Yesterday a great experiment.  I have always wanted to cook the infamous chocolate cake Le Diabolo by the late Simone Beck from her book Simca’s Cuisine.  She and Julia Child collaborated to create the great tome Mastering the Art of French Cooking.  I have read accounts of this cake and the merits of it from the travel writer Frances Mayes.  Indeed a wonderful piece aptly named “Devil in a Blue Apron” she wrote for a book about the pleasure and discoveries of food, A Fork in the Road so I have remained curious.