Paris Hotel & Restaurant Report: Le Grand Mazarin and Boubalé
Le Grand Mazarin, its Ashkenazic/Israeli restaurant Boubalé, and its kitsch-chic bar present a pastiche of major markers of the past 500 years of the Marais district of Paris.
Angelina At 110 Pursues the Sweet Life In Paris and Beyond
Angelina, the most famous tea room in Paris, celebrated its 110 anniversary this fall by developing its brand around the world, selling its beloved hot chocolate on the train, creating new pastries and launching a club for sweet-toothed women, while maintaining the traditions that continue to draw crowds to the Belle Epoque mother ship on rue de Rivoli.
Paris by All-Night Bistro: La Poule au Pot
It’s 2am on a Tuesday night and I’m enjoying a bowl of French onion soup at La Poule au Pot in the Halles quarter in central Paris. What may sound like an unreasonable hour to be out dining on a weekday is in fact the perfect time to get to know one of the most esteemed traditional bistros and most venerable bistro owners in the capital.
La Ferrandaise: An Ode to a Cow and to a Region
Even after living in Paris for 30 years, Gilles Lamiot, proprietor of this highly satisfying restaurant near the Luxembourg Garden, sounds as though he’s...
Paris Restaurants: 10 Ways to Keep It Simple and Simply Good
Those who live in Paris know that it isn't all about fine dining but about dining with fine friends. Here's a selection of 10 restaurants and other eateries throughout Paris for when you want to keep it simple, simply good.
Skytrees: Montmartre By Nightfall
Skytrees: Visions of time and place found by looking up through trees at an angle of more than 45 degrees. Here are some prime examples of skytrees in Paris and a recommendable restaurant entered at nightfall in Montmartre.
A feel-good evening and a tough next day
An evening in the second arrondissement: A stop in at Harry's Bar, a Paris slice of Pax Americana, followed by dinner at classic old brasserie Gallopin.
French Table: J. Barthouil Foie Gras and Smoked Salmon
Foie gras and smoked salmon, staples of the French celebratory and holiday table, are both produced with excellence and tradition by J. Barthouil, a family business located in southwest France with a shop in the Marais in Paris.
Culinary Utility of the Dollar in Paris: 6 Recommendations from a Gourmet Economist
Culinary sleuths Richard and Judy Fritz set out on a deliciously intriguing culinary adventure in Paris as they followed in the footsteps of a little-known restaurant guide written in the 1980s by renown economist Bela Balassa, leading to their discovery of six notable and enduring restaurants to consider for your own culinary adventures.