Baccarat + Duval-Leroy collaborate for the holidays
The prestigious French crystal maker has designed a holiday gift set featuring the Duval-Leroy Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Sommeliers champagne, a new cuvée launched last April. A Baccarat crystal carafe etched with the Maison Duval-Leroy monogram is nestled in a red and silver packaging alongside a bottle of Duval-Leroy’s Cuvée des Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Sommeliers. The champagne, a blend of premier cru and grands crus from the vineyards of Duval-Leroy in Vertus, France, was produced in collaboration with the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France Sommeliers, an alliance of the country’s leading wine experts. The gift set, priced at €500 ($650), is available upon request directly from the Duval-Leroy winery. repost […]
French lobster do’s + don’ts, says Chef Hervé Nepple
Each week, Luxuo and Relaxnews invites a master chef to share insights into the gourmet kitchen by presenting a favorite ingredient. Hervé Nepple, head chef at the Maison Blanche restaurant in Paris, shares his enthusiasm for European lobster. What led you to choose this ingredient? What is your fondest kitchen memory associated with this ingredient? My choice of European lobster stems from fond memories of my early days alongside the chef Jacques Pic in Valence, during my first experience in a Michelin-starred restaurant. I will never forget the day he chose to bring me on board. Along with his daughter, Anne-Sophie Pic, I was charged with the task of shelling […]