“Festive” is the best word I can think of to describe a meal I recently shared with three friends at Edgar, the restaurant of a new hotel of the same name in Paris’s garment district, the Sentier. The setting made … Read More
In La Vie d’Adèle, Chapitres 1 et 2 (Blue Is the Warmest Color), director Abdellatif Kechiche lets the drama of a teenage girl’s first love – with another young woman – unfold full-scale, giving her the destiny and physical vibrancy … Read More
After last week’s poor showing for Basque food at the Restaurant WE at Wanderlust, it was a pleasure to taste the real thing at Bistrot Belhara, opened during the summer in the seventh arrondissement by chef Thierry Dufroux. The pretty … Read More
I almost never accept an offer of a free meal from a restaurant (and will say so here if I do), because I want to feel free to write an objective review. Since I had already written about WE restaurant … Read More
Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), French writer-director Arnaud Desplechin’s first foray into American territory, was shot on location in the Midwest, entirely in English, with a Considerable Hollywood Star – the charismatic Benicio del Toro – in the … Read More
A mystery surrounds the new Paris restaurant Circonstances: why, with its excellent food and appealing decor, was it nearly empty at lunchtime the other day? Possible explanations: it has only been open for three months and hasn’t really been “discovered” … Read More
UPDATE, June 5, 2025: Al Taglio is now closed but the other three restaurants are still going strong. What do you do when you want to eat out in Paris but don’t have the time or inclination for a leisurely … Read More
What better location for Paris’s new chipper (fish and chips shop in British slang) than the rue de Vinaigriers (vinegar makers) in the 10th arrondissement? Fans of the deep-fried fast-food favorite are already lining up at the Sunken Chip (39, … Read More
In the “Quatrième Partie” of The Cult of Nostalgia, Bruce Bruschi’s elegiac first novel, the heroine, Carly, an American in Paris, comes to a cutting realization. Left by a lover of seven years, she suddenly faces his lack of feeling … Read More
Writing reviews of Paris restaurants can be a tough job. I know, I know, it’s hard to pity me. But I rarely get a chance to go back to my favorite restaurants, because I’m always looking for one that I … Read More
