Great things to to with turkey livers....

Turkey livers are great.... especially when they come from birds that grew up on a local, all natural farms.... I like them pan seared, deglazed with sherry vinegar and thrown on bitter greens such as frisée and Arugula...

Or pan seared with sea salt, pepper and fresh sage, then served hot on fresh arugula with just a little bit of olive oil.... nothing else

The problem is, not everyone around me seems to agree with me when it comes to liver... Seems like people in this country have been traumatized with a bad serving of chopped liver and onions at some point of their youth..... can't blame them, really...

One cool thing to do with livers however is to make a quick liver pâté... I made one the other night, instead of wasting the livers in a classical turkey gravy (our thanksgiving gravy was made with turkey roast drippings to start with.... no livers needed), using only fresh shallots, garlic, thyme and sage, Apple Jack and of course, the infamous livers..... It was a quick 30 minute ordeal and the result is quite impressive to be honest.... Eric tried it on mini grilled tartines with caramelized quince and.... a 16year old scotch, of all things!!!!

A peaty scotch and a liver pâté tartine.... Who would have thought???

And how cool is that???

Photo By Eric... Made at home!!!!

Update on the grande dame with a facelift

My dear friend Gian Carlo just sent me an email with the following quiz:

"From 1925 to 1936,an automobile manufacturer use the Tour Eiffel as a giant billboard,
putting his name in giant, luminous letters on the four sides of the monument.
Who was it? ...Citroen.....Renault....Peugeot...????"

A very good question indeed.... It was Monsieur André Citroën who, in 1925 had the "luminous" idea to advertize his automobiles by using the Eiffel tower as a humongous billboard....

The Citroën factories were located barely one kilometer from there, on the same side of the river seine... The place is now called the Parc André Citroën...

Nevermind the kick ass light show..... the light display in 1925 must have been downright stunning!

Thank you GC!!!!

Thanksgiving Madness

Once again it is insanely late at night (or very early morning) and here I am facing my computer again in order to create a post that actually makes sense.... We have been very busy with my flight attendant schedule and the restaurant lately, and Eric has been literally submerged trying to face the daunting amount of work caused by our new projects....

I have been blogging lately, however but for the benefit of the Paris Bistro.... Yep, Eric and I turned our elusive Paris Bistro newsletter into a much more exciting, fun-to-create, communication tool.... Check out the Paris Bistro Blog here.... We have been cooking, shooting pictures, harvesting the very last of our garden herbs, taking more pictures, blogging...... Feedback is always much appreciated! Always feel free to comment or become a blog's follower....

Flying to Paris tomorrow and will have a bit of down time... I will be posting from there...

Time for a hot date with my bed... It is going to be a short night again!

A 120 Year Old Grande Dame with a facelift

The Eiffel Tower just celebrated its 120 years old this year....

To celebrate the event, the "Grande Dame" is being given a new "facelift", a massive paint job as well as an updated lighting system...

In addition, every night between between now until Christmas, the most visited monument in the world is putting on a light show at the top of every hour, from 8PM to 11PM.
Check it out!



Quite a show indeed....