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Bread Pudding aux abricots du BLT, sauce chocolatBLT's Apricot Bread Pudding, chocolate sauce Remember? I have already mentioned here the success story of  "BLT ",  a french gastronomic empire in the USA. Well, a few monthes ago, I was in Florida in a charming hotel that housed a BLT Steak restaurant on its ground floor. And, in our room, we found the cookbook "Bistro Laurent Tourondel", the king of this empire. It was not a complimentary book but the hotel guests were invited to  read it, which I, of course, did ! I... [Lire la suite]

Contrarily to what you might think, BLT are not, in today’s post, the three letters for « Bacon Lettuce Tomato » but for « Bistrot Laurent Tourondel », or how a young French Chef has become the king of a gastronomic empire in the USA. 5 Restaurants in NYC ( BLT Prime, BLT Steak, BLT Fish, BLT Burger and BLT Market at the Ritz Carlton), some in other American cities, successful cookbooks, and so on… Hey, why on earth would he want to go back to France ? His restaurants belong to the “hype” family : trendy decoration, loud music,... [Lire la suite]

May 2009 update : this post has been first published in february 2008, but as I am just back from another fabulous week-end in the Big Apple, I thought it would be great to let you know again about this to-die-for New York recipe. Just need some time to recover from jet-lag...Contrarily to what you might think, BLT are not, in today’s post, the three letters for « Bacon Lettuce Tomato » but for « Bistrot Laurent Tourondel », or how a young French Chef has become the king of a gastronomic empire in the USA. 5 Restaurants in... [Lire la suite]