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Friday, May 15th, 2009Bonjour, mes amis and happy Friday! So, another week, another edition of French food news — what’s going on in the food media this week?
With the days growing longer, cocktail hour has been extended. Le Figaroscope has a very useful article on the best places for an apéro dînatoire, or pre-dinner drink. (Side note: Ah, apéro dînatoire… […]
French food news: Secret Parisian addresses, exemplary lemon tarts
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009Bonjour, mes amis! I’ll report soon on what I ate/saw/bought in New York, but first wanted to update you on the latest French food news. What’s going on? Before we dive into this week, let’s re-cap from two weeks ago, when Le Figaroscope had a truly thrilling article, “Best Secret Tables,” in which they revealed eight […]
French food news: 1,001 Ways to eat rice in Paris, organic veg delivery, kindness of strangers and friends
Monday, April 20th, 2009
Bonjour, mes amis and happy Monday! So, what’s going in this last week’s French food news? Well, Le Figaroscope must be taking their editorial cues from my rice-addicted mother, because their round-up is devoted to “Le riz dans tous ses éclats” (Rice in all its glory). The winners include:
Best riz au lait (rice pudding): Atelier […]
French food news: Easter chocolate, best Italian in Paris, and Seville oranges
Monday, April 13th, 2009Bonjour mes amis and happy spring! Look who decided to waddle into the Jardin du Luxembourg? That’s right a pair of duckies (photo above), who quacked so close to my chair, it was as if they were professional duck models! Alas, by the time I unearthed the camera, they had already wandered to the lawn (they’re […]
French food news: Paris fish restaurants, Sichuan chilies in Washington, and some pretty pictures
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: Best Parisian crepes
Monday, February 23rd, 2009In yet another “best of” (they are simply tireless!), last week’s Le Figaroscope ranks the best galettes complètes in Paris (photo above, courtesy of Le Figaroscope).
First of all, perhaps you’re wondering, what is a galette complète and how is different from a ham, egg and cheese crêpe? The answer is: they’re pretty much the same. […]