Strasbourg

Best Flammekuchen Recipe

by Lisa LeCoump
March 15, 2020March 30, 2023

This recipe for flammekuchen is so easy and foolproof we use it almost weekly.

The evolution of Gingerbread

by Lisa LeCoump
December 12, 2018February 1, 2023

In the United States we know gingerbread at Christmas made into a gingerbread man, a dark cookie sweetened with molasses. But in Europe it takes all kinds of shapes.

Baba in Paris

by Lisa LeCoump
December 6, 2015February 3, 2023

Strasbourg France

by Lisa LeCoump
October 3, 2013February 3, 2023

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“While traveling the world and looking for the best ingredients, we found that many producers who care about quality also care about sustainability. We discovered that by choosing the best ingredients we had reduced our carbon footprint. A few more changes, and we cut our carbon footprint in half! Then we realized that if everyone did this, it would have a big effect on climate change. Little changes add up to something big. Little things matter. We could save the world, one cookie at a time.”

Professional Photographer - Food Photographer, Wedding Photographer. Lisa was previously the Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, responsible for reviewing and enforcing organic regulations and Environmental Protection Agency pesticide use regulations. She also worked for years as an Agricultural Advisor in California, a farmer in California, and an Agricultural Extension Agent in Thailand. She received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from California State University, Chico and studied Integrated Pest Management at U.C., Davis, which involved farming methods that preserve the environment.