With Paris opening up and trips being planned, I want to put these cookware shops on your list as places to shop for baking and cooking equipment in Paris! Every trip I make to Paris I go to the same area- the 2nd arrondissement (see the full guide here). It’s where I…
There is such beauty in simplicity. Take this French apple tart. It’s three ingredients that combine to make an easy statement piece for any occasion. The pattern on top with its repeating shapes and golden glossy hue tell you what’s to come… a delicious crisp thin French apple tart. Eat…
by Debbie Kobayashi Michelin starred Le Pergolese is located in the posh 16th arrondisement just off of Avenue Foch. Many of its clientele live in the neighborhood and hold standing weekly reservations, so do book ahead. The dining room features a private room in the rear and works by contemporary…
If you’re visiting Paris for the first time and are uncertain of how to approach French cuisine, Le Food Trip can help you. The start-up, created in 2015 by best friends Martin Herbelin and Adrien de Dumast, is part of a growing trend of Paris food trips that helps tripists…
Just in time for New Year’s Eve, we visited the Champagne region for several days this past week, en famille. It was a nice chance to get outside of Paris into the French countryside and visit several cellars, sipping some of the world’s best champagne as well as to stay…
Lemon Pies or Lemon Tarts à la Française! Lemon pie was a magical part of my childhood. My mother made the most incredible meringue-topped frilly tarts you could hope for as a kid. She learned to bake from my grandmother, her mother-in-law, who's own lemon pie was legendary. Meyers lemons…
La Taverne Henry IV 13, Place du Pont Neuf, in the 1st Arrondissement. 01 43 54 27 90. Open Mon–Sat, lunch and dinner; closed Sunday. Opened in 1885, La Taverne Henry IV is one of the oldest wine bars still serving in Paris today. And while the food is fresh,…
Haï Kaï 104, quai de Jemmapes, in the 10th Arrondissement. 09 81 99 98 88. Closed Sunday dinner and Mondays. What were you doing when you were 24 years old? Okay, don’t write me and tell me you are 24 now and running a big company. I know it’s possible,…
Blueberry 6, rue du Sabot, in the 6th Arrondissement. 01 42 22 21 56. Open Tues–Sat, noon–2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.–10:30 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday. I was sitting at home reading a press release about a tempting new Japanese place called Blueberry when my partner, who is not a…
Bululú Arepera 20, rue de la Fontaine du But, in the 18th Arrondissement. 01 42 54 96 25. Open Wed–Fri, 12:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.; Sat¬–Sun, noon–5 p.m. So Paris has discovered street food. And none too soon. Paris dining options have expanded further with more eating spots for Latin American cuisine.…