'Pot on the Fire'







Serious Eats's Adam Roberts can also be found at his online lair: The Amateur Gourmet.
Notes
Pot-au-feu: [Etymology: French, literally, pot on the fire] a French boiled dinner of meat and vegetables [m-w.com]
David Lebovitz, who is on the phone with his agent at this very moment, writes about Parisian dining at DavidLebovitz.com
About the author: Adam Roberts is The Amateur Gourmet. His book, The Amateur Gourmet, will be published by Bantam/Dell in summer 2007.
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13 Comments:
Yum! I ate at Chez Paul when I stayed with a friend in the 11th.
homesicktexan at 11:29AM on 12/05/06
EPATANT! (Look it up.) That is one gorgeous feu, Adam.
Cathy at 12:07PM on 12/05/06
I just discovered that I love food comic strips! Let's have more and more, please.
Lippy at 12:16PM on 12/05/06
@Cathy: épatant = "splendid"? Indeed! Looks delicious.
@Lippy: Serious Eats is working with the Amateur Gourmet to bring you more and more of these. We love them. Adam is the caped crusader of cuisinocomics.
Adam Kuban at 12:29PM on 12/05/06
I, too, am I Chez Paul pot-au-fue first-timer - your post brings back wonderful memories and great hunger pangs!
I also share your pain re heat, as my Park Slope landlord is in reality a slumlord. Solution? Get thee to True Value hardware at 2nd Street and 7th Avenue. They have a cat-proof Bonaire portable electric heater for around $80.00 that will change your life!
Livetotravel at 12:32PM on 12/05/06
zut alors, where are the celeri root? Yum yum
flip at 12:45PM on 12/05/06
Sacre bleu, Adam, c'est un splendide de comic strip, and can you tell we don't speak French? You can get marrow bones at Dean & Deluca uptown (85th St.) for only twice as much as they cost at the Stop n Shop in Kingston, New York (but that's still only $2.50/lb.) We LOVE this format for the mater Gourmet: food porn plus graphic novel, a killer app. Keep on doing it.
annien at 3:26PM on 12/05/06
Which recipe did you use? It looks great!!
PattyCho at 3:35PM on 12/05/06
Out of the blue you just decided to make this? If you weren't taken, I'd convert for meals like that!
BTD at 4:08PM on 12/05/06
if you added the actual recipe and photographed every step, you'd have a great schtick for a cookbook. very funny!
thinkingwoman at 4:27PM on 12/05/06
This is the future. We are all doomed. I love it, absolutely love it!
Alfonso at 8:50AM on 12/06/06
I loved this! You seriously made me want to eat your pot au feu, even though I am a vegetarian. Hmmmm... je wonder if there is a veg version...
Anahita at 10:34AM on 12/07/06
Adam,
Have you made this meal yet this year? You can also get marrow bones from Fresh Direct, but they won't be organic.
yum....marrow bones....
thanks for reminding me that I want to make this while it's snowing!
DrinkMemory at 1:57PM on 02/22/08