Three Reasons to Experience a Remarkable Chef: Part 2
Symbols, stars, numbers, and other restaurant rating systems can provide a culinary relief map of a city, but they’re inadequate in revealing the particular...
Paul Belmondo Museum Opens in Boulogne-Billancourt
Cultural offering in the Greater Paris region, such as the Paul Belmondo Museum in Boulogne-Billancourt. increasingly draw gazes beyond the capital's periphery.
European Heritage Days: “Paris Historique” decries destruction of historical buildings
The architectural heritage of France—local, regional, national, European—is part of what makes this the world’s number one tourist destination and what makes Paris such as magnificent walking city. But should that architectural heritage be maintained at all cost?
Va-nu-pieds: Returning to Parc de Sceaux
Va-nu-pieds, the Barefoot Photographer, feels the irrepressible pull of nature as he revisits the Parc de Sceaux south of Paris.
The Eiffel Tower: A Star Is Born
Protest and Progress
A letter protesting the construction of the Eiffel Tower was published in Paris on February 14, 1887, less than three weeks after...
Chef Talk: A Lunchtime Cooking Class at Atelier Guy Martin
A class at the cooking workshop of chef Guy Martin In the context of my investigations into the Parisian culinary world of the great French chef. Video.
Three Reasons to Experience a Remarkable Chef: Part I
Symbols, stars, numbers, and other restaurant rating systems can provide a culinary relief map of a city, but they’re inadequate in revealing the particular...
Americana in Paris: Cupcake Camp on the Fourth of July
An introduction to cupcakes, the cupcake trend in Paris and Cupcake Camp on the 4th of July.
Where the Seine Flows, and Our Love: The Mirabeau Bridge
You don't have to cross the Pont Mirabeau, the Mirabeau Bridge, to know the famous poem of the same name by Guillaume Apollinaire.