Heidi Ellison
Yaya Restaurant
Cliché-Free Greek Cuisine
Friends who have been to Greece (I haven’t yet, unfortunately) say that the food is simple, fresh and delicious, although others add that such dishes as moussaka and souvlaki can become rather monotonous. Not having much experience with Greek restaurants … Read More
La Beauté du Geste
The Artisan's Touch
One of Paris’s oft-forgotten treasures is the Sèvres National Ceramics Museum and Manufactory, where precious Sèvres porcelain is still made and a collection of centuries’ worth of ceramics from around the world is on show. To inaugurate its new Savoir-faire … Read More
Susumu Shingu: Une Utopie d’Aujourd’hui
To Catch the Wind
The view of the Château de Chambord from the near distance is spectacular, but the sight of Susumu Shingu’s white kinetic sculptures moving silently in the breeze like abstract swans swimming on the moat turns it into pure magic. Beyond … Read More
Adar Restaurant
Rites of Passage
This restaurant has now moved to 11, rue Faidherbe, 75011 Paris. See the right-hand column of this page for details. T. 07 65 88 30 95Ever since I tasted his hybrid French-Israeli cooking at the restaurant Fulgurances some three years … Read More
Atlantique
Ghostly Romeo and Juliet
Having only seen the trailer, I went to the film Atlantique, directed by Mati Diop and winner of the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, under the misapprehension that it was a film about the struggles of migrants … Read More
Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World
A Happy Meeting of Art and Design
“Charlotte Perriand: Inventing a New World” is one of the most spectacular and ambitious exhibitions held to date at the Fondation Louis Vuitton. It is also the first to make such full use of the various spaces – ranging in … Read More
Georgia Restaurant
Georgia on My Mind
Last week, I sampled the cuisine of the state of Georgia in the Caucasus at Colchide, so it was only fitting that this week I should try the food of the American state of Georgia at a new restaurant named … Read More
Alice et le Maire
Political Talkie
Éric Rohmer, the king of “talkies,” helped give French cinema its all-talk, no-action reputation. Most of his quiet, charming movies were filled with intellectual discussions about the politics of love, with little actual lovemaking. Now, one of Rohmer’s favorite actors, … Read More
Le Rêveur de la Forêt
Out of the Woods
The Musée Zadkine, one of my favorite places in Paris, is tucked away at the end of an alley near the Luxembourg Garden. The small museum, the former home and studio of sculptor Ossip Zadkine (1888-1967), is a peaceful haven … Read More
Colchide Restaurant
Caucasian Comfort
When I heard that the food of Georgia (in the Caucasus, not the southern United States) was the latest national cuisine craze, I went looking for one in Paris. I found Colchide in the 18th arrondissement and dragged my friend Bill … Read More