Snapshots from France: Flammekueche from Flam's

So the big question you may have* is whether "Girl Slice" and I ate pizza while we were in France. Yes and no. If you consider flammekueche pizza (Adam from the Past talked about this stuff last week), then, yes, we ate pizza.

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12 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 27, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Tagged: 15th Arrondissement, Flam's, flammekueche, Flammenküche, France, fusion pizza, Montparnasse, Paris, reviews, Slice reviews, tarte flambée

Tarte Flambée: A Sort of Alsatian Pizza

[Photograph: Adam Kuban] OK. Up till now I guess I've been a bit coy about letting on where it is Girl Slice and I are honeymooning. Despite the fact that I'm all over the damn internet, I am a fairly private person. Forgive me. Future Adam and Future Girl Slice are in France. By now, I suspect they have eaten some tarte flambée at some weird Parisian chain that Girl Slice loves called Flam's. This is quite fitting, since it's PBNPW/Fusion Pizza week on Slice. Girl Slice blogged about tarte flambée (aka Flammenküche) on this site shortly after we...

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8 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, July 19, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Tagged: Flammenküche, Pizza But Not Pizza Week, tarte flambée

New York Big Wigs Name Fave Pies in 'Daily News'

I forgot to blog this earlier today. A bunch of celebs and food world big machers named their favorite New York pizzerias. It's in the Daily News: Martha Stewart: Luzzo's Rocco DiSpirito: "The white pizza in the bar area at The Modern." Mario Cantone: Apizz and Otto Help NYDailyNews.com choose New York's best pizza! [New York Daily News]...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, October 4, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Tagged: Apizz, Celebrities, Luzzo's, Martha Stewart, Otto Pizzeria, Rocco DiSpirito, tarte flambée, The Modern

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[Photographs: Dan Dickinson] Your Queens correspondent lived for a spell in Paris, and during her last two weeks there, she discovered an amazing restaurant chain called Flam's. Specializing in Flammenküche, a pizzalike Alsatian specialty, Flam's had a rather un-Parisian policy: It was all you-can-eat. Though other all-you-can-eat restaurants do exist in Paris, the only people I ever saw going into them were shady busloads of confused tourists, and they were darkly lit buffets, not unlike New York City's weird Midtown delis full of steamer tables. The classic Flammenküche, also known as tarte flambée, has a thin crust topped with...

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3 Comments | Posted by Girl Slice, July 12, 2005 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: 718, Astoria, NYC, Queens, Recipes, reviews, Slice reviews, tarte flambée