Author: The Dude
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Le Ferrare – Bar / Brasserie
23 Rue de France
77300 Fontainebleau
tel: 01 60 72 37 04
The warm potato and salami salad
was delicious as were the mashed potatoes that
followed. Good food served by good people.
L’escapade – A Fontainbleau Bistro, France
On May 1, 2014 I found my myself in Fontainbleau, France enjoying a holiday called May Day. The only people who have to work on May Day are the restaurant employees so I went to this bistro down the street from Napolean’s house called L’escapade and tried some rum from Martinique.
The staff is friendly & the food is delicious. Go here!
- Thank you / Merci L’escapade !
L’escapade
- 111 Rue Grande
- 77300 Fontainbleau
- tel: 01 60 70 92 94
- www.escapade-fontainebleau.fr
- fr-fr.facebook.com/lescapade
Brussel’s Bar – Fontainebleau, France
The Brussel’s Bar located on the main street in Fontainbleau, 47 Rue Grande, is a perfect place for an afternoon snack and a beer.
The prices are seasonable, the food is good and it is the perfect way to take a moment to enjoy another day in France.
Hint: the french fries may be in the top 5 worldwide. They are that good!
Captain Croc – Paris, France
Captain Croc – Paris, France
11 Rue Toullier 5 eme
tel: 0143255664
As I walked the 65 miles or so around town I could feel my energy getting lower.
I needed to eat and when in Rome you do as the Romans so, in this case french, I decided I needed wine with my lunch. The Captains Croc provided me with a delicious plate of salmon pasta in cream sauce and some wine to help keep me going.
If you are in the area then I recommend you walk over and eat lunch here. You won’t be disappointed by the food, prices or friendly service.
Santa Monica Pizza – Paris, France
At the web site listed below you may find the information to the first sign I saw upon exiting the Métro at Place des Fêtes . Having left Santa Monica, CA 15 hours earlier you can imagine the surprise this sign caught me by. I laughed and knew I must go check it out.
After traveling for 15 hours I was ready to drop my bags off, eat and wander around Paris. The pizzeria was closed so I didn’t get to eat there until the second night of my stay and found Ismail and the staff to be friendly and hospitable. I went back as much as I could while in town. Merci.
check them out at-
www.lafourchette.com/restaurant/santa-monica/22029
or if in Paris – 15 Rue Henri Ribiere 75019 Paris
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s cookbook
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was not only a patron and contributor to the arts but he also wrote a cookbook. It is titled L’art de la Cuisine and was published after his death by his friend Maurice Joyant. The book includes Lautrec sketches and interesting menu selections. Lautrec enjoyed culture and liked to cook, drink and celebrate. He liked to dress up as a samurai or flamenco dancer at his parties and once served a Degas painting for dessert. Lautrec also was known to add goldfish to the water pitchers encouraging his guests to imbibe alcohol fueled concoctions instead of water.
More can be read about this fascinating character and his life at the following sites and on wikipedia.
http://www.lautrec.info/
http://www.toulouse-lautrec-foundation.org/
“Not my favorite rum.” the Dude of Food
Flour de Cana rum is a 12 year old rum from Nicaragua.
The Caribbean Islands and Guatemala are known for their rum creations and I’m sure you can find a more palatable rum for the time and money it took to make this product.
Mr. Coffee is back in my kitchen!
Welcome back Mr. Coffee.
Back in July of 2013 I had to lay my Mr. Coffee to rest after many years of good service.
I was given another brand that I tried to embrace but the brewer just could not perform
like my trusted Mr. Coffee maker. The biggest thing was the new one just would not brew
the coffee or tea water hot enough.
Anyways, after a couple months of struggling I gave the new one away to my security guard
buddy who works nights and bought another Mr. Coffee. Now all is good in my kitchen.
Thanks Mr. Coffee 
Candy!
Whitman’s vs. Russell Stover chocolate candy showdown
Today I had the awesome task of tasting a bunch of chocolates and then telling the world my opinion. Well let me get down to business.
I had a box of Whitman’s assorted chocolates containing 7 candies, a box of Whitman’s Reserve that had 2 candies in it and a box of Russell Stover chocolates containing 4 candies.
After tasting each I came to the conclusion that I like the Russell Stover chocolates a bit more. It’s hard to say chocolate is better than chocolate but being side by side made it easier to pick a favorite. My taste buds told me that I favor the Russell Stover candies a little more than I liked the Whitman’s candy.
In 1993, the Whitman’s Chocolate brand became part of the Russell Stover’s Family. They continue the tradition of creating the Sampler boxes.
Unfortunately See’s candies were not sold at Rite Aid and were not able to participate in this survey.