Tag: chefs and owners
Chef Talk: A Young American Apprentices with Jean and Pierre Troisgros, Masters of Nouvelle...
In 1974, David Glass went to France to study art history but no sooner had he arrived than his interest forked off into the heart of modern French gastronomy with apprenticeships with Alain Senderens then Jean and Pierre Troisgros.
Benoît Castel: Bread, Brunch, Pastries in Eastern Paris
Brunch at Benoît Castel Ménilmontant, a pastry shop and bakery in the 20th arrondissement, is an ideal place to begin weekend wandering in the increasingly gentrified neighborhoods of eastern Paris. We came for the bread, we stayed for the brunch, and only later did we taste the heart of Benoît Castel’s trade, the pastries.
Table Talk: Bon Appétit and Other Dinner Conversations
Whether or not you wish each other "Bon appétit" at the start of a meal, look around the table and who do you see? Epicures, gourmets, foodies, connoisseurs, mavens, gluttons, gastronomes, gourmands, bons vivants? Here's how to tell your diner companions apart.
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.