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Friday, April 3rd, 2009Bonjour, mes amis, and welcome to another edition of French food news! What’s going on in the French food media this week? In honor of April 1st, Le Figaroscope has a round-up of fish restaurants. Why, you may wonder, celebrate fish for April fool’s day? Well, in France, the 1st of April is known as poisson […]
French food news: Best flan in Paris
Friday, March 27th, 2009Bonjour, mes amis, and welcome to another edition of French food news — what’s going on in the French food media this week?
Le indefatigable le Figaroscope searches for more of the “best” of Paris — this time a quest for the best flan, which in Paris-speak is a sort of heavy custard pie. Admittedly, this […]
French food news: Organic markets in Paris
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Welcome to another edition of Food Wednesday, now renamed “French food news” in a blatant attempt to attract more readers to this humble blog. So, what’s going on in French food media this week?
Le Figaroscope dedicates its round-up to Paris’s three organic markets, including “my” Raspail market (boulevard Raspail, métro Rennes, Sundays, 9am-2pm). The others […]
Food Wednesday: A (Third Michelin) star is born
Friday, March 6th, 2009Greetings, mes amis, and welcome to another edition of Food Wednesday, which now appears whenever the heck I want. What’s happening in this week’s French food news?
First of all, how do you spell “celebrity” in French? M-I-C-H-E-L-I-N. At least, that’s the case for Eric Fréchon, chef of Le Bristol, who just won his third Michelin […]
Food Wednesday: “Budget” Paris dining
Thursday, February 26th, 2009So, despite our observation last week that many restaurants seem to be packed to the gills any hour of the day, any of day the week, this week’s Le Figaroscope insists that the economic crise is affecting the dining scene. (I wish they’d tell that to Pizza Positano, ranked number 3 on Le Fig’s “best pizza” list, […]
Food Wednesday: Parisian Detox, also French food critic critiqued
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009Bonjour, mes amis! Apology for the recent paucity of posts — Le Figaroscope went on vacation for two weeks, we had visitors over the holidays, I had to finish my French dissertation… I know, excuses, excuses, but here we are again with another addition of Food Wednesday — what’s going in French food media this […]
Food Wednesday: Best new tables of 2008, Movie star Paris, etc.
Wednesday, December 17th, 2008Bonjour mes amis and welcome to another edition of Food Wednesday! What’s going on in the world of French food media this week?
Le Figaroscope has yet another “Best of” article, this time naming the 20 best tables opened in 2008. I can’t quite tell, but it seems like the little write-ups are actually written in […]
Food Wednesday: Where the chefs eat
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008Happy Wednesday!
Great chefs spend their lives creating extraordinary meals, but have you ever wondered where (or what) they like to eat? In this week’s round-up of French food media, Le Figaroscope gives us a sneak peak into the favorite haunts of Paris’s most famous toques. Here’s a sampling of three:
Alain Ducasse: Le Fig says: “For a […]
Food Wednesday: Two weeks in one
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008Welcome to another edition of Food Wednesday, our weekly round-up of (some) French food media. This week features not one, but two weeks worth of news as last week we were in Aveyron celebrating Thanksgiving and strolling among Didier’s terraced grape vines (see photo above).
Alors, what did we miss last week? Le Fig had a round-up of industry hot […]
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 […]