High-quality food, wine and service in an agreeable setting. Pros: Great buzz; comfortable noise levels; pleasant bistro décor (note the tiled floor); great service, discreetly delivered; good food; special wines. Cons: None worth mentioning Another unexpected find, La Boulangerie, … Read More
“Le Carrosse” by Xavier Veilhan in the Cour d’Honneur at Versailles. Photo © Vincent Germond. © Veilhan/Adagp, Paris, 2009. “Confronting” historic sites with contemporary art is all the rage today. Last week, two royal châteaux – Versailles and Fontainebleau – … Read More
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
