Kampot Pepper Plantation

Kevin

Wed, 3 Aug 2016 13:11:54 GMT

YES! I"ve waited years for your return! =D

fx

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:18:39 GMT

Thanks a lot for remembering me Eliot! Hope you"ll see here some new stuff you like!

Eliot

Sun, 19 Jun 2016 15:18:35 GMT

FX! You"re back! I"m so happy - thrilled even. I discovered your blog and read every article a few years ago. And since then - silence. It has however been on my list of "check this every six months or so" and see if it"s changed. I"ve not even read the above article yet - I"m just so thrilled you"re back. Looking forward to more updates. And best i"d get reading! Bravo!!! ☺️

fx

Tue, 31 May 2016 20:23:54 GMT

Glad you remembered me!

Lyubov

Mon, 16 May 2016 04:22:59 GMT

I echo the joy of your other loyal readers, and am delighted to see you posting regularly again! Warmest wishes from Canada.

fx

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:04:59 GMT

Well thanks Kurt, hope you will like the new articles!

Kurt Tee

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 12:48:47 GMT

I am so happy you"re back, Mr. FX! You are one of my food heroes!

fx

Wed, 13 Apr 2016 21:18:12 GMT

Indeed photos are really the way to go, it makes easy and enticing for readers to follow what steps are needed for the result, and why not try and make each one beautiful!

Chris

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 21:41:49 GMT

Hi Fran�ois. Thanks to you as well. I"m honored to have you view my blog, and yes, as you can tell, my format was very much inspired by yours. When cookbooks or food blogs only list recipes without any narration or back story, I don"t find it nearly as interesting as when there is some additional detail to spice things up. I like to know the history and culture behind a dish. And lots of photos is the way to go. I"ve really tried to improve my food photography over the last year and a half, picking up some strobes and other gear. I"m not nearly as good as you, but your "behind the scenes" page showing your kitchen setup, as well as the site Strobist.com, really helped with my learning curve. All the best,

Chris

fx

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:32:51 GMT

Hello Chris, thanks for the kind words and endorsement! I just spent a good while reading up your blog! I sort of recognize the visual narration style ... thanks! Lots of really mouth watering recipes of the direct, generous, manly sort I like to cook myself. And congrats on the cool bean pot from Le Creuset!

fx

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:25:55 GMT

Thanks Jason!

Chris

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:00:57 GMT

So glad you are updating your blog again, Fran�ois! I discovered FXCuisine in 2010 and was so captivated that I read every post. What wonderful writing, photography and recipes! I love Europe and it was almost like I was there alongside you, so rich and vibrant were your desriptions. In fact, I also love cooking and writing, and your blog so inspired me that I started my own food blog, which I"ve had going now for almost six years.

Thanks again, and I"m looking forward to more culinary adventures with you via your blog. Cheers!

Jason

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 03:09:34 GMT

I knew you would return!

fx

Sat, 26 Mar 2016 16:18:44 GMT

Ah this goes straight to my heart I was in Valais this afternoon! Glad to hear my little articles inspired you!

Ashleigh Haze

Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:08:48 GMT

FX, you are back! I could weep with joy. And your articles are as excellent as ever. You were always an inspiration-I went to Valais and ate raclette during your absence!

fx

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 18:13:59 GMT

Thanks, glad to be back too!

Saxit

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 13:43:46 GMT

Welcome back! I"ve missed your updates!

fx

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 14:53:50 GMT

Thanks Rick, I am glad to hear from you! Will try not to disappoint my readers with regular new articles. Plenty of things to show and tell.

Rick

Sun, 20 Mar 2016 16:08:11 GMT

Hi Francois, Yes, still working and doing some cooking on the boats. Glad to see more blog posts from you!

fx

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 04:49:28 GMT

Hey Rick, thanks for remembering me! Are you still cooking on you boats?

Rick

Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:41:12 GMT

WooHoo! Francois is back!

fx

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 12:03:54 GMT

Thanks Kate! Which other blogs did you mean?

fx

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:40:22 GMT

Thanks Claudio nice to visit me!

fx

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:40:10 GMT

Glad you remembered me!

B C

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 05:10:20 GMT

Thanks to two friends bickering over what is a proper bolognese sauce and my remembrance of this site, I have pleasantly discovered there are new posts again.

Claudio Lima

Wed, 16 Mar 2016 02:15:39 GMT

Hello guy, welcome back, greetings from big fan from Brasil, life long and prosper!

Kate

Tue, 15 Mar 2016 03:52:50 GMT

Isn"t it a great thing to have Fran�ois Xavier back!!! How many years we waited - and here you are! Thank your for brilliant articles and looking forward to having new ones!
and are you going to re-kindle your other blogs? That would be great!!

fx

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:44:35 GMT

Indeed! Thanks

fx

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:43:02 GMT

Thanks, you shall miss me no more!

fx

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:42:44 GMT

Thanks a lot Dan!

dan

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:10:45 GMT

So nice to see you back! I went back a while ago and re-looked at all your old posts.. looking forward to more!

lorenzo a.

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 13:20:45 GMT

glad you are back , I was missing your excellent articles !!
Welcome back

Angelo

Mon, 14 Mar 2016 01:45:59 GMT

YAY! NEW POSTS! WELCOME BACK FRANCOIS!

fx

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:22:18 GMT

Well that is not impossible actually, but I did not get the feeling that those people whiling away on their hammocs were unhappy in the least...!

fx

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:20:44 GMT

Thanks a lot Cynthia!

fx

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:18:10 GMT

Thanks this is very nice to hear, sharing my joy in the kitchen was one the main reasons to blog!

fx

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:16:29 GMT

Thanks Felicity!

fx

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:15:30 GMT

Roberto thanks a lot! Growing vegetables and spices in a tropical garden is a dream for me! Green pepper straight off the tree, no less ...! Well I am growing chili peppers from seed right now, easier in my climate.

fx

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 21:13:57 GMT

I shall not disappoint you!

Rita

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 20:30:09 GMT

Great to welcome you and your brilliant posts back in my life. Look forward to more!

Roberto

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 15:33:10 GMT

Fran�ois Xavier, welcome back! I read all your posts and made several of your recipes. When I lived in a farm in the Vale do Ribeira, Brazil, I"d grown these Piper nigrum peppers around concrete posts, so I could use them as poivre vert right from the orchard near my farmhouse. This area of southeastern Brazil matches perfectly your desription of the Cambodian countryside. Best regards from Gainesville, Florida.

Felicity

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 05:57:42 GMT

It"s so great to have you back!!!

Trever Santora

Sat, 12 Mar 2016 05:49:50 GMT

What a delight to see you"ve returned. Almost 10 years ago you inspired me with your work and turned me on to some of my favorite days of cooking. And now I"m inspired once more. Thank you!

Cynthia

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:59:17 GMT

Each post is an education. Thank you!

Pure Hapa

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 22:56:50 GMT

Very nice pictorial at long last. Your email was in my spam folder. You should start on Youtube!
I wonder if the lack of ambition has to do with the fact that many of the millions of Cambodians killed in the genocide were the educated and business classes. Just as Mao destroyed those classes in China a generation previous. The ensuing Khmer Rouge culture made sure to put down any hint of Capitalist behavior. Coupled with rampant corruption and instability, the economic atmosphere does not reward productive people. So people try not to stick out in any manner. And from Wikipedia: "One of the largest challenges facing Cambodia is still the fact that the older population often lacks education, particularly in the countryside, which suffers from a lack of basic infrastructure." Cambodian-Americans help their relatives with clothing and money gifts as much as they can.

I think that they will turn around slowly, as Vietnam has.

fx

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:24:55 GMT

Ah yes sometimes I may lift the curtain so that you can meet the "wizard"!

fx

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:12:46 GMT

Have been alive for a good while now ... and blogging again of recent!

fx

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:00:44 GMT

The Prodigal Son will now go find the fatted calf!

fx

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:58:58 GMT

Thank you

fx

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:58:22 GMT

Indeed. Thanks for remembering me!