Julia Watson
Chestnut Soup
Julia Watson
I am delighted to welcome Julia Watson as a contributor to THE PARIS INSIDER. Her articles will appear every Thursday.
She's been a Food Writer in the UK for The Observer and The Sunday Timesweekend magazines, for the Mail on Sunday’s YOU Magazine, and other outlets. In the US, she's written for The Washington Post, Gourmet, The National Interest, and broadcast on NPR.
For almost a decade she was the Food Writer for United Press International, ran her food web site, eatWashington.com, and recently won Gourmand International’s award - twice - for World’s Best French Cookbook, and for her collaboration with her husband, Martin Walker, The Bruno Cookbook and The Bruno Garden Cookbook.
If you have been a fan of the Bruno series then you know that she has been Martin's now, not so secret weapon, as the supplier of Bruno's favorite recipes.
Chestnut Soup
It’s less “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” that herald Christmas for me than chestnuts roasting in glowing braziers along Oxford and other Streets of London. There’s something very specific about their smell, in the same way the smell of barbecues evokes pleasures of a very particular kind. Growing up, that sweet smokiness was a regular part of Christmas. My mother had unearthed a proper chestnut roaster in an antique shop for a few shillings. It was a brass square lidded affair into which we dropped the chestnuts, lightly scored to prevent them bursting, to set onto the embers of the sitting-room blaze, shaking it every so often.
Bruno's Cookbook
Featuring meals from the best-selling series, local recipes, charming anecdotes, and a history of the novels' French setting, Bruno's Cookbook invites readers into the bucolic life of Martin Walker and his wife, Julia Watson, and showcases their passion for the Périgord region's rich cuisine.
Brimming with truffles and pâté, Bruno's Cookbook features more than 90 recipes,
Martin Walker and the Perigord April 21-26 & Sep 22-27
Our full day with Martin Walker highlighted by a visit to Martin's home where the Scottish flag flies for a festive and copious lunch with some of his favorite local wines including the latest Cuvée Bruno.
Other days will be celebrated at the Josephine Baker museum at Chateau Millandes and at the Chateau Fayolle.
And, if we are really lucky, Julia (Watson) will join us!
And wouldn't this be a great Christmas gift?
These programs sellout quickly and are limited to one Spring and one Fall adventure so if you are seriously interested don't delay.
Joyeuse fetes
Chez Tim & Krys at the Domaine de la Barde
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