france
tempting: french food mag, fricote
They've only put out two issues so far and I still can't decide which cover is my favourite.
i love you, burrata
(and le chateaubriand's bitter lettuce and burrata salad) please excuse the extremely grainy picture, but i took this with my iphone, by almost nothing more than candlelight, after a couple of glasses of (fantastic) red wine. it was the...
a bientot, paris
what a couple of weeks. what i will remember most about paris from this trip, i think… are the rooftops...
paris day 11: angelina’s and king falafel
(this one's for elena) hot chocolate at angelina's is not at all like typical north american hot chocolate, which...
paris day 10: a visit with the experts
it's no wonder i'm so in love with paris. they do best the things i love most: wine, cheese, and despite the french's rep for being meat-tastic, they really know their way around vegetables and treat them properly. on day...
paris day 9: full on french
seeing 4 different vats of good olives sitting side by side stops me dead in my tracks. this is a...
paris day 8: cafe la fusee
i could tell you about the glass of wine i had on day 8, at the top of le centre...
paris day 7: street crepes + more tagine! (le progres, the 404, andy wahloo)
ok, this picture makes it look as if i actually found this crepe on the street. not really, but i did get it at a questionable crepe stand at the st. ouen (le puces) flea market in paris. nevertheless, it...
paris day 6: bouillon racine and le taxi jaune
ah…boullion racine. apparently one of the last true "belle epoque" type brassieres left, with a little bit of the snottiness...
paris day 5: l’homme bleu
our 5th day in paris was a day of good and bad accidents when it came to eating. early in...
paris day 4: “eat” at palais de tokyo, laduree and l’as du falafel
inside and outside (the jardin elysee). a short but totally fun experience, including signing a waiver and walking around l'exposition de micol assael–essentially a high-voltage electrostatic field. all the voices in my head finally heard one another! what? we're kidding....