Subject: Didier Lailheugue

• This Little Piggy Went To South Beach: Au Pied De Cochon Opens

  Au Pied De CochonThe restaurant's namesake, roasted pig's trotterMove over Les Halles, brasserie Au Pied de Cochon is now serving up a taste of the old world, south of 5th Street.  The restaurant dates back 60 years to its original location in the Les Halles district of Paris, unlike that area's eponymous, Bourdain-adorned chain which you may be surprised to know is 100% made in the U.S. of A.  French-born exec chef Didier Lailheugue executes a menu heavy on the classics like croque m

  June 12, 2009

• Au Pied de Cochon: Big-City Brasserie in Miami Beach

  July 30, 2009

• Organic Wine at Pied, LoSasso at The Forge, Bleeding Eardrums at SeaRock, and, um, Jessica Simpson

  ​Columbus Day Brunch, Kamen Wine DinnerBrunch is this morning at 10:00 a.m. and runs to 4:00 p.m. at Au Pied de Cochon. And on Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 p.m., the French brasserie presents a five course dinner featuring the wines of Kamen Winery, a Sonoma County vineyard owned by Hollywood screenwriter Robert Kamen. Pioneers in organic farming, the winery produces a very limited quantity of highly rated reds, with an emphasis on top quality Cabernet Sauvignon. Chef de cuisine Didier Lailhe

  October 12, 2009

• Feelin' Groovy: Beaujolais Nouveau Luncheon at Au Pied de Cochon

  ​Another year, another Beaujolais luncheon, another boast that the current crop is the best in years. "You get a vintage like this every century. Last one as good was 1947," insisted winemaker Stéphane Queralt. I didn't want to say this to Stéphane, but in spite of a positive spin on the 2008 vintage, guests at last year's gathering were grumbling that it would best be used for cooking.  Then he added, "And this time we really mean it,"  and you could tell that this time he really

  November 20, 2009