Paris and Provence, Day 7: Art and an Induction Stove
We had breakfast at the market stalls. Ksenia got an apple-caramel crêpe; I got a savory one with egg, cheese, and sausage. I learned that I do not like andouillette. It’s the guts.
At Hôtel de Caumont, an old mansion was showing the Guggenheim’s Thannhauser collection of Impressionist art. Afterward Ksenia went wandering and shopping while I went home to make dinner.
The meal was OK. The two-burner induction stove was not. The burners were so close together that I could only fit one pan at a time, and each had small hot spots that made searing meat impossible. A pan overhung the controls, so the buttons were hard to reach and got nearly too hot to touch. There weren’t even knobs. To turn a burner off, I had to select it and then press through the settings. I wouldn’t cook meat on that stove again. Dinner was tuna steak with white-wine gravy, fingerling potatoes with garlic and herbs de Provence, and garlic green beans.
Part of our August–September 2019 trip through Provence and Paris. Trip summary.
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