Chef William Ledeuil has opened a baby-sister bistro to his much-loved Ze Kitchen Galerie. Back in Paris after two weeks of almost uninterrupted glorious sunshine in La Rochelle. Talk about a reality check: two weeks of people being nice to … Read More
A reference to theOedipusstory in Une Semaine de Bonté (1933). © Isidore Ducasse Fine Arts. Photo: Peter Ertl © ADAGP, Paris 2009 An early perpetrator of the graphic novel, Max Ernst created his third, Une Semaine de Bonté, in 1933 … Read More
A typical French bistro with a Japanese chef and an adorable staff. Traditional French cuisine with a Japanese twist? That’s what you might expect if you knew that the chef beavering away in his tiny kitchen was Japanese. If you … Read More
Waiting for lunch at Nomiya. A couple of years back, I saw a news item about two Belgian entrepreneurs, David Ghysels and Stefan Kerkhofs, who had come up with the idea of using a giant crane to hoist … Favorite
Le Garde Robe offers a refreshing alternative to three-course meals. There are times when instead of savoring some majestic creation by a great chef you would rather just chill out at a little street-side table and jaw with friends while … Read More
Sainte-Marguerite from the Eglise Saint Laurent in Bouilly © P. Praliaud The much-vaunted devolution of France’s cultural riches to the provinces is moving ahead apace, with a branch of the Louvre being built in the northern city of … Favorite
FIRST FLIGHT The Musée des Arts et Métiers has had the bright idea of celebrating the hundredth anniversary of Louis Blériot’s historic cross-Channel flight by building a flight simulator inside a replica of his plane (the real one, basically a … Read More
“United Arab Emirates. Dubai. DIFC Gulf Art Fair” (2007), from the “Luxury” series. © Martin Parr, Magnum Photos/Kamel Mennour Before you go to see the exhibition “Planète Parr. La Collection de Martin Parr” at the Jeu de Paume, I recommend … Read More
A convivial spot for lunch in Troyes. I try to make a habit of little out-of-town excursions to see art exhibitions, the sort of one-day break that is worth several days’ holiday. These jaunts can take me as far … Read More
“Sifnos, Greece” (1961) © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos Ho-hum, you might think, another exhibition of photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson, but that would be very wrong thinking. Cartier-Bresson (1908-2004) was such a master of his genre that his … Favorite
