ALL THEY THINK ABOUT IS FOODA recent report indicated that the French eat and sleep for longer than anyone else in Europe. And wouldn’t you just believe it, even those havens of French elitism, the Grandes Ecoles, have their own … Read More
SLOW WINE Today’s Paris daily Libération (April 29) has a double-page spread (no less!) by Olivier Bertrand on a growing trend to replace tractors with plow horses to work the rows in French vineyards. The horses do less damage to … Read More
CHAMPAGNE FOR BLONDES The British press reports today on a revolutionary new closure for champagne bottles developed by Alcan (inventors of the screw-top closure for wine) and pioneered in the impregnable bastion of French tradition by Carole Duval Leroy, head … Read More
PIRATE A LADY AGAIN It may look ancient, but the authentic Chinese junk moored near the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand was built only 30 years ago by two Frenchman who then sailed it around the world for 15 years. In 1995, … Read More
Ceci N’est Pas un Restaurant The terrace is a great spot – for a drink. My dining companion was nearly beside herself when I suggested dining at a brasserie on a warm Sunday evening. She wanted al fresco dining and … Read More
