Warm-up Canter The simple decor is livened up with designer touches. Julie Ferrault is going places – that much is clear from her startup restaurant near the Rue Daguerre street market in Paris’s 14th arrondissement. At just 30, she must … Read More
Wine Whines A curious passerby peeks through the window of Racines. Racines has been getting an unusual amount of attention in the press since its relatively recent opening in one of the most picturesque arcades in Paris, where just about … Read More
No Mystery for Maigret Note: this restaurant has now been replaced by Capitaine. The homey atmosphere is complemented by the friendly service and good cooking. I’m a trusting soul. At the prompting of a friend who had seen it warmly … Read More
Remembrance of Things Past Jadis’s Guillaume Delage is a chef to watch. The name Jadis has overtones of Proustian nostalgia, of things gone forever. Chef Guillaume Delage, who opened his restaurant scarcely a month ago, a stone’s throw from the … Read More
Where Chefs Dine The deep-fried langoustine tails were perfectly light and crisp. The restaurant Christophe, metaphorically speaking, had been sitting in the back of my mind for several months, but was recently foregrounded when Alain Pramil of the eponymous restaurant … Read More
Monsieur le Prince serves up beautifully executed French country cuisine. Photo: ParisUpdate.com Until last year, the venerable Chez Maître Paul dispensed Franc Comtois (Alsace, Jura) cuisine to a loyal band of locals. In the last couple of months, it has … Read More
Up, Up and Away! Dirigeable is an oasis in the urban desert of the 15th arrondissement. I don’t have a sweet tooth, as you may recall, and unless required to partake of dessert in the line of duty, I will … Read More
TOUT EST NORMAL Jacques Gamblin and Claire Tran in “Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille.” French actor Jacques Gamblin’s witty, artfully staged one-man and two-dancer show, Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille, about a man with a broken heart, is … Read More
Paris Update Flash News SINGING STARS OF THE FUTURE Soloists of the Paris National Opera’s Atelier Lyrique with Director Christian Schirm. Photo: Opéra National de Paris/Mirco Magliocca A concert of Massenet arias given at the Palais Garnier by singers of … Read More
TOUT EST NORMAL Jacques Gamblin and Claire Tran in “Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille.” French actor Jacques Gamblin’s witty, artfully staged one-man and two-dancer show, Tout Est Normal Mon Cœur Scintille, about a man with a broken heart, is … Read More
