Dining Out and About
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2012After so many years of dreaming, drooling, eating, dreaming and drooling over the artichoke pizza at Pizza Chic, I finally branched out last week and ordered something else. This caprese pizza piled tomatoes, basil, and fresh mozzarella on a warm, chewy-crisp crust, a marvel of simple, perfect ingredients drizzled with fine olive oil. Ladies and [...]
On Labor Day, a little udon
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to eat but your noodles! Happy May Day, mes amis! After I wrote about Kunitoraya a few months ago — a Japanese noodle bar in the 1e that is the solitary luncher’s haven — a friend told me about another shop, newly opened. “It’s the best udon [...]
Le Select
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012Once upon a time, before a deadline reared its head, I used to go out during the day for hours at a time. The past few weeks? Not so much. Here then, are some photos from a month or so ago, from lunch at Café Select. I first read about Le Select in The Dud [...]
Mini Palais
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012I didn’t to mean to eat lunch at the Mini Palais, but it was Sunday, and we wanted to see the exhibit of villes en reliefs at the Grand Palais, and what’s there to eat near the Grand Palais that’s open on a Sunday? Well, you can see how my logic unfurled. Housed in a wing of [...]
Blend
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012Paris, Saturday, 7:24 pm. A jostling crowd gathers on the sidewalk outside the sliding glass doors of Blend, a new hamburger restaurant. Inside, black walls vibrate with buzzy energy and yellow lights beckon with cozy warmth, for it is a cold night, of the arctic variety.“Why can’t we go in?” a little girl asks. “They [...]
Tempura udon
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012Because I work alone, at home, lunch is often crackers and peanut butter eaten at my desk. But sometimes I just need to Get. Out. Of. The. House. That’s where tempura udon comes in handy. Kunitoraya is situated on a block of rue Sainte-Anne that hosts all the other Japanese noodle joints that have mushroomed [...]
Year of fire
Friday, January 20th, 2012Happy Chinese new year! Monday, January 23, marks the year of the dragon. If your age this year is a multiple of 12, you may want to consider buying some red underwear. Thankfully, I can finally retire mine. Whatever your undergarment needs, remember that eating noodles and dumplings brings long life and wealth. I hope you [...]
Rome, actually
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011I’ll never forget my first visit to Rome, during a sultry summer weekend almost seven years ago. I’m not sure what disappointed me most: the masses of tourists crowding the monuments, or the horrible food I ate at almost every turn. I hadn’t done my homework , you see, hadn’t researched any good addresses. And [...]
Itacate
Friday, November 18th, 2011A few weeks ago, I was eating at one of the taco stands that have sprung up recently in Paris. We were feeling rather lucky having achieved the impossible — finding a spot for three for dinner — but it turned out that my real luck was being seated next to a chatty gentleman from [...]
L’Ambassade de Bourgogne
Thursday, October 27th, 2011After recent trips to Burgundy, I’ve become an amateur (fan) of Burgundy wine — that is to say, I am wildly enthusiastic though I know very little about it. A bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. And so, I was recently delighted to discover L’Ambassade de Bourgogne, a new, pocket-sized bar in Paris devoted to the wine and products of Burgundy. [...]
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