Jamie Schler
@lifesafeast
Writer immersed in French culinary history. Cookbook author. Hotel owner. Jam maker. Américaine spécialiste de l’histoire culinaire française. Also Contrarian News food. #endALS
How do you take something humble, ordinary, peasant, sickroom, or nursery fare, and turn it into something upscale, a delicacy for the upper classes or nobility? How, in other words, do you sex it up? Part 2 of the history of rice pudding (riz au lait) jamieschler.substack.com/p/riz-au-lai...
"An ingenious chef…adds or removes some element from a familiar dish, either in its composition or its presentation, and gives it a fanciful name, often that of the patron to whom he is attached.” - Beauvilliers, L’Art du Cuisinier, 1814 Abricots à la Condé jamieschler.substack.com/p/abricots-a...
A really fabulous dessert with an especially royal name. For apricot season! Abricots à la Condé jamieschler.substack.com/p/abricots-a...
If you’re in Tours 19 - 20 November, I’ll be participating in this food history conference! The topic is Pastries!
Testing a recipe for my Substack… Make sure you’re subscribed! jamieschler.substack.com
Chocolate : a “violent inflamer of passions” or a miraculous medical cure all? Read all about it for #worldchocolateday And get my recipe for petits pots au chocolat 🍫 jamieschler.substack.com/p/petits-pot...
Discover a curious, strange, intriguing, and definitely addictive semolina and white wine pudding served with red berry sauce. The French flamri which came from the English flummery. jamieschler.substack.com/p/flamri-au-...
Trying to cheer myself up so am eating ice cream and looking for photos of @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social ‘s chickens wearing hats over on X.
I wish I could share the video I took of bubbling jam…I’ll share it on Instagram…but here’s the finished jam - apricot raspberry pomegranate 😋
A week of jam. Apricot orange Apricot lemon Strawberry rhubarb Apricot vanilla
Two amazing versions of the pissaladière… an excellent summer dish from Nice in the south of France, an authentic street food. Both recipes on my Substack. jamieschler.substack.com/p/pissaladiere jamieschler.substack.com/p/pissaladie...
Sorry, I didn’t have enough space to include the link nor say that the link is in my profile. So here is it. Thanks for your support! Enjoy! jamieschler.substack.com
I went to find it only so I could get a photo for my friend @michaelssmithii.bsky.social ! But you live in Paris! I'd go at least once a year. It's so lovely.
Amy Coney Barrett voting against protecting Haitian immigrants while being the mother of two Haitian children is like JD Vance constantly bashing and demonizing brown immigrants while being married to one and having brown children. It will never make sense.