Apr 30
Visitors to Paris are going gaga over macarons. Americans in particular, and even the odd Parisian, are oohing, ahhing, and salivating over these sugary confections in the windows of Ladurée and every other good pâtisserie in the city. So I have decided to find out what all the fuss is about by enrolling in a private pastry making course at …
Apr 29
Mademoiselle Bambû resides on the cobblestone lane of Rue de la Vieuville, a lovely Montmartre backstreet that few tourists seem to find. Laidback mid-week, the lane comes alive on weekends when locals fill the terrace tables of the surrounding cafés, and shopkeepers share bottles of wine in the late afternoon sunshine. One of those shopkeepers …
Apr 29
Two of the best things to do in Paris as far as I’m concerned are eating and shopping. There’s so much to eat and so much to buy that for a shopaholic-foodie, Paris is heaven, and these traiteur treats will take you to foodie paradise. Once upon a time, a traiteur was an early …
Apr 28
When we asked superstar chef Pierre Gagnaire his opinion as to which quintessentially Parisian dish I should cook in Paris for my series The Dish, he hesitated… “Think of a dish that you would tell someone they had to have if they came to Paris,” I prompted. After what seemed like an eternity, Chef Gagnaire …
Apr 27
As much a part of the French ‘look’ as a striped sailor’s shirt or foulard (scarf), the baguette has become something of a fashion accessory, tucked under an arm, poking out of a shopping bag, or sharing a bicycle basket with a posie of flowers and the weekend newspaper. That the French love their baguettes …
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