Ambrosia Quest

The Omnivore’s 100

Image by
Nathan Moody, ©2008, All Rights Reserved.
Do you have the chomps to call yourself an “Omnivore”?

Put your money where your mouth is and take the quiz after the jump.

Before journeying via
Metro to
Les Halles to pick up our bike rentals at
Roue Libre (a great bike rental place I will post about soon), we made a quick stop at the
Eric Kayser Bakery (10,
rue de l’Ancienne Comedie) located down the street from our hotel in the
6th Arrondissement, for picnic provisions.
When [...]

For anyone who has seen Victor/Victoria, no trip to Paris would possibly be complete without a proper female impersonator show.

AKA the Parisian Drag Show.
Chez Michou, located in the Abbesses neighborhood of Montmarte, delivers the goods in a friendly and completely non-threatening environment. This highly entertaining, hilarious and fast-paced show is well choreographed and [...]

When first planning our trip to Paris, I studied a map of the city and was immediately drawn to the Jardin de Tuileries and the surrounding area. While I knew virtually nothing about Paris at the time, for some reason I just knew I wanted to stay within a few blocks of these gardens.
And, [...]

Photograph of Le Souffle neon sign courtesy of
Sarah Ackerman, aka
Sarah NYC
Located off the trendy
Rue St. Honore, right around the corner from the famed
Hotel Costes and the
Place Vendome and
Hotel Ritz, is this adorable little restaurant that has been around long enough to have actually been a favorite spot of
Claude [...]

When it comes to art, I am a lover of the Impressionist movement. I also have an appreciation for much of the Modern Art that has followed, but my heart and eye belong to that handful of hedonistic turn-of-the-century rebels called the Impressionists.
That said, it should be known that I worship at the altar of [...]

While staying with my aunt and uncle in Huntington Beach, we wanted to take them out to dinner to thank them for their hospitality. They are even better than professional hosts, let me tell you.
They suggested their favorite Vietnamese place, which they said was a bit of a drive.
I thought they were taking us [...]

This little chocolate shop was a pleasant surprise. Having pulled into Solvang just in time to find CLOSED signs on most storefronts, I began to panic.
Did we miss all the goodies, again?
I was desperately in the mood for tantalizing Danish desserts, and it almost looked like we were out of luck. That’s [...]

I have driven past the Solvang exit on Highway 101 countless times throughout my life and always wanted to stop, but never actually did until Tony and I were driving the 1966 Ford Thunderbird back from San Diego after our wedding and subsequent honeymoon, and stopped in Buellton for the night out of necessity. [...]

This is one of those recipes I created when I thought there was nothing in my kitchen. It became an immediate favorite (as do so many recipes created on a lark), and I regularly make some variation of this recipe, monthly.
It was based on four tomatoes in my fridge, and the fact that I [...]