desserts

Desserts and Sweets

Chocolat Chaud

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Chocolat chaud, our Paris-style made to order hot chocolate, is a go-to dessert at both Le Pichet and Cafe Presse (although it is definitely not just for dessert…makes a great pick me up in the middle of the afternoon as well).  I learned the recipe during a very short stage I worked at a well […]

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Chocolat chaud, our Paris-style made to order hot chocolate, is a go-to dessert at both Le Pichet and Cafe Presse (although it is definitely not just for dessert…makes a great pick me up in the middle of the afternoon as well).  I learned the recipe during a very short stage I worked at a well

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Cooking Classes

October 2013 Cooking Class: French Kitchen Basics

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What: “French Kitchen Basics” Cooking Class, Demonstration and Supper presented by Chef James Drohman (each session limited to 16 students). When: Three different sessions of this class will be offered: Wednesday October 16, 2013, 6:30pm to 9:30pm Sunday October 20, 2013, 1pm to 4pm Wednesday October 23, 2013, 6:30pm to 9:30pm Location:  the Kitchen at

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What: “French Kitchen Basics” Cooking Class, Demonstration and Supper presented by Chef James Drohman (each session limited to 16 students). When: Three different sessions of this class will be offered: Wednesday October 16, 2013, 6:30pm to 9:30pm Sunday October 20, 2013, 1pm to 4pm Wednesday October 23, 2013, 6:30pm to 9:30pm Location:  the Kitchen at

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Restaurants

“La Belle Auberge”, Castegnede, France

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Having grown up reading Elisabeth David, I have always been enchanted with her descriptions of the auberges that populated the countryside of France when she first visited in the 1940’s.  The kind of place that one happens across when driving way off the beaten path, where a lunch of well cooked local fish, meat and

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Having grown up reading Elisabeth David, I have always been enchanted with her descriptions of the auberges that populated the countryside of France when she first visited in the 1940’s.  The kind of place that one happens across when driving way off the beaten path, where a lunch of well cooked local fish, meat and

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Cafe Presse

July 2013 Corner Table Menu at Cafe Presse

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday July 30, 2013 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the June Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 30, 2013 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday July 30, 2013 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the June Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday July 30, 2013 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today

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Events

Cookind Demonstration tomorrow in the Pike Place Market

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What:  Cooking Demonstration  by Jim Drohman When:  Tomorrow, Sunday June 23, 2013 from 12noon to 1pm Where:  On the cobblestones at the Pike Place Market, near the corner of Pike Place and Stewart street Just a reminder to come by the Pike Place Market tomorrow at 12noon for my cooking demonstration.  I will be making

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What:  Cooking Demonstration  by Jim Drohman When:  Tomorrow, Sunday June 23, 2013 from 12noon to 1pm Where:  On the cobblestones at the Pike Place Market, near the corner of Pike Place and Stewart street Just a reminder to come by the Pike Place Market tomorrow at 12noon for my cooking demonstration.  I will be making

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Stuff

Green Chard for Dessert?

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Green Chard: not just for dinner I recently set out to make a Tourte aux blettes,  a sweet tarte made with green chard, which is a specialty of the city of Nice on the French Riviera.  If you are saying “Green chard for dessert?  You gotta be kiddin’ me”, trust me, you are not alone; 

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Green Chard: not just for dinner I recently set out to make a Tourte aux blettes,  a sweet tarte made with green chard, which is a specialty of the city of Nice on the French Riviera.  If you are saying “Green chard for dessert?  You gotta be kiddin’ me”, trust me, you are not alone; 

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Cafe Presse

May 2013 Corner Table Menu

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday May 28, 2013 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the March Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday May 28, 2013 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday May 28, 2013 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the March Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday May 28, 2013 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today

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Cafe Presse

April 2013 Corner Table Menu

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday April 30, 2013 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the March Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday April 30, 2013 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today

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What: Family-style dinner at Cafe Presse When: Tuesday April 30, 2013 6:30pm Where: The back room at Cafe Presse The menu for the March Corner Table is complete!  The next Corner Table dinner at Cafe Presse is scheduled for Tuesday April 30, 2013 at 6:30pm.  Space is limited and by reservation only so call today

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Cafe Presse

New Menu Day at Cafe Presse

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The 2013 Spring menu starts today at Cafe Presse…. as usual, the day kicked of for the staff with a menu tasting at quarter to nine in the morning.  You can check out the new menu for yourself by coming by or by clicking here. Here are some photos of the new Spring dishes:

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The 2013 Spring menu starts today at Cafe Presse…. as usual, the day kicked of for the staff with a menu tasting at quarter to nine in the morning.  You can check out the new menu for yourself by coming by or by clicking here. Here are some photos of the new Spring dishes:

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Cafe Presse | Le Pichet

Winter Supper raises over $6000 for charity

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On February 24, 2013, Le Pichet and Cafe Presse teamed up with the Corson Building, Bar Sejor, Sitka and Spruce, Bar Ferd’nand and Le Caviste to cook an over the top Winter Supper at the Corson Building.  The idea, which was hatched jointly by Matt Dillon and myself, was to cook an old style, elaborate

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On February 24, 2013, Le Pichet and Cafe Presse teamed up with the Corson Building, Bar Sejor, Sitka and Spruce, Bar Ferd’nand and Le Caviste to cook an over the top Winter Supper at the Corson Building.  The idea, which was hatched jointly by Matt Dillon and myself, was to cook an old style, elaborate

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