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Friday, August 27th, 2010A good vacation is nothing without good food, and I certainly had my fair share in Provence this summer. Here’s a little round-up of some of the things I ate…
La Gare de Bonnieux (Bonnieux, tel: 04 90 75 82 00)
This is Bonnieux’s former train station, now converted to a restaurant, and it’s one of those institutions […]
Recent restaurant redux
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010I know I’ve been a little remiss on the restaurant posts recently, but sometimes when I’m eating out, I just want to stuff my maw instead of taking notes and photos. But then, browsing a few of my favorite France blogs, I had an epiphany: I can do a short and punchy restaurant roundup instead […]
Dining Out and About (Paris): Afternoon snack
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Goûter is usually for kids, served up after school, the type of snack that legitimizes chocolate bars stuffed into a fresh baguette.But a mid-afternoon snack is also a good idea for grown-ups, especially when you’re surrounded by the world’s most delicious pâtisserie. So many toothsome delicacies, so little time. Goûter is just another opportunity to […]
Dining Out and About (Paris): More Chinese!
Monday, April 19th, 2010After writing a novel about Chinese food, nothing makes me happier than when people tell me: “I read your book and it made me hungry.”
And if this conversation takes place in Paris, there’s always a follow-up question: “Can you recommend a good Chinese restaurant here?”
As I’ve lamented before, Chinese food in the City of Light […]
Dining Out and About (Paris): So British!
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010The French have a term to describe things we think of as stereotypically British: “so British.” Fish and chips, Agatha Christie mysteries, pints of stout, cups of tea, cozy pubs, bad teeth — all can be labelled “so British.”
Note: The British themselves are called rosbif. The term “so British” is more of an adjective. Last […]
Dining Out and About (Paris): Oh, give me a home/ Where the bagels roam
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009In Paris, a good bagel can be difficult, er, make that impossible, to find. So, imagine my happiness when I came across a new bagel stand on my way to the grocery store. Called the “I (heart) COCO Bagel Store,” this tiny stand is part of Coco et Co, a chic, egg-focused brunch restaurant.
Dining Out and About (Paris): To eat, perchance to dream
Friday, October 30th, 2009Do you dream about dessert? Evidently, pâtissier Philippe Conticini does. The French media has been raving about his new shop, La Pâtisserie des rêves, so I skipped over there last weekend for a little look-see-taste. Oh, it’s a tough life, let me tell you.
The first thing I noticed were the glass domes. Or, as Sylvia […]
Dining Out and About (Provence): Got my goat
Friday, August 21st, 2009I don’t like writing negative reviews. My philosophy is: there are so many good restaurants in the world, why not focus on them? But my visit to Le Castelas, a goat farm/restaurant near Sivergues, in the Luberon region of Provence, was such a roller-coaster of emotion — first excitement, then disappointment — that I feel […]
Dining Out and About (Provence): Omelettes, ohmigod!
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009You know I never, ever, ever, ever indulge in any hyperbole, so please believe me when I say that I have found the lightest, fluffiest, most exquisite, delicious, and BEST omelettes in the world in Buoux, a small village in the Luberon region of Provence. Okay, maybe I’m being a little sarcastic. But honest to […]
Where the Obamas ate in Paris
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009Maybe you’ve heard — Paris had five very special visitors over the weekend: President Obama, the First Lady, First Daughters Malia and Sasha and First Grandma Marian Robinson. And yes, we know the family climbed the belfry at Notre Dame, visited the Eiffel Tower at sunset, and toured the galleries of the Centre Pompidou. But let’s […]
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