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Rodin’s garden

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

Last week an afternoon stroll brought me to the Musée Rodin where, for the price of one Euro, I entered to flâner in the garden. For a little while, I enjoyed the sunshine, statues, and peonies. And then… I cowered under the awning of the café for at least twenty minutes, watching the rain and hail [...]

On Labor Day, a little udon

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

Workers 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 [...]

Signs of spring

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

The temperatures in Paris ain’t balmy, but it’s spring! Spring! And I’ve seen the vegetables in the market to prove it. There are lovely violet artichokes whose tender little hearts I dream of eating raw with a bright burst of lemon juice. There are fat, juicy, grassy stalks of white asparagus, which I peeled, steamed, [...]

Le Select

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Once 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 [...]

Paris, my sweet (macaron)

Monday, March 19th, 2012

An array of desserts in Paris and New York? It’s the stuff dreams are made of. For Amy Thomas, the dream came true when she moved to Paris to write ad copy for Louis Vuitton. Her memoir, Paris, My Sweet, is a starry-eyed tour of the City of Light’s best pâtisseries, juxtaposed with the American-style [...]

Mini Palais

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

I 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 [...]

Watch cats

Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

They’re not easy to spot — shy and a little stealthy — but there they sit, behind glass storefronts: Watch Cats. It has taken me months to collect these photos of Paris kitties in shop windows. They’re a secret French feline force keeping the mice at bay. I’ve never eaten at the restaurant Lard d’Enfance in [...]

Word for word

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

Bonjour, mes amis! Today, I’m delighted to welcome Susan Harloe, artistic director for a unique performing arts company, Word for Word, which stages short stories in their entirety. Next month in Paris, they will present T.C. Boyle’s “Sorry, Fugu,” a short story about Albert, a chef and restaurant owner, who concocts a diabolical plan to [...]

Blend

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

Paris, 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, 2012

Because 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 [...]

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