Playing With My Food ~
A journal about food, thought, travel, and life; by Chef & Raconteur Chaz French.

Epicerie ‘Rip Off’ Papillon

The Tourist Rip. Well, it’s bound to happen once on every trip, but only the once. I wasn’t on my guard, I’d had 2 hours sleep in the last 24, I had just landed, was starving, and had dealt with having my bags not turn up at CDG with my flight. After taking care of […]

J’arrive

I’ve made it to Paris. Found me some wifi, and am now off to find some food and water. Read the rest below. (yes, I know the double meaning of the post’s title.)

How to see London in 30 seconds…

Heathrow – A Dead Heat I’ll start off by being polite, the employees of British Airways are exceptionally polite, the are the epitome of British. And for airline food I must say it was actually quite more than edible and even tasty (save that attempt at chocolate mousse that tasted like cake icing)…. No more […]

Bon Voyage

By the time this posts to the site, I’ll be somewhere over the Atlantic on my way to Paris. I freaked out when I saw the weather forecast but TheGayExpat calmed me down with a higher quality forecast and has assured me is will only be passing showers. The temps are going to be a […]

Tick, meet Tock…

As I sit here and procrastinate (including writing this) the moments go by, and I have yet to pack, yet to manage, yet to organize “Tickets, Money, Passport” as Edwina so succinctly put it in “Absolutely Fabulous” instead, I am reading book reviews, about the book that I am reading, and awaiting the arrival of […]

Hello Charles…

I hear you’re going away… far away…

One Day…

OMG! One. More. Day. And I leave for Paris, I cannot wait. J’adore Paris, J’Taime Paris!!!! Two years in a row, to be able to go, is just amazing to me, I had always dreamed of going to France, I’ve been fascinated by France for as long as I can remember. I believe I was […]

Anger.

I am furious with my government. I am disgusted with the lack of oversight, the lack of inspection and livid that the Chinese government thinks they can just send poisonous food into our country. I came across this article in this morning’s paper, and am livid. Illegal pesticides, banned antibiotics, ‘putrefying bacteria’ are amongst the […]

Victory!

One of the things I love about cooking is learning something new, and sometimes learning just doesn’t come easy, a gap in my skills has always been my inability to make a decent omelette. Now not being good at something and having them consistently fail, over time, I stopped trying. Last night I was hungry, […]

Snot nosed…

I hate allergy season, hate it with a passion. This year’s seems even more intense and intent on making me miserable, the tree pollens are floating about and I feel like crap. I’m hoping the pollens in Paris are not as bad as last year when I had to take Zyrtec (Humex), Flonase, and actifed, […]