THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Allegra gets pizza right, especially the crust.Pizza, now the international food par excellence, no longer has to be made by Italians to be good. One of the most amazing I ever ate was from a … Read More
Journalist Susan Stamberg recommends the restaurant Watt: “Delicious, healthy choose-your-own ingredients for lunch or dinner before or after a visit to the Cluny Museum. Fair prices for big salads, pastas with three ingredients you pick (aubergine, champignons, saumon fumé, etc.). … Read More
This restaurant is now called Towa. I wouldn’t say that my friend Helen is willful, but she was rather insistent about me trying Will, a restaurant she had eaten at a couple of months ago, and I thank her for … Read More
A restaurant review is only valid as long as the same chef remains at the stove. When a new one comes onboard, it gives me a good excuse to revisit old favorites. Such was the case with L’Office, whose latest … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED The decor is as original as the cuisine. After peering through the glass facade of Matière à several times and making a mental note to eat there, I finally found myself on the other side … Read More
Marie Houzelle writes about a French childhood in English. Tita is the eponymous story of one hell of a smart, sensitive and highly literary seven-year-old girl. This first novel by Marie Houzelle, born and bred in France, has the originality … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED Chouette! An excellent new restaurant has just opened in a fantastic former industrial space in the upper Marais. Les Chouettes (the word means “owl,” but it is also used as an adjective and an exclamation … Read More
Marsangy’s new look. When a friend suggested that we lunch at Marsangy, I was less than enthusiastic, since I had not been overly impressed on my previous visit. He assured me, however, that a new owner had taken over and … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED I had never tested the tapas and pintxos (Basque tapas) restaurant Max y Jeremy in the third arrondissement, so when a new branch, the Cantine Max y Jeremy, opened in the 10th, I took the … Read More
THIS RESTAURANT IS NOW CLOSED I have never been to Singapore, famed for its great restaurants and street food, but I have had the pleasure of eating food cooked by talented young Taiwanese chef André Chiang – whose Restaurant André … Read More
