poulard , auch: poularde

The Poulard is a terrific lock, no question about it.

"Then we have more to thank Madame Poulard for than her omelettes."

Still, it remains to be seen whether La Mere Poulard will be able to transcend nostalgia.

It was a Poulard, its mechanism intricate beyond description, its key one that not a locksmith in ten thousand could duplicate.

The local outpost of La Mere Poulard opened just last week on the site once occupied by Laurent.

And not just any locked room, either, but one secured by a pickproof Poulard, with steel-lined walls and windows that don't open."

Today I would die for one of Mère Poulard's omelettes aux fines herbes.

La Mère Poulard is a restaurant and hotel on Mont Saint-Michel.

When Pascal was 4, his mother (a nurse) and older brother (Nicholson Poulard) left Haiti for a better life and education.

A Legend Imported For more than 100 years, La Mere Poulard has been famous for omelets.

Normandy in New York Eric Vannier, the owner of La Mere Poulard on Mont-St.

The baker, Frantz Mayard, and his partner, Marie Poulard, are from Haiti, which makes their combination of French and Island expertise understandable.

Among the most well-known Sablé recipes are those of La Mère Poulard, and the biscuits of Saint-Michel and Pont-Aven.

Jean-Pierre Neu, who is the executive chef of La Mere Poulard in Mont St.-Michel, France, is still at the New York restaurant.

In 1835, Viollet-le-Duc visited the Mont and later his students, Paul Gout and Édouard Corroyer (the famous Mère Poulard was his maid), were commissioned to restore it.

He has transformed what was Laurent into a suggestion of the original La Mere Poulard by installing an open fireplace (fueled by gas, not wood), where chefs make souffleed omelets in copper pans.

A New York version of La Mere Poulard, the restaurant on Mont-Saint-Michel in Normandy famous for its puffy omelets, will open in March at 109 East 56th Street, the space formerly occupied by Laurent.

Everybody who was anybody went to La Mere Poulard: the Roosevelts (Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor), Trotsky, Lindbergh, Hemingway, Rita Hayworth, Yves Montand, Maurice Chevalier, Margaret Thatcher, Coco Chanel.

Change at La Mere Poulard What with the D-Day commemorations, opening a New York branch of La Mere Poulard, the famous restaurant in Normandy, seemed like a good idea.

A Chef Packs Up Her Roquefort beignets are still on the menu at La Mere Poulard, 109 East 56th Street, but Leslie Revsin, the original chef at this New York branch of a historic restaurant in France, has left.

La Mere Poulard's Zucchini Crepes Total time: 1 hour 2 medium zucchinis (each about 8 ounces) Salt 1 large egg 2tablespoons heavy cream 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour 2 garlic cloves, finely minced 2 tablespoons corn or peanut oil About 2 tablespoons unsalted butter.