Le Collier de la Reine (The Queen’s Necklace) is a strange name for a restaurant, but it can easily be explained by the fact that the Countess de la Motte supposedly lived at the same address as the restaurant. She … Read More
When an album with the title My Paris appeared on the list of newly released classical recordings, I felt it would be rude not to review it for Paris Update. Australian flautist Ana de la Vega, who was inspired by … Read More
The exhibition “Toucher le Feu” (“Touch Fire”) at the Musée Guimet rights an age-old wrong: historically, Japanese women were banned from making ceramics. They were not allowed to use a potter’s wheel or “touch the fire” of the kilns. As … Read More
There is nothing loopy about Les Loupiotes, but there is something very loud about it. If ever a restaurant needed acoustic rehabilitation, this is it. That’s my only complaint about this otherwise completely charming little bistro, where I ate last … Read More
There is much more to Dijon than mustard. That’s the point the city seems to be making with its ambitious new project, the Cité Internationale de la Gastronomie et du Vin (International Gastronomy and Wine Center), which opened at the … Read More
Through June 17 Japanese cinema retrospective A celebration of Japanese director Mikio Naruse, including some films which have up to now been unreleased in France. Above: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1980), one of the films being screened. Louxor Palais du Cinéma, Paris … Read More
When you are the daughter of a filthy rich Gilded Age banking tycoon, you would probably be expected to find a rich husband, have children and settle down to a life of luxury. Instead, Anne Tracy Morgan (1873-1952), daughter of … Read More
June 6 All about bread Have fun with bread – eat it, learn about it, make it, trade starters with others, etc. – at the La Fête du Pain. La Cité Fertile, Pantin June 2-4 Dress well for a good … Read More
Full disclosure is in order here: at Paris Update, we normally review only restaurants where we eat anonymously and pay full price for our meals, with the occasional rare exception, which I promise to reveal in my review. This is … Read More
I must admit to approaching British director Richard Jones’s production at the Opéra Bastille of Richard Wagner’s Parsifal with some trepidation. Jones’s previous productions of Wagner’s other works, especially the Ring Cycle, have had a tendency to trivialize the most … Read More
