Paris greetings and summer steamed shiitake

Bonjour! Bonjour!

I’m back home in Paris! Wilted — the heat, the heat, the heat — but looking forward to adventures. I’ve got some museum tickets tucked away; some plans for having fun with the kids, who’ll be here in a week; reservations for dinners out (if the heat breaks); dates for dinners in with friends; and my granny cart at the ready for market day. I’ll have plenty of Paris treats for you, but not today. I just got here and haven’t filled the fridge yet — I’m headed to the Maubert-Mutualité market this morning (as early as possible, before the temperatures climb). And while I’m there, I’m going to look for shiitake mushrooms, so that I can make Ham El-Waylly’s Steamed Shiitakes with Ginger-Garlic-Scallion Sauce from his debut cookbook, Hello, Home Cooking: Do-Able Dishes for Every Day: A Cookbook [Bookshop // B&N // Amazon]. I made it before I flew here. I ate it three different ways. Oops — make that four+ different ways. And now I miss it (scroll down for the recipe).