by julescatering | Feb 7, 2013 | Food In Literature, Our Favorite Things, Team
Always eager to explore the depths of Jules’ talent pool, we caught up with Jean-Claude Banderier, an expert and influential presence in Jules’ kitchen for nearly eight years, and a chef for nearly 50. Because Jean-Claude has cooked in fine restaurants and...
by julescatering | Jul 10, 2012 | Cookbooks, Food In Literature, Our Favorite Things
Because we are huge fans of the formidable French novelist Marcel Proust (1871-1922), and because today marks his 141st birthday, we honor this writer with a post of his own because he was a master at exploring human sensation and is renowned for his ability to write...
by julescatering | Mar 20, 2012 | Entertaining, Food In Literature, Our Favorite Things, Parties, Products
Runcible spoons…edible spoons. The first is pure nonsense, the second pure genius! First, the nonsense: From the age of 16, Victorian poet-artist-illustrator Edward Lear (the 21st child of 22 children!) was drawing “for his bread and cheese.” A few...
by julescatering | Mar 17, 2012 | Food History, Food In Literature, Holidays, Our Favorite Things, Products, Team
Why ‘corned’ beef? For thousands of years people have cured and preserved beef by covering it with salt the size of kernels of corn, and the name corned beef refers back to a time when the word ‘corn; was applied to anything granular. The Irish...
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