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Restaurant Review: La Cuisine de Philippe, St. Germain, Paris
Paris is a city governed by fashion. On the streets of course, what you wear and how you wear it serves somewhat to denote your place in...


The Greatest Snub in History
In 1855, Napoleon III (nephew of the more famous Napoleon Bonaparte) ordered that the great vineyards of Bordeaux be ranked, as a guide...


A temple to political philosophy: the Pantheon, Paris
The Pantheon in Paris is a massive neoclassical building that sits upon the Mount of Saint Genevieve (Paris’s patron saint) looking out...


The fishy reason why wine isn’t suitable for vegans:
On a recent trip to Aquitaine, near where the might Dordogne and Gironde rivers meet as they flow into the Atlantic, a friend showed me a...


L'atelier de Louis Vuitton, Asnières-sur-Seine
This morning to the suburb of Asnières-Sur-Seine, which has been home to the Louis Vuitton family for more than 100 years. A blast of...


Omnivore - Paris 2018
This afternoon to Omnivore Paris 2018, a food exhibition showcasing modern cooking with a focus on young chefs. Among the highlights were...


The Rolls Royce of Oysters
Once the food of the poor, and later famous for the pearls that they can produce, oysters are now prized around the world as a delicacy...


The Last Meal of Francois Mitterand
Warning: This post contains an image that some may find distressing. This afternoon to Pere Lachaise, the famous cemetery set on a hill...


An offaly good week
One of the truly wonderful thing about culinary school is how much you get to take home with you. The daily output of the school’s army...


The Countess and the Cauliflower—a baroque fairytale.
Once upon a time, in a land of castles and villages, rolling hills and verdant fields, there were no restaurants, no bistros and no...
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