Back to the Roots Cerfeuil tubéreux (tuberous-rooted chervil), on the right, next to the multicolored carrots, is in season in the late fall and winter – now, in other words. They’re great simmered with shallots and butter or olive oil. … Read More
Worth the Wait The Ultimate Cheese Guy can be found on the Square d’Anvers on Friday afternoon and next to Saint Eustache on Sunday morning. The best wine store I ever found in Paris closed a few years ago when … Read More
Delivering the Gourmet Goods The media-savvy The ingredients and the recipe finally arrived around 9 p.m. Photo: R. Hesse posed for the cover of her own book. Some time ago, I bought an exquisite takeout lunch salad at a fancy … Read More
Politeness Counts (Sometimes) A handshake, if not cheek kisses, is mandatory every time friends and acquaintances meet. Photo: J. Gascoigne Recently, while I was having an early evening aperitif with two friends in a smart brasserie near Trinité Church, two … Read More
Prescription for Well-being The French hope to stop smoking and slim down with the help of their pharmacies. Photo: J. Gascoigne They say that you will find a pub in almost every Irish village. In France, by contrast, you will … Read More
Indoor Smoking Out, Outdoor Smoking In Outdoor smoking can even be enjoyed while playing boules. Photo: J. Gascoigne Until the beginning of 2008, most images traditionally associated with Parisian life involved cigarettes: self-important intellectuals puffing away in Left Bank cafés, … Read More
Bicycles Built for Two? Is the the Vélib’ dating service just around the corner? Photo © Paris Update Something extraordinary happened in Paris this summer. Normally surly Parisians were smiling at each other in the street. Some were even doing … Read More
Fun Fare A cooking demonstration being filmed at the Omnivore Food Festival. Perhaps it’s a sign of my philistinism when it comes to architecture, but I was surprised to learn that Le Havre has Unesco World Heritage Site status. It … Read More
Mutata’s Realm Beyond Mutata Theziri – actor, clown, musician and puppeteer – tells stories about ogresses and other creatures in his hybrid theater. To the east of Père Lachaise Cemetery – beyond the 70,000 dead, among them many famous writers, … Read More
A la Carte Cooking Classes Muriel Foucher of Marguerite’s Elegant Home Cooking supervises a student’s technique. Anyone who wants to take a cooking course in Paris has a wealth of choices, ranging from the famed Cordon Bleu and the Ritz … Read More
