Except from pepper, no spice should be used on its own. In all the world cuisines, as soon as you talk about spices, you talk spices blends. Amongst them are the Chinese five spices, the masala, garam masala and curry in India, the colombos, the Cajun mixes, the ras el hanout and the harissa, the zouta mixes of the Middle-East, and finally, the European four spices. All these great blends have been created on the same bases, cilantro, cumin, cinnamon, nutmeg and sometimes vanilla. I then add …

A part le poivre, aucune épice ne s’utilise seule. Dans toutes les cuisines du monde, dès qu’on parle d’épices, on parle de mélanges. Parmi les grands mélanges, on peut citer le cinq-épices chinois, les masala, garam masala et curry en Inde, les colombos, les mélanges cajuns, le ras el hanout et, si on veut, la harissa, les mélanges zouta du Moyen-Orient sans oublier le quatre-épices européen. Tous ces grands mélanges sont bâtis sur des bases associant la coriandre, le cumin, la cannelle, la m…

The oyster should not be gulped down, it should be chewed. It is the only way to fully enjoy all of its flavours. First, I like to take the time to observe it in my hand, to appreciate its texture, its shape, its rough patches. It is like a big stone but, I know that when opening it I will find the delicate mother-of-pearl, subtle transparencies and the water from the deep sea. In Cancale, we have always been collecting flat oysters, the Romans were already very found of it and it is thanks to t…