One Nation Under… Oh My Gawd! Illustration by Charles Giai-Gischia. Visit his blog, Traits-Drôles, for a larger version and more drawings First, a shameful confession: one of my favorite online news sources is the e-version of a French tabloid newspaper. … Read More
When Did John Wayne Learn Such Fluent French? The face is familiar, but I can’t place the voice… It was quite a day. By lunchtime I had already been in four fights, and had gotten knocked out cold every time. … Read More
Paris Update What’s New in Paris CHRISTMAS POP-UPS & OTHER SHOP OPS Handbag from the Pompon Bazaar. For unusual Christmas gifts, two pop-up shops. Pompon Bazaar (14, rue Bouchardon, 75010 Paris; call for code: 06 19 27 01 16; through … Read More
SINGAPORE TAKEOUT IN PARIS Singapore Takeout, a pop-up restaurant in a container, will be parked by the Hippodrome d’Auteuil July 1 and 2. Singapore chef André Chiang and Sven Chartier, chef of the Paris restaurant Saturne, will put their heads … Read More
Paris Update Flash News A CHEF’S PARIS Click here to read an interview with chef Rodolphe Paquin of Le Repaire de Cartouche by Meg Bortin. Favorite
TASTEFUL EVENT During this year’s Semaine du Goût, Oct. 10-18, some 500 chefs all over France will offer special menus at reasonable prices. Click here for details. Favorite
SECRETS OF DUCASSE’S SAUCES Superchef Alain Ducasse has often been accused of spreading himself too thin, with over 20 restaurants, from Tokyo to Monte Carlo, staffed by underlings he has trained. Now that he has opened a cooking school in … Read More
CHEF OF THE YEAR Eric Frechon, chef at Le Bristol in Paris who won his third Michelin star this year, garnered another honor when his fellow chefs, who were attending an event sponsored by the trade magazine Le Chef, recently … Read More
WINE AUCTION RESULTS The famed Tour d’Argent restaurant raked in over €1.5 million, half a million more than expected, at an auction of 18,000 of the 450,000 bottles from its cellar. At the sale, held Monday and Tuesday at the … Read More
MICHELIN EXPANDS HORIZONS The Michelin Red Guide, recently accused of losing touch with the changing world of French cuisine by influential Le Figaro critic François Simon, seems to have taken the criticism to heart and has given a coveted star … Read More
