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Chanceux

The other day, for some reason, the subject about the “decline of French cuisine” which had been much-discussed and debated about subject a decade ago, came up. At the time, books were written about it, a Time magazine cover featured a sad mime bemoaning the end of French culture, newspapers wrote articles bemoaning faltering bistros and wondering ‘‘Who could save French cuisine?’, and French television…

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La Buvette Terrine

It amuses me when people talk about snooty people sitting around, leisurely eating pรขtรฉ, because pรขtรฉ is rustic, country fare, not considered fancy in France. While pรขtรฉ can have a pastry-type crust (pรขtรฉ en croรปte) and some are a little fancier than others, the cousins of pรขtรฉ, terrines, are truly down-to-earth. They can be baked in a special mold (you can come across them at…

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Drinking French is Out!

I’m excited to announce that Drinking French: The iconic cocktails, apรฉritifs, and cafรฉ traditions in France, with 160 recipes is out! My latest book features recipes for the iconic beverages of France, from cafรฉ specialties hot chocolate, tisanes and infusions, and chilled chocolate frappรฉs, to classic French apรฉritifs, recipes to make liqueurs, crรจmes, wines, punches and cordials at home, as well as French-themed cocktails from…

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This Weekend at the Paris Market

As the weather turns cooler, the skies of Paris take on that violet-gray color that we’re all (too) familiar with, which means the onset of winter. When you live in a space-challenged city like Paris, that means going through those long-forgotten boxes you’ve stored away since last spring, and sadly putting away those short sleeve shirts and linens, replacing them in your closet with wool…

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Caractere de Cochon: the best jambon-beurre (ham sandwich) in Paris

Many times, I’ve walked by Caractรจre de Cochon, a slip of a place on a side street, just next to the earnest Marchรฉ des Enfants Rouges, in the ever-growing hipper upper haut (upper) Marais, and wondered about the cave ร  jambons jam-packed with hams of all sorts hanging in the window and from the rafters. But I’ve never stepped inside. But recently I was talking…

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Le Siffleur de Ballons

It wouldn’t be the first time, but I almost had an accident on my bike when I was heading to yet another tile store (who knew is was going to be so hard to find plain, white tiles?), and raced past a new place on my list. I had the usual 4 second debate in my head whether I should stop and grab a bite…

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Cafe des Musees

(UPDATE: Cafรฉ des Musรฉes changed owners in the Fall of 2014 and I’ve heard mixed reports from locals and visitors. I haven’t been back since the change of chef andย ownership but from all reports, it is a completely different restaurant and you should not expect to find the same dishes as noted in this post.) Located a few blocks north of the historic place des…

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