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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

January 20, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

French cuisine Michelin announced its annual French restaurant awards this week and shocked the world by giving a vegan restaurant named ONA (for “Origine Non Animale”) in the town of Ares one star – this in a country where bacon … Read More

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This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

January 13, 2021 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

Paris Update Press Review

Paris Update Press Review

This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

December 16, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

Paris Update Press Review

Paris Update Press Review

This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

December 9, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

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Paris Update Press Review

This Week's Good Reads about Paris and France

December 2, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

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Light at the End of the Tunnel?

November 25, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

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Auctions, Commemorations and Restorations

November 18, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

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Paris Update Press Review

Painters, Philosophers and Heroes

November 10, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

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Lockdown Relief Needed

November 4, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

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French Flowers, Food and Fashion

October 28, 2020 | By Heidi Ellison | What's New Potpourri

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

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