Heidi Ellison
Clamato
Next Door to Septime: A Fine Kettle of Fish
Naming a Paris restaurant after an American juice product, Clamato (a mixture of clam and tomato juices, as the name suggests), may seem a bit odd, but there you have it. And when you know that this is the fish … Read More
Culture Sector’s Contribution to the French Economy
VIVE L’EXCEPTION FRANCAISE!
The culture budget is always one of the first to be cut in troubled economic times. To demonstrate the error of this way of thinking, French Culture Minister Aurélie Filippetti, who gave her annual New Year’s address to the press … Read More
Spring Cookbook
COOKING WITH DANIEL ROSE
Fans of Daniel Rose, the supremely likable American chef/owner of the Paris restaurant Spring, will be happy to hear that he has published his first cookbook, available in French and English editions, illustrated with his own charmingly naïve and witty … Read More
BAT
Batting 1000 on the Grands Boulevards
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED An oasis for lovers of good food has sprung up in the culinary desert that is Paris’s “grands boulevards.” Sandwiched in between the Hard Rock Café and the Musée Grévin wax museum, BAT (for “Bar … Read More
Yves Saint Laurent
How to Manage a Fragile Genius
Director Jalil Lespert’s new biopic, Yves Saint Laurent, is fairly entertaining and well acted, especially by the two leads: Comédie Française actors Pierre Niney and Guillaume Gallienne as Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, respectively. It is not so much a … Read More
What’s New in Paris: Pasolini Roma
Paris Update What’s New in Paris PAPÀ ROMA Pier Paolo Pasolini and Anna Magnani on the set of “Mamma Roma,” 1962. © Immagine fotografica dell’Archivio Storico Istituto Luce Cinecittà SRL The exhibition “Pasolini Roma” at the Cinémathèque Française (51 Rue … Read More
What’s New in Paris: Paris Face Cachée
Paris Update What’s New in Paris BOOK SOON FOR HIDDEN PARIS The private gallery of the Rosenbloom Collection. The annual three-day event Paris Face Cachée (Jan. 31-Feb. 2) opens the doors to 90 unusual places and activities in Paris and … Read More
The Fish Club
Something Fishy Going On
When we arrived there the other evening, the Fish Club felt more like a nightclub, with its low lighting, low tables and not-so-low sound levels being produced by trendy-looking groups of people. We had arrived for the dreaded second seating … Read More
Beaucoup
Lots of ‘Like,’ but Not Enough Love
We liked Glou and we loved Jaja, so we fully expected to adore Beaucoup, the new restaurant opened by the same trendy team. Beaucoup turned out to be something rather different, however, from its small, quirky older siblings. A large … Read More
What’s New in Paris: Pop-Up Shops
Paris Update What’s New in Paris LAST-MINUTE POP-UP SHOPPING & Friends by Kapok: menswear by up-and-coming designers. Pop-up shops have sprung up all over Paris in anticipation of the holidays. Here’s a quick look at a few of the more … Read More