Archive for November, 2008
Dining Out and About: Chinese in Paris
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008It’s no secret that most Chinese food in the City of Light, well, sucks.
Why? We’re not sure. Lack of interest among Parisians? Fear of spice? Influx of immigrants from areas of China not generally known for their cuisine (like Wenzhou)? Who knows?
But after some months of investigation, we are thrilled to report that we have […]
Drawing (and eating) in Paris
Monday, November 24th, 2008Welcome to another (long overdue) edition of Q&A. Today we chat with author and artist Lucy Knisley, who recently published a graphic-novel travel-journal, French Milk (the title refers to Lucy’s love of le lait francais — read on for her description of its deliciousness!). Charting Lucy’s 6-week trip to Paris with her mom in 2006, the book […]
Food Wednesday: Best baguette in Paris, also another amusing blog
Friday, November 21st, 2008Welcome to another edition of Food Wednesday (*which sometimes appears on Thursday, or even Friday). What’s going in French food media this week? Well, Le Figaroscope searches for the best baguette ordinaire in Paris. Before we reveal the winners, perhaps you’re wondering — what is a baguette ordinaire?
Most boulangeries make at least two types of […]
Dining Out and About (Loire Valley): Domaine des Hauts de Loire
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008I have a confession: I like fancy hotels.
I wish I were the type of person who didn’t care where I spent the night, someone who viewed hotels simply as a “place to sleep.” But I’m not. I love thick towels, luxurious bath soaps, marble bathrooms with heated towel racks, and beautiful, over-the-top, they’ve-coordinated-the-pillows, I-even-covet-the-wallpaper hotel […]
Pretty things in the Loire Valley
Friday, November 14th, 2008If you like wine and ancient castles, have I got the place for you! Only a 60-minute train ride from Paris, the Loire Valley is famous for its rich terroir and gentle climate, which produces some of the silkiest wines — Sancerre, Saumur, Chinon, to name a few — while, during the Middle Ages, the […]
Foodie Wednesday, French vocab, and a blog I like
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Welcome to our weekly review of (some) French foodie news!
This week’s Le Figaroscope focuses on wine, offering a round-up of ten new Parisian hot-spots where wine is the raison d’être.
Among the “caves” or wine-cellars where you can eat, La Cave Edmond sounded intriguing. Le Fig says: Owner Thierry Burlot has filled cubby-holes with some 60 recommended wines, […]
Château Villandry: Food as art
Monday, November 10th, 2008Like most food lovers, I find vegetables beautiful — mostly for their color — but do I consider them objects of art? Not so much. Yet at the gardens of Château Villandry, located in the Loire valley — which we visited on a recent, drizzly Saturday — the idea of food as art has been […]
In the news
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Yes, the French are as ecstatic as we are about our new president! But along with the articles that cover the entire front page of Le Monde, not to mention the 12-page supplement dedicated to the 44th president of the United States, they’ve managed to squeeze in a little food coverage. It is […]