Kitchenette Paris -- Cook, Travel, Daydream, Repeat

🇫🇷🍋 Winter's survival is guaranteed when Parisian pastries revivify the senses. It's citrus season, and lemon tartes and pink grapefruit-Campari pies will save me from the grey skies and dread of winter. A little day-dreaming also helps -- completely inevitable in Paris. 🌸🇫🇷🌸 In every episode, I share stories about "la vie en rose." Part memoir, part travel stories, part homage to the deliciousness that satiates human appetites, Kitchenette Paris travels to the dreamscape of the heart, where we celebrate splendor and delight.For my Key Lime Tarte recipe, visit my newsletter. While you are there, subscribe and drop me a line.And, as always, if you enjoy this little pause in your day, please leave me a review on your favorite podcast platform. 💙🤍♥️KITCHENETTE PARIS is written, directed, and produced by me, Dany Bells. From Paris, with love.Theme Music: "The Dance," by Kyle Coxfrance french paris parisian travel tourism cook cooking bake baking key lime pie tarte au citron lemon pomelo grapefruit Campari tangelo mandarin tangerine citron cedrate winter snow ice Anton Chekhov gabriel garcia marquez tennessee Williams AP English skip class Rue de Sevres L'agrumiste Adam and Eve serpent pith rind zest citrus Athenaeus immortality forbidden fruit nymphs godess hera hesperides morocco kpi's carl jung shadow work gastronomía viajar francés culinary gastronomy expat move to france daydream substack literature memoirs senses This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cocinita.substack.com

Culinary-Snobs-A-Plenty in cities like Paris, San Francisco, or New York. In Paris, at every corner café terrace I am reminded that I can't fit in (nor want to) with the cool kids who LOOK SO GOOD sipping on scotch on the rocks or downing whole fresh oysters in one swift move. I reflect on how some of us may not be so high-up in the pecking order of fancy eaters - it's an ego-crusher. In every episode, I share stories about "la vie en rose." Part memoir, part travel stories, part homage to the deliciousness that satiates human appetites, Kitchenette Paris travels to the dreamscape of the heart, where we celebrate splendor and delight.For my Po'Boy Sandwich recipe, visit my newsletterLeave me a REVIEW, or reach out to me at cocinita.substack.com. While you are there, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, so you don't miss an episode.KITCHENETTE PARIS is written, directed, and produced by me, Dany Bells. From Paris, with love.Theme Music: "The Dance," by Kyle Coxfrance french paris parisian travel tourism cook cooking sandwich cajun new orleans san francisco oysters coffee bourbon scotch terence mckenna psychedelic carl jung shadow work pride ego gastronomía viajar francés café terrace shame pecking order mean people snobs culinary outcast cool kids adolescence public opinion sophistication performative worthy worthiness fit in expelled shunned sheet pan dinner michelin star fancy This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cocinita.substack.com

I reflect on the ego-bruising experience of buying beauty cream at Parisian pharmacies, and the imaginary ailments that seem to afflict all my French neighbors. I conclude that grandma's advice to eat soup when under the weather works for me, and make a delicious French Pot Au Feu soup. In every episode, I share stories about "la vie en rose." Part memoir, part travel stories, part homage to the deliciousness that satiates human appetites, Kitchenette Paris travels to the dreamscape of the heart, where we celebrate splendor and delight.For my Pot Au Feu recipe, visit my newsletterLeave me a REVIEW, or reach out to me at cocinita.substack.com. While you are there, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, so you don't miss an episode.KITCHENETTE PARIS is written, directed, and produced by me, Dany Bells. From Paris, with love.Theme Music: "The Dance," by Kyle CoxEpisode artwork: University of Michigan's Music, Theatre, and Dance Department's poster for 2015-16 production of Moliere's The Imaginary InvalidFrance Travel Paris Cook Kitchen Memoir French Parisian Essay Storytime Senses Cooking Art hypochondria Mythology Medicine Pharmacy Daydream Passions Carl Jung Shadow Tourism Français Gastronomy Gourmet Eiffel Tower Julia Child Plato Hippocrates Liver Bile la petite mort adulting cultural differences expat recipe awe wilderness digestion Francia viajar gossip privacy Australia health guru Luke Nguyen Pot-Au-Feu This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cocinita.substack.com

Summer markets in Paris incite my complete surrender to the deep pleasure of French flavors and scents. As the season comes to an end, I reminisce about my produce man, his melons, and the indulgence of sultry summers in France.In every episode, I share stories about "la vie en rose." Part memoir, part travel stories, part homage to the deliciousness that satiates human appetites, Kitchenette Paris travels to the dreamscape of the heart, where we celebrate splendor and delight.Leave me a REVIEW, or reach out to me at cocinita.substack.com. While you are there, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE, so you don't miss an episode.KITCHENETTE PARIS is written, directed, and produced by me, Dany Bells. From Paris, with love.Theme Music: "The Dance," by Kyle CoxEpisode artwork: The Luncheon on the Grass, by Edouard Manet, 1862France Travel Paris Cook Kitchen Memoir French Parisian Essay Storytime Senses Cooking Art Fruit Mythology Dreamtime Daydream Passions Carl Jung Shadow Tourism Français Gastronomy Gourmet This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cocinita.substack.com

Subscribe to the KITCHENETTE PARIS NEWSLETTER to keep in touch with me, and to find my recipes.Every day feels like a fancy wedding reception in Paris. Church bells ring around the clock. The urns at the gardens overflow with pretty geraniums. The buildings, so ornate, resemble wedding cakes filigreed with buttercream flourishes and gold leaf. Cute couples (of all ages) make out on public benches. Clinking glasses toasting at every corner terrace cafe. A joyous wedding celebration all around! In such a dreamy city, feeling romantic is nothing out of the ordinary. Join me for a little pause, and indulge with me in a Parisian daydream. Written, directed, and produced by me, Dany Bells. From Paris, with love.Theme music: The Dance by Kyle Cox This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cocinita.substack.com