I think you mean a VERY old Observer series on Fre...

2008-09-28T20:31:00.000Z

I think you mean a VERY old Observer series on French Food....I was a wet-behind-the-ears munchkin at J Walter Thompson when that series came out, and The Observer was my advertising client at the time...I still have it in a folder gathering dust on a bookshelf somewhere...
Re metal beans, I suspect mine were also E David...I used to browse quite often in the shop she briefly had in Covent Garden. Best place to look for anything (practically) these days is Ebay, I find...so if they still exist - or even if they don't - I'd say that was your best bet.

This sounds v.good. Much better than a choc souffl...

2008-09-28T17:41:00.000Z

This sounds v.good. Much better than a choc souffle which I have just made and found much too rich*. The recipe came from an old Observer/J Grigson/Ann Willan series on French Food. *Very old Fashioned I guess. On another note you wrote that you use metal beans for baking tarts blind. Where did you get your's?I got mine from E David's shop ( where I worked during the summer of '68....)Can one still find them.

Comments on Pomiane: Recipe: Chocolate Zabaglione

I think you mean a VERY old Observer series on Fre...

This sounds v.good. Much better than a choc souffl...