Popcorn, Texas Pulled Pork with Cayenne BBQ Sauce, Classic Italian Meatballs, French Boeuf Bourguignon Slow Cooked, Steak with Creamy Garlic Parmesan Sauce and Sweet Potato Pie with Cinnamon Roll Crust. And not to forget our furry friends, the last chapter, chapter 12, is devoted to homemade treats for your cat and dog.

The book is out now and available on Amazon. We're giving away 5 digital copies this month of the cookbook. To qualify, share the link to this show on your social media such as Twitter and Instagram, and in your review of the show on Soundcloud or iTunes, mention Le CBD Café Cookbook.

So, all aboard now as I take you on another meandering stroll through culinary Paris.

Le CBD Café Cookbook

Barrère & Capdeville

ParisUpdate.com

10BEST.com/destinations/France/Paris

  

 

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Episode 43: Whiskey & Les Foodies - Paris GOODfood+wine

Presented / Produced by Paige Donner

 

Paris GOODfood+wine

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Whiskey Bar, Paris' Golden Promise & New Marais Restaurant, Les Foodies 

Episode 43, Season 5, January 2019 © PaigeDonner

 

Here we are, already at the end of the 3^rd week of January in our brand new year 2019. Here in Paris the Christmas decorations are still up all over the city.

I find this rather comforting. This reluctance to let go of the festive season. It's like the French forestall the descent into the darkest, coldest days of winter that are January and February for as long as they can.

This episode of PARIS good food+wine, Episode 43, Season 5, starts off by bringing you a nice dram of whiskey. I take you into the hidden treasure cellars that are Golden Promise Whisky Bar. This bar is not so much a bar but more like a universe of whiskey; many of which are rare collector's items, from all over the world.

We have a sit-down interview with François Piriou, the establishment's director. His modest demeanor belies his vast knowledge and even greater passion for these whiskeys.

Then we turn to an unusual and somewhat exotic restaurateur-chef duo, Alex Kogan and Davide Galloni, who, together represent Italy, Thailand Russia and the USA. Their new-ish restaurant in the Marais, Les Foodies, is fun, inventive and offers original dishes of Thai-Italian fusion. They've also spent a fair bit of time curating their informed wine list, selecting excellent bottles from Italy, Argentina and of course France, that pair so nicely with their cuisine.

So sit back and relax as we bring you this warm and cosy edition of Paris GOODfood+wine. And for those of you interested in trying to re-create one of these whiskey cocktails, head on over to our show notes at Local Food And Wine.wordpress where we've included a whiskey cocktail recipe that you can try at home.

Be sure to leave a review of the show and share us on your social media if you like what you hear and the people we feature.

So, Bonne année 2019 et Bon Santé à toute et à tous...

  *Photos copyright Paige Donner 2019

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Whiskey Cocktail Recipes Tutorial: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqs58Mt0pNU

Les Foodies

6-8 Square Sainte-Croix de la Bretonnerie, 75004 Paris

https://lesfoodies.paris/

Golden Promise Whisky Bar

11 Rue Tiquetonne, 75002 Paris

https://www.goldenpromise.fr/

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And in case you're interested, here are the Good Food Foundation winners for this year:

Winners https://goodfoodfdn.org/awards/winners/

AND

Finalists https://goodfoodfdn.org/awards/finalists/

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Music by We Lucky Few, FreeSoundtrackMusic.com

Music in show intro, Jazzy French by BensoundMusic.com

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Episode 42: The Feast Is In The First Bite - Chefs Ludo Lefebvre & Nina Métayer

by Paige Donner

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The feast is in the first bite. I came across this phrase recently listening to a science program on the radio about how human taste buds function. It was scientifically explained that in fact with each subsequent bite of food, there is a diminishing sensory enjoyment insofar as the taste explosion in your mouth. So in this season of joyful excess, we can reassure ourselves that the feast is indeed in the first bite.

INTERVIEWS:

• Nina Métayer, Executive Pastry Chef, Café Pouchkine: Start Time - 7' 30 seconds

• Chef Ludo Lefebvre of Trois Mec, Los Angeles: Start Time - 25' 49 seconds

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As I sit here at my desk in my office in the Marais recording this, I realize that this 2018 holiday season here in Paris will go down in history as the Yellow Christmas.

This month of Saturday protests of the GiletsJaunes, the Yellow Vests, here in Paris have marked the season with closed shops and whole shopping districts such as the Champs Elysées, Saint Germain des Prés, and even here, in the normally bustling Marais, shuttering their doors and boarding their windows.

Even as I write this, a parade of protesters are marching in the street just below my window.

But perhaps the timing is truly right on message, because when many of us can celebrate a time of plenty and abundance, with joyful family members, lots of good things to eat and drink, and happy times all around, it's important to remember that for an ever-growing segment of the French population, indeed the world's population, this is not necessarily the case. Not during the holidays, and not during the rest of the year.

This is what we have come to call the Working Poor. People who don't sit idly by or accept handouts but in fact put in full work weeks and still cannot make ends meet for themselves or their children or their elderly dependents.

This holiday show, then, is dedicated to all those mothers and fathers and adult children of elderly parents whose desperation has brought them to the streets of Paris these past weekends to demonstrate and protest in what can only be called a desperate cry for help.

As we raise our glasses and forks in good cheer this year, let's generously remember all those who may be less fortunate than ourselves.

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Another theme of this show is traditions.

As an avid listener of US Public Radio, I heard interview excerpts and snippets following the Thanksgiving holiday of people in the US who eschew the traditional holiday meal of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie and what we call "the works."

And while there is no obligation to respect the traditions of your own country or your adoptive country, I do feel that there is great value in upholding traditions and that this can offer a kind of anchor to our ever-increasingly fragmented society.

Culinary traditions are a big part of culture. They play an important role in cultural identity. That's something I've learned quite well here in France.

To this effect, I interviewed one of France's top young pastry chefs for this show. Here in France, the Christmas Cake, le bûche de Nöel, plays a central role in the traditional holiday Christmas meal.

One of the themes for Chef Nina's 2018 bûche de Nöel: 

* MORE PHOTOS OF Nina Métayer's Christmas Cakes on Instagram @PaigeFoodWine *

As such, the country's talented pastry chefs put great thought, creativity and love into their cake designs, often planning them a year in advance, as we hear Nina Métayer, of Café Pouchkine, explain to us. She's been singled out as one of the Top Under 30 culinary stars to watch by the French media. She is the Executive Pastry Chef of Café Pouchkine, which is owned by a Franco-Russian family.

The next talent we hear from for this Christmas and holidays 2018 show, is a Los Angeles based French chef; Ludo Lefebvre. He tells us how his childhood memories of the Family Christmas meal here in France are even more vivid than his memories of what toys Santa brought him. His main talking point is that very French sense of the Art de Vivre.

He emphasizes that enjoying a holiday meal is mostly about spending time with friends and family, where any sense of hurry or watching the clock is thrown out the window in favor of spending quality time with one another.

He has shot to fame with his fabulously successful Trois Mec restaurant and also his cooking shows Ludo Bites America and now Ludo à la Maison. As you'll hear in this telephone interview, Chef Ludo hails from Burgundy and has strong and fond memories of the traditional family Christmas meals he enjoyed as a child.

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One more interesting tidbit to pass on for this holiday season, is that for the first time ever, Americans are spending more on eating out than on their groceries. So, to this effect, in the show notes, you'll find links to Holiday Meal Kits that can be delivered both here in Paris and also in the US. Note that in keeping with American traditions, the link for that meal kit includes a honeybaked ham, and the link to the Paris meal kits includes delivery of fresh oysters by Maison Rostang.

Wishing all of you, listeners and friends and family, a peaceful, joyous holiday season, full of love and good cheer. May food be the fabric of our harmonious coming together and the commonality that binds us as human beings, each one of us a child of God.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, and Joyous Blessings this Holiday Season

LINKS

Café Pouchkine Paris & Pastry Chef Nina Métayer, Executive Pastry Chef

https://ninametayer.com/

https://cafe-pouchkine.fr/

Chef Ludo Lefebvre

https://www.ludolefebvre.com/

Holiday Meal Kits Delivered

USA – Cracker Barrel https://crackerbarrel.com/order-online/holiday-meal

Paris - Maison Rostang Oyster Kit recommended by Marie Claire https://www.marieclaire.fr/reveillon-services-livraison-domicile,1246215.asp

Americans Spending More On Eating Out Than Groceries

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-26/first-time-americans-spend-more-eating-out-food-home

AND truth be told French chansons (#music) are some of my favorites. Here is some French holiday listening pleasure: https://www.talkinfrench.com/christmas-songs-free/

And Garou: Joyeux Noel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVe-znmgL7Q

Music by Jingle Punks thanks to Youtube Audio Library, Free of Rights. 

Deck The Halls

We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Paris GOODfood+wine intro and outro music by BenSound, Groovy Jazz. 

Production, Hosting and Sound Editing by Paige Donner

Merci Beaucoup to all who helped make this show possible!

Wishing you and all of Earth's Children Peace, Love & Joy this season and for 2019

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Episode 41: Natural Wines, Wine Calling and Sustainable Seafood podcast by Paige Donner

by Paige Donner

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Standard Definition: Natural wine is wine made with minimal chemical and technological intervention, both in growing grapes and making them into wine. The term is used to distinguish such wine from organic wine and biodynamic wine because of differences in cellar practices.

This sort of sums up the ethos of the Natural Wine Movement. 

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As we roll into the festive holiday season of 2018, where food and wine feature central, we bring you this rockin' interview with the filmmaker, Bruno Sauvard, of Wine Calling, a film all about natural wine makers here in France. He's joined by Hervé Lethielleux, owner of one of Paris' original wine shops specializing in organic, biodynamic and natural wines, located on Île Saint-Louis in the heart of Paris called L'Etiquette.

What you'll hear throughout this friendly discourse and banter is a sort of nostalgia for a sweeter life and time. One where real human connection meant more than a mobile phone or facebook page. In essence, after listening to these two men, you can't help but come away with the feeling that this natural wine movement is about wine, certainly, but also about life and quality of life and the ties that bind. To paraphrase, natural wine is about love and passion and rock-n-roll and rebellion and simply living life on your own terms.

Now in our 5th season, Paris GoodFood + Wine is still proudly independent. We are 100% listener supported and none of our featured guests or stories are overtly nor covertly branded content. Clear, clean and pure, 100% Paris GOODfood+wine.

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The documentary film by Bruno Sauvard about Natural Winemakers in South of France.

 

In this episode, you'll also hear about the mobile application, RAISIN, that tells you where all things Vin Naturel are to be found in Paris.

Then we finish up with an interview recorded last spring, with one of the executives of R&O, a well established seafood and gourmet company who now specializes in delivering care packages of seafood delectables such as caviar, Madagascar shrimp, tarimi and other festive treats directly to your home or office, ready to serve for your dinner party and holiday get-together. They stock over 500 different kinds of fish and shellfish, so you are sure to find something for every guest's tastes.

But before we start on this newest Paris GOODFood+wine episode, I feel obligated to pay respects to an extremely talented film composer who happened to be French, Francis Lai. His credits include the soundtracks for Love Story and A Man And A Woman , two of the greatest film classics of the last century. Francis Lai passed away on November 8th.

He also composed one of my favorites, Vivre pour Vivre which translates to Live to Live. This song is very à propos considering our topics today…

Wine Calling – The Film

https://fr-fr.facebook.com/winecallingdoc/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CatRgWd6GnQ

L'Etiquette Wine Shop (Paris)10 Rue Jean du Bellay, 75004 Paris https://www.letiquetteparis.com/

Raisin – mobile application https://www.raisin.digital/fr/lapplication-vin-naturel/

R & O Seafood Gastronomyhttp://www.rno.fr/Reynaud since 1924http://www.rno.fr/produits-marques.php

Francis Lai 'Vivre pour Vivre'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc621zyqnUs

Houndsley, Idéale & Île St.-Louis

Île Saint-Louis, Paris 

We've pushed the clocks back - this weekend - and the Indian Summer temperatures in the 70's that have spoiled us all Autumn-long disappeared this week, too, along with the daylight.  Winter is fast approaching and with it, thoughts of holidays and the gift-giving season. 

Top on your lists, of course, is your beloved D-O-G  (God spelled backward, don't forget). 

Idéale and I were gifted a Houndsley dog walking bag and leather leash-collar set for our birthdays this year and now we don't go anywhere without them.  Join  us on one of our favorite walks around the Île Saint-Louis....

THE HOUNDSLEY BAG

The Houndsley dog walking bag is made of showerproof heavy-duty canvas with the finest leather trim and quality brass fittings.  The unique detachable front pocket is an easily accessible receptacle for when your pooch has been busy and there is no available bin. It can also be used as a handy pocket for doggy treats. It can be removed, easily emptied and washed. The handy side mess bag dispenser allows quick access to bags and the inside pocket allows you to store two or more rolls.

BEST OF BRITISH

Workmanship and quality of product is of upmost importance to Houndsley. Therefore, when selecting a British based manufacturer, we wanted to work with someone who shared this ethos. John Chapman, founded in 1980 and based in Cumbria, use high quality materials of British origin wherever possible and were the perfect choice to help bring the Houndsley Bag to the market place.

For more gift-giving ideas, you can click on over to our Paris Food And Wine site. And be sure to catch our podcast on iTunes and Soundcloud. 

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Idéale à Paris, A Dog Lover's Guide To The City of Light

 

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Episode 40: Two Chefs on The PRASAD Project; Master Class in Austrian Wines

by Paige Donner

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Two Chefs On The PRASAD Project and Austrian Wines with Willi Klinger

For October 2018's episode of our show, we celebrate this warm and welcoming Autumn here in Paris with two chefs and a Master of Austrian Wine.

The lead-in topic with Chef Avi Szapiro of Roia in New Haven Connecticut and his longtime friend and colleague, Chef Indra Carrillo of La Condesa, here in Paris is the Prasad Project.

 

[caption id="attachment_7528" align="alignnone" width="1935"] Chef Avi Szapiro Left, Chef Indra Carrillo Right at La Condesa Paris 75009 photo by Paige Donner copyright 2018[/caption][caption id="attachment_7529" align="alignnone" width="2272"] La Condesa Paris supports the PRASAD project. Chef Indra Carrillo. photo by Paige Donner copyright 2018 Paris 10BEST restaurants SoPi district Paris[/caption]

The Prasad Project is a philanthropic expression of the Siddha Yoga Path. PRASAD (Philanthropic Relief, Altruistic Service And Development) is a not-for-profit organization committed to improving the quality of life of economically disadvantaged people around the world. Its primary philosophy is one of self-reliance.

The PRASAD Project's outreach programs help people to achieve lives of self-reliance and dignity by offering assistance in health, education and sustainable community development in India, dental care in the United States and eye care in México.

The word PRASAD originally comes from the Sanskrit. This is something that the Colombian born Avi and the Mexican born Indra will explain more to us about during our interview.

We sat down with the both of them together at Indra's delightful new restaurant La Condesa in the SoPi district, that's short for South Pigalle, in the 9^th arrondissement of Paris. Chef Carrillo was named as one of Paris's top young chefs in 2016 by Gault & Millau and between the two of them, Avi and Indra have worked in such exotic places as India and Mexico City as well as mythical culinary lands like Lyon and Paris.

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For the second half of our show, get ready for a Master Class with the renowned Willi Klinger of the Austrian Wine Board.

Austrian wines offer much more than Grüner Weltliner, delicious as it may be.

In fact, at an Austrian Wine Tasting here in Paris I was frankly surprised and delighted to discover their red wines.

[caption id="attachment_7530" align="alignnone" width="1056"] Willi Klinger, of the Austrian Wine Board. Master of Austrian Wines. Pictured above. Photo by Paige Donner copyright 2018 taken at the Petit Palais, Paris.[/caption]

Crisp, light and elegant, these cold climate reds can stand up to the best and are well worth discovering especially while they still maintain their very accessible price points. So have a listen as Willy Klinger, this masterful wine professional discusses everything from Grüner Weltliner to Wolfgang Puck. And lots of Austrian wines in between.

So sit back, pour yourself a glass of whatever is chilled or whatever you've been tempted to open thus far but have been waiting for just the right moment, and relax into this international episode of Paris GOODfood+wine where all culinary roads seem to lead to Paris.

I'm Paige Donner. Thank you for joining us today.

austrianwine.com/team/

prasad.org

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