Beautifying Paris The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (Elysian Fields) will look far more heavenly once Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plans to turn it into a garden thoroughfare go through. (The Guardian) Out, damned plastic! Strict new rules to be implemented this … Read More
French cuisine Where to get the best Christmas bûches de Noël (yule logs) (Vogue). See also our article Holiday Dinners To Go. A proposed new law would make French ham healthier but not as nice to look at by banning … Read More
French cuisine If you’ve ever wondered why spicy foreign cuisines seem dumbed-down and bland in restaurants in France, have a look at this piece (The Local) on the French aversion to spices. Covid vaccinations in France France has a vaccination … Read More
Christmas in Paris France 24 shows us Galeries Lafayette‘s fabulous Christmas tree and explains how Covid has affected holiday shopping in Paris. French cuisine A marshmallow made by a good French chef is a work of art, nothing like those … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. Illuminations The Christmas lights went on as usual on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday, but with fewer shoppers on hand since lockdown will not be eased and most stores won’t … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. One tattered shoe: only $50,000 A well-worn white slipper with a spool heel was auctioned off in France on Sunday for $50,000. What was the appeal? It belonged to … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. French art In Hyperallergic, David Anfam, a curator and art writer, reviews the catalog for the exhibition Cézanne: The Rock and Quarry Paintings (shown at the Princeton University Art Museum … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. Save Shakespeare & Co. It’s the first stop in Paris for every new American tourist in Paris and, thanks to its lively program of readings, has become an even … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. French destinations Farming on islands in a marsh by boat is difficult but makes for picturesque scenery and great birdwatching. Gastro Obscura visits an ancient and most unusual site … Read More
A compendium of good reads about Paris and France in English. French museums Now that he can’t visit it because of travel restrictions, writer Adam Gopnik of The New Yorker has written a paean to the Louvre of the mind. … Read More
