You can take the punk out of Paris, but you can't take Paris out of the punk

A request for Potato Leek soup always brings me back to the first time I tried this superlative soup. Paris, 1986, in a lovely apartment on Blvd St Germain.  Marie-Josèph whipped this dish up without seeming to give it any thought.   Although I have never been able to replicate that exact elixir, I have made it often enough that I can create a delicious approximation with ease.  Perhaps if I was in Paris, and was using Parisian leeks...
But for now, Four Town Farm leeks will suffice (and are gorgeous right now), and my crumbling Colonial is where my kitchen is located, so I make do.
There are a lot of variations on this soup, but mine is pretty basic:  leeks, potatoes, half an onion, light cream, and vegetable stock.  The basic Julia Child recipe, more or less.

I love the way the farm trims the leeks...

Sliced thin, and sautéed with diced onion in a mixture of butter and olive oil

Peel and dice the potatoes, toss in with the leeks, then pour on the vegetable stock.  Then it's time to let it simmer.  Oh, add some good sea salt (or Pink Himalayan, perhaps) and ground black pepper.

Two of my favorite Vegetable Stocks.  I really like Trader Joe's, too.

And here it is...smooth, velvety...une soupe impeccable.

So getting back to the title of this post...

I've included a video by one of my favorite French punk bands.  They were popular when I was in Paris during college, and I brought home a lot of their albums (yes, as in vinyl).  Give it a listen.  It will give you a pretty good idea of the soundtrack running through my head during that part of my youth.  And it is still running in the background today.  Once a punk, always a punk.