Dining Out and About
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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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Dining Out and About (Paris): Crêpes at Breizh Café
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009In principle, it seems so simple: A visit to Paris = eating great crêpes. But after one too many disappointing, pre-made, desultory, floppy and/or overly buttery pancakes, I began to despair of ever finding a good, nay great, nay excellent, crêpe in Paris. Good thing I read Chowhound. Posters there tipped me off to Breizh Café, a [...]
Dining Out and About (Brooklyn): Buttermilk brunch
Monday, May 11th, 2009I usually don’t like writing about a restaurant unless I’ve eaten there a few times. But I had so much fun at Brooklyn’s Buttermilk Channel that I’m breaking my own rule. I first heard about this Carroll Gardens hot spot when Frank Bruni’s (generally positive) review appeared in the NYT, and I was thrilled to brunch there with friends [...]
Dining Out and About (New York City): At Home with the Mets at Citi Field
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009Greetings, mes amis! I’m back! Apologies for the sudden absence. Perhaps you thought I was just being a lazy blogger, but I was actually away in New York and Washington DC. (I didn’t mention my trip to you because of paranoia that someone would somehow discover my address, break into my apartment, and steal my [...]
Dining Out and About (Paris): French fast food
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009As much as I love France, I admit that lunching here can be a little limiting. Aside from baguette sandwiches, paninis, and salads of grated carrot or tabouleh, there aren’t that many options for lunch-on-the-run. Ah, but then I discovered Bar à Soupes et Quenelles. At first glance it’s just a soup bar, which [...]
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