A lost food blog?

February 15, 2014 1:46 PM

There was a one-person food blog/website with gorgeous photography. At point, he went to France and came across a food that roughly translates to 'baby Jesus'. It was not a variant of a King cake. Does anyone remember this website?
posted by flibbertigibbet to Food & Drink (7 answers total)

David Lebovitz maybe? I know you said it's not a king cake, but adding this link in case this food was something else he encountered, since his blog does fit your other criteria.
posted by jessicapierce at 2:00 PM on February 15, 2014

In that post, Lebovitz mentions, "There are two kinds of Kings Cakes in France; one is layers of puff pastry filled with almond cream, and the other is a circular yeasted cake, more popular in the south of France, festooned with colorful, sticky candied fruit." He shared the recipe for the first, which looks nothing like any King Cake you'd see in the US.
posted by acidic at 2:33 PM on February 15, 2014

Is it the cougnou (Belgium) / cugnot (French), also called "bread of Jesus" because it looks like a swaddled baby Jesus?
posted by elgilito at 2:44 PM on February 15, 2014

Best answer: Was it FXCuisine.com ? He's Swiss, but many of his recipes are French. He has a recipe titled "Hard Boiled Swiss Jesus" (spoiler - it's a giant sausage, but in my defense you just said "a food").
posted by ninazer0 at 7:03 PM on February 15, 2014 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Yes, it was FXCuisine!
posted by flibbertigibbet at 7:37 PM on February 15, 2014

Awesome! I loved that blog so much and was very sad when it went dark.
posted by ninazer0 at 7:52 PM on February 15, 2014

Ha! I thought that same thing. RIP FX Cuisine.
posted by exceptinsects at 3:07 PM on February 17, 2014