David Lebovitz: The A-Z of French food
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 796 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2017
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
We challenged professional cook David Lebovitz to the A-Z of French food – in other words, we put each letter to a food then asked him about it. Where is the best M for market? The best B for baguette in Paris? And what's the deal with F for foie gras.
He did really well!
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| 0:00.0 | This one's a little bit different. |
| 0:02.0 | Can I leave my eyes open? |
| 0:03.0 | No, because you'll see it. |
| 0:05.0 | I know, but now I'm scared. |
| 0:06.0 | Well, that wasn't so bad. |
| 0:07.0 | No, this one, it's all better from that one. |
| 0:08.0 | Okay, I haven't had a McDonald's hamburger in about 20 years. |
| 0:11.0 | Before Tower with Odoverdyee. |
| 0:16.0 | When you think about France, one of the main things that will come to your mind is food. |
| 0:24.4 | And who better to help us understand food than David Liebervitz? |
| 0:25.8 | He's a food blogger. |
| 0:26.4 | He's a chef. |
| 0:29.3 | He's a pastry chef extraordinaire. |
| 0:31.8 | And he's been in Paris for how long has it been, David? |
| 0:35.0 | Since 2004. |
| 0:39.3 | So he's been here for a long enough time to know everything there is about French food. And today we're going to put him a bit to the test with the A to Z of French food. |
| 0:43.3 | Okay, I should have studied. I didn't know there was going to be a test, but I'm ready. |
| 0:46.3 | It's good as a pop quiz. You have to be ready for anything when you live in Paris. |
| 0:50.3 | So what we got today with David Liebervitz, an American in Paris, you probably know him already, the man who needs no introduction. |
| 0:56.0 | We have got a smorgas board of food, facts, cooking tips even coming up. |
| 1:01.7 | He doesn't know it yet, and Paris recommendations. |
| 1:03.8 | And we're going to do it through the alphabet all the way from A to Z, or Z, as Americans might say. |
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