Episode 13 Paris GOOD food + wine

posted by Paige Donner 

Happy New Year!

Episode 13 of Paris GOOD food + wine airs Sunday morning at 11 a.m. January 10th on World Radio Paris.
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Happy New Year!

Here's to a fantastic start to 2016 for Parisians and all people around the world.

For this episode of Paris GOOD food + wine, I'm bringing you two in-depth interviews with fascinating personalities who contribute to the Paris culinary landscape just by being themselves.

First up we'll be hearing from talented chocolatier and sculptor, Patrick Roger. When you first get a glimpse of his chocolate sculptures that grace his chic boutiques at some of Paris' trendiest addresses you can't help but marvel at the fact that such a work of art was crafted out of chocolate.

Sculptor and master chocolatier, Patrick Roger. photo by Paige Donner 

Even the Musée Rodin took notice and approached the chocolate maker-sculptor about teaming up for November's re-opening of the Paris Rodin Museum.

I caught up with the sculptor on the evening of that re-opening back in November with the intention of trying to get inside his artist's head. The result is a fascinating glimpse into how a passion for chocolate fueled this artist's love for sculpture and vice-versa.

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Restaurant Le Grand Coeur. Read Paige Donner's review on 10BEST.com 

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Next up we'll be hearing from the young and dashing chef Rafael Gomes. After stints in New York, followed by Menton, on the Cote d'Azur, this native Brazilian is now heading up a new restaurant in the Marais. The restaurant is called Le Grand Coeur, which, of course, means The Big Heart, in French. It's executive chef-ed by Mauro Colagreco, for whom he worked at Mirazur down in Menton just prior to helping open up this brasserie in Paris last August.

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Lastly, I've resurrected a report I did while researching my documentary film about Wine and Climate Change back in 2012. At the conclusion of December's COP 21 climate talks held just last month here in Paris, there has been much hailing of successful resolutions to ward off excessive carbon emissions that many scientists claim are contributing to global warming. The audio I've lifted from my short film presentation addresses this issue. It followed on an International NY Times special report I did in 2011 on that very subject, namely wine and the effects of climate change on this delicate crop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VX-fw0qxi2U

With this December here in France being one of the warmest in recent memory, where pictures from Champagne, France's northernmost viticultural region, show flowers blooming in the cote des blancs in December, as if it were already Spring, this issue seems to be even more relevant today.

December 2015 Champagne vineyards, Cote des Blancs, France

So stay tuned as we bring you another episode of Paris GOOD food + wine.

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Our music interludes are by Christine and The Queens, hit single from her first album 'Chaleur Humain' ("Human Warmth)

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Episode 12 Paris GOODfood+wine airing December 2015

by Paige Donner

This episode of Paris GOODfood+wine is dedicated to Paris. Especially to the families, loved ones and friends of the innocent lives that were taken and injured #solidarité in the November 13^th attacks here. It's impossible to imagine the pain they are in and the grief they will have to overcome to pick up the pieces of shattered lives.

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Paris is a small city. There isn't a one of us who wasn't affected directly or indirectly. Whether that means we lost a friend, colleague, relative or loved one, or know someone who did. On France's declared Day of Remembrance, I went out to the site of Le Petit Cambodge and Le Carillon to pay my respects to my fellow Parisians.

The world is also a small place. And we must all ask ourselves, any of us who is a mother, a son, a brother, sister, father or daughter, where will this end? What will it take to live in a world where this kind of violence does not exist?

Courageously, for if the French are anything, they are courageous, as are their allies around the world, the Cop21 talks about climate change and environmental resolutions are still being held here just outside the city. To respect that global initiative, Paris GOOD food + wine is running an interview I did last year with the Cellar Master, Gilles Descotes, of the esteemed champagne house, Bollinger.

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In this interview he discusses the certification of Haute Valeur Environnementale which is an agricultural certification that imposes best practices in regards to the environment and, in this case, viticulture.

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Episode 11 Paris GOOD food + wine

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In this episode of Paris GOODfood+wine for November 2015 we'll be hearing all about ways in which the centuries' strong Franco-American relations are deepening.

L'Hermione Frigate

The golden nugget of this episode is an interview with members of the 1855 Bordeaux Grands Crus Classés organization telling us about their participation in supporting the reconstructed replica of the Frigate, called L'Hermione, that the Marquis de Lafayette, who we Americans call our French Founding Father, sailed to the United States on in 1780.

L'Hermione is the 3-masted 32 gun frigate that carried Lafayette to New York's harbor in 1780 when he was bringing good news to the American Independence fighters: his King and the sovereign nation of France would support us militarily.

This last summer, July 1 2015, a replica of the frigate arrived in New York's harbor with much fanfare and also with the support of the Castine Historical Society (http://www.castinehistoricalsocietyhermione.org/) the non-profit dedicated to keeping this history alive in our memories today.

The New York Times documented the frigate's arrival last summer by noting in their July 1^st edition, " THE last time a boat sailed into New York Harbor bearing the Marquis de Lafayette, ...

The year was 1824, and some 50,000 people — roughly a third of New York's population — lined the streets for a glimpse of Lafayette, the "French founding father," who was visiting the United States as part of a 13-month triumphal tour of the nation he had helped liberate nearly a half-century earlier. 

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We'll also be hearing from a young author, mother and Parisienne, Clotilde Dusoulier, who takes us through some of the colorful idiomatic French expressions that she documented in her newest book, Edible French. Clotilde is the founder of the popular culinary blog, Chocolate & Zuchini, which she writes in both English and French.

Author Clotilde Dusoulier, photo by Paige Donner 2015

To round off this segment, I'll be introducing you, formally this time, to our featured restaurant reviewer from Episode 10, namely Gilles Pudlowski. Pudlo, as he refers to himself, has a 25 year history as a culinary journalist and restaurant critic here in France. He'll also be telling us about his content-rich blog he launched 5 years ago now.

So sit back and enjoy another half-hour of Paris GOODfood+wine with me, your host and producer, Paige Donner.

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Tasting - Le Grand Auxerrois à Paris

Held at the restaurant that Wine Spec recently named Paris' best, Les Climats (Paris' 7th arr), this tasting showcased gorgeous Burgundian wines that often don't get enough attention...

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I'm talking Irancy, Saint-Bris, Chitry, Epineuil, Coulanges-la-Vineuse, Tonnerre, Aligoté and Irancy. 

These are delightful drinking wines and I especially found the Chitry (white) to be the kind of wine to serve when you are welcoming guests for brunch, lunch, an early supper or simply getting together with a few girlfriends to enjoy some wine and cheese and good company. It is light, refreshing and ever so drinkable. 

For the reds, the Coulanges-la-Vineuse (which is also produced as a rosé and as white) is all Pinot Noir, true to its Burgundian roots. But its taste profile offers softer tannins. A good find and one worth discovering. It's also worth keeping in mind that the crémant de Bourgogne is a top-notch product in terms of bubbly and offers a wonderful alternative to its more famous cousin. 

In these photos you will see a few of the hard-working wine producers from these relatvely unsung parts of Burgundy which, are, nonetheless, only an hour and a half from Paris. A good point to keep in mind when planning your next wine escapade. 

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Episode 10 Paris GOODfood+wine - The Halloween Special

Episode 10 Paris GOODfood+wine - The Halloween Special

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October 2015 and here we are on our second episode in our second season of Paris GOODfood+wine.

Jack o'Lantern - Happy Halloween

This being the month of Halloween, a beloved North American holiday, we have a couple of our youngster expats ringing in on what they remember and love the most about celebrating Halloween back home.

Autumn also means cosy evenings by the fireplace. And what's a better companion to that than a glass of fine Port Wine. Mr. Manuel Cabral joins us for this segment to give us hints and suggestions of what pairs nicely with that glass of Tawny or Ruby port wine. He's the Executive Director of the Instituto dos Vinhos do Douro et do Porto of Portugal.

Port Wine Pairs Well With Chocolate and Cosy Evenings By the Fireplace

 Gilles Pudlowski, restaurant critic and food writerAnd for this season, we're spicing up our restaurant reviews by adding yet another voice, namely Gilles Pudlowski who is a renown French restaurant critic specialized in Paris restaurants. For this episode, he'll be introducing us to Chef Jean- François Piège's new restaurant just opened in September here in Paris called Le Grand Restaurant.

Halloween Special 8' 55

Manuel Cabral Porto Douro 6' 54

Gilles Pudlowski 8' 45 

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Notes From Champagne Vendanges, Cote des Blancs, 2015

Notes & photo provided by www.larmandier.fr  

Quelques mots avant de rentrer dans cette période merveilleuse mais délicate des vendanges…

Quand le fruit est cueilli, les dés sont jetés, il vaut donc mieux cueillir au moment où la qualité est maximale. 2015 se caractérise par une année sèche et chaude pendant toute la saison végétative.

Quelques pluies début septembre viennent de redonner un peu de souffle pour la dernière ligne droite. Nos vignes ont peu stressé de cette sécheresse grâce à leur âge, au labour et à notre terroir. En effet, les racines profondes vont chercher l'eau accumulée dans la craie.

La récolte devrait être belle, nous n'avons pas eu d'accident pendant toute la saison si ce n'est un peu d'oïdium, problème plutôt méridional ! Nous débuterons la cueillette des premiers pinots autour du 10 septembre puis viendra le tour des chardonnays vers le 12.

Au plaisir ! 
Lettre du domaine septembre 2015 www.larmandier.fr 
Sophie et Pierre

Vieille Vigne de Cramant devient Vieille Vigne du Levant !

Depuis la création de cette cuvée en 1988, nous expliquons la différence entre « Cramant » et « Crémant ». Afin d'éviter cette confusion, nous avons décidé de changer le nom : Vieille Vigne de Cramant devient Vieille Vigne du Levant ! En effet, le lieux-dit de la vieille vigne de Cramant est « Bourron du Levant » et le levant signifie l'Est, les premiers rayons du soleil le matin. À Cramant, le Levant est très différent des vignes situées de l'autre côté du coteau, orientées Ouest. Le côté exposé Est à Cramant donne des raisins particulièrement riches et puissants, c'est vraiment un endroit magique. 
Lettre du domaine septembre 2015 www.larmandier.fr

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