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Ex-Pat Bars
On the rare day that you find yourself sitting in your apartment starving for some conversation in English or just there are many ex-pat hangouts that can turn a blue day into something brighter....
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Beaujolais!
It’s Beaujolais time! Put aside whatever you’re doing and join in the global worship of this young wine. If you haven’t pre-ordered your bottles of Beaujolais then hurry because the demand is going...
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Bon Beaune
The beautiful medival city, Beaune, hosts the world’s largest wine auction in the world– The Trois Glorieuses– the third weekend of November every year. The town comes alive with festivities: marching...
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Food Fair in Paris
This weekend Paris hosted the largest food fair I’ve ever been to, with over 400 hundred artisanal vendors, producers, and artists of gourmet food & wine. The Salon Saveurs Des Plaisirs Gourmands...
View ArticleAirport Security…Ho, Ho, Ho
It’s the 23rd and I’m writing this from United’s economy section leaving Paris and headed to San Francisco via Chicago. No, not posting it (that would be impossible), just writing down my recent...
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Paris in SF?
I came home to San Francisco from Paris craving spicy mexican food, sushi, and Bay Area fusion but, instead I keep ending up at French restuarants. I don’t know why this keeps happening! The other...
View Article2006 RESOLUTIONS!
1. Get that Parisian anorexic look even if it kills me. 2. Stop drinking so much wine….or stop caring that I drink so much wine. 3. Start smoking again so I won’t have to smell it in my hair and...
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Cinderella at Le Cinq
The experience I had at Le Cinq, the three star restaurant of the Four Seasons Hotel in Paris, can only be described as ethereal. My husband and I met with our friends Natalie Zee, author of...
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Radicchio Rose
Every Parisian thinks that the arrondissment that they live in is the best–including me. I happen to know for certain that the 17th is the very BEST arrondissment with one of the only farmer’s markets...
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Le Soufflé
If you only have a few days in Paris this is one of those restuarants that you MUST check out before leaving. The fun white coated waiters, kitsch decor, and delicious soufflé’s constitute a thrilling...
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Dinner Debate
Picture by Gliderknight After a challenging dinner party I went to the other night, I have to share some concerns I have with America’s image abroad. I’ve encountered many situations where people say...
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Got Mole? Parisian Mexican Food
I have found two outstanding Mexican restaurants that satisty my desire for enchilades covered in red sauce, mole slow cooked with unsweetened chocolate, and firey soup garnished with shrimp and...
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Best Basque Cuisine: L’Ami Jean
L’Ami Jean is my top pick in Paris right now. It is so so so so SO good! This restaurant is solid with seasonal delicious Basque food at affordable prices. Choose one of their succulent meat dishes...
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How to Make Crepes! Crepes! Crepes!
I have a very special French friend, Marine, who besides being an amazing person is also our barometer for all things français. She has helped tremendously during our first year abroad and has even...
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French Female Wine Makers
I have two unusual delicious white wines that you MUST try if you can get ahold of them. They are not cheap– but neither is the experience. The first is a white Chateauneuf du Pape that is made with...
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Passover Pastry Macaroons
This recipe is for Teri, who had the brilliant idea that Macaroons would be an excellent Passover dessert because they don’t use leavening. They do use almond powder in place of flour, and I know some...
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The Biggest Market in the World: Rungis
The cuisine students at Le Cordon Bleu had a field trip to Rungis, the largest professional fresh product market in the world. The market is so big that it’s actually it’s own city! In this...
View ArticleLaverie Automatique
I have come to the conclusion that my Parisian neighborhood laundromat is really a portal for Purgatory and only bizarre demonic people or angelic misunderstood artists come to wash their filthy...
View ArticleLaverie Automatique Part II
Back from A weekend in Basque Country, the laundromat saga continues… My husband and I did something really really naughty tonight. We brought in three huge loads of laundry five minutes after 9PM into...
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Pays Basque
3 days, 3 gorgeous coastal cities, and 3 unique Basque cultures: Biarritz, Hendaye, San Sebastian… Forget Nice & Cannes and come to the original Cote d’Azur for surfing, delcious food &...
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Private Cooking Class
I had the privilege today of having two famous Paris bloggers over to my house for a little privé cooking session. I can’t tell you how honored I was to entertain Maitresse and Gill of Confessions of a...
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Walking Tours In Paris: Notre Dame
I am spending my last two days of life as I know it entertaining my parents. Thank God for this wonderful distraction. Otherwise I would be sitting around nervously awaiting my new position as an...
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3-Star Lunch!
Nope, I’m not going to be the 3-star potato peeler – I’m going to be the official 3-star sweet pea splitter! Today my family and I splurged on lunch at the 3-star restaurant I will be working at so...
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Fresh Green Almonds
This is the first time I’ve ever seen fresh young green almonds sold anywhere. Gotta love Parisian farmer’s markets for their seasonal produce. As I was wrapping up a sale of spring cherries I happened...
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Ms. Glaze in Marrakech
This was my first trip to Morocco and I hope one of many. I was thoroughly charmed by the people, in awe of the architecture and handicrafts, and all consumed by the spicy food. The intoxicating smell...
View ArticleLaverie Automatique III
It’s been a long time since I’ve written about my local Laundromat and there’s a reason: I stopped going. I started using my little rinky dink washer in my house, which I hate because then I have to...
View ArticleRatatouille Preview!
I just came back from viewing the Paris preview for Pixar’s Ratatouille at Planet Hollywood on the Champs Élysées! Whooo-oooo!!!! C’est Adorable! Many people have emailed me about the connection...
View ArticleInterview with World Radio Paris
Forget television! Growing up in my house the radio was always playing. I couldn’t study, shower, walk, sleep, or eat without it. My taste in music changed over the years throughout my distinct...
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Oh La Vache!
My all-time favorite French expression is “Oh la vache!” which strictly translated means “Oh the cow!” I believe the closest English euphemism would be “Oh my gosh!” … Photos of Claravale Farm taken by...
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Paris Picks: Restaurants & Bistros
I receive tons of emails requesting good restaurants in Paris. And it’s no surprise because there are a lot of mediocre eateries here! Here’s a short list of my favorites. If you’ve got one please add...
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Baking Bread in Conzieu: IT’S ALIVE!!!
This has got to be one of the top ten reasons to quit your day job and become a food blogger: so that you too can get invited to a beautiful Chateau outside of Lyon overlooking a gorgeous valley to...
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Pho 67 in Paris
If I tell you about this restaurant then you must promise me you won’t go. Seriously. There’s just not enough room for you and me both unless we go together – the restaurant is too tiny! They only have...
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Bon Beaune Burgundy
JOKE: What do French wines and French train strikes have in common? PUNCH LINE: They both cost you a lot of money! Okay, that wasn’t funny. But that’s how rock-bottom my sense of humor is right now....
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Google Maps: Paris Teen Tours
Well, one could say the best way to entertain a college student in Paris is to give them a whole bottle of Champagne and a very long straw and watch the magic happen. But there are other more...
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The Sharper Your Knives?
So much for Semper Fi do or die! I’m spending my first day at my new position as Chef de Partie staring at the ceiling, flat on my back, sick in bed. How do you like them apples? This is such a bad...
View ArticleFrench Life: Laverie Automatique Part IV
Why do I have such bad laundry karma? Is there a God I can pray to that will take away my washing problems? Is it symbolic of my life? Is the world trying to tell me something? If you have followed my...
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Spring!
It’s Springtime! And what better time to book a table at the Restaurant Spring in Paris? marinated mackerel garnished with, zucchini blossom and orange sauce I’m sure you’ve heard of this chic bistro...
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Festival of Pain
It wasn’t really the Festival of Pain but the Festival de Pain (festival of bread). But I still find it curious that the word ‘pain’, pronounced ‘pahn‘ in French, can have two completely different...
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My Hood: The Latin Quarter
The Latin Quarter is fun, fun, fun, fun. Don’t let the hoards of tourists deter you. There are tons of international restaurants and neat things to do and see. With all-night cabarets, raucous Greek...
View ArticleFrom Paris to New York, New Work
Here I am. New York City. Wow! I am so excited I don’t even know where to begin. Part of me feels like I just walked out of 1940′s Broadway musical where the leading lady shows up in NYC with two...
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Voici! The New Executive Chef at Michel Rostang in Paris
Introducing Nicholas Beaumann, the new Executive Chef at the two Michelin star restaurant Michel Rostang in Paris! Nicholas did his apprenticeship at Michel Rostang after culinary school and worked his...
View ArticleA Parisian Thanksgiving
It’s November 27th, 2003. The fourth Thursday of the month. I’m living in Paris and will be for the next five years. And I am freaking out right now and drinking Champagne like it’s Coca-Cola. In fact...
View ArticleParis, Ma Maîtresse
THESE POSTS UPCOMING ARE DEDICATED TO A LONG TIME BLOG READER OF MINE WHO UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY. HE WAS A LIGHT IN MY LIFE FOR MANY YEARS. AN INCREDIBLE LAWYER FIGHTING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE...
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Septime in Paris
Hon, hon, hon! I have not written a restaurant review for Paris for years now. But I receive requests daily about where to go and eat. I want to politely defer to Paris by Mouth and David Lebovitz...
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L’As du Fallafel
This falafel is the BEST on earth. And only from this particular shop in Paris, in the heart of the Marais, on Rue de Rosiers. I am not the first to write about this place. But after 8 years of eating...
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Angelina’s in Paris
While I’m writing up Paris must-experience eateries I thought I’d better mention Angelina’s. Their menu I would like to put in my vita-prep on high but the hot chocolate is just sexy. I mean look at...
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Farewell Hidden Kitchen, Hello Verjus!
Saving the best for last in my series of Paris restaurant reviews is restaurant: VERJUS. Big Thumbs Up! I am ecstatic for owners Braden Perkins and Laura Adrian (American) who have braved the Parisian...
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