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

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 … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

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, … [Continue reading]

Hello Charles…

I hear you're going away... far away... … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

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, … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

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 … [Continue reading]

Frustrating!

It's the only word to describe my day. The only thing that saved the day was being able to escape for a bit to Bryant Park, pull a chair onto the lawn and read World War Z for a half hour. I love Bryant Park, it's the best thing about … [Continue reading]

Happy Mother’s Day

I spent the day with my Mom, and my sisters (both moms themselves). Had fun with everyone, and tormented the nieces and nephews. The teenage ones I live to embarrass. The youngest I love to spoil with gifts and teach them naughty things (Alayna, … [Continue reading]