The Holidays in Montana

Food & Fontainebleau

This is the third post from Fontainebleau where we spent a Saturday. Yes, all this eating happened in one single day. I have never been so full or so happy.

Crepe avec caramel au beurre salé (salted caramel sauce)

Fresh oysters - green and salty like the sea.

The market at dusk. You could find (and sample) every delicacy here - foie gras, pork roasting on a spit, cheese, sausages, jams, wine, chocolate . . . 

I didn't have an agenda after work ended, but I had a very specific list of things I had to eat while in France. Including but not limited to: a falafel at la du falafel (check), pain au chocolate (numerous, check), haribo crocs - thankfully found in every metro vending machine (check), raclette (check), mono prix brand chocolate bars (check), cheese (check), saucisson (check), more cheese (check) but at the top of my list was moules frites. I had been dreaming about this simple dish of mussels and french fries for months just picturing it. . . eat a couple mussels . . . drop a couple hot fries in the mussel's creamy liquid . . . let the french fry soak in the broth's salty goodness before devouring it. . . Mmm . . .  There was doubt that we could squeeze in another meal but we're all professionals here. Presenting our last meal in Fontainebleau and in France: moules frites. Clearly, from the photo above, I was very excited.

perfection.

Potatoes, Eggs, and Cheese

Like my mom always makes. 

      

With crumbled bacon and chives

fondue in fontainebleau

Fontainebleau

Palace of Fontainebleau

back in Miami: enchiladas

I woke up with a MAJOR enchilada craving. I couldn't decide on beef or chicken so I thought why not make both? I used this scrumptious recipe for the sauce and beef filling. For the chicken, I improvised boiling two breasts in chicken broth with jalapeno and garlic. I then shredded the chicken and mixed it with black beans, sauteed zucchini, tomatoes, green chiles, and cheese.

a day in the rain

After my third failed attempt to visit the catacombs, Michael and I headed to my old neighborhood. We 'took' a sandwich, walked the streets in the rain, and soaked in the beauty of Montmartre. 

In 2009, while I was working in France, Michael came to visit me for my birthday. I had some castings the morning he arrived so we decided to meet at the metro stop abbesses, pictured above. I remember coming up the stairs and spotting Michael sitting on a bench waiting for me. I had gone from bleach blond hair to dark brown and he didn't even recognize me.

It was sweet revisiting that exact spot.

Love

la tour eiffel

music: Madeleine Peyroux 

a film by l&m

Musée d'Orsay

my favorite

bone marrow anyone?

Always adventurous eaters, Michael and I ordered the bone marrow

appetizer.  We were not expecting it to be so large!

Paris: 14th arrondissement

out & about

Our first official day in Paris! First stop, my favorite falafel place. Next, Les Puces (the Paris Flea market) where I honestly could have spent days. 

We ended the day by meeting Silvia after work and heading to a "typical" french restaurant. Michael ordered his typical Duck Confit and we had a long and leisurely dinner in typical french fashion.