Articles tagged ‘Food’
Most Expensive French Wines
By Jessica | June 23rd, 2008 |
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French cuisine and French wines are world-famous, there’s no denying it. And while most of us are quite content to order the house red in a Parisian cafe, knowing it’ll still be better than most bottles you could buy back home, some people have richer tastes. If you’re one of those people, and you’ve got [...]
The Best Ice Cream in Paris: Berthillon
By Jessica | May 29th, 2008 | Add a Comment »
When you’re in Paris and you’re heading for the islands in the middle of the Seine River, your first and most logical landmark and “must-see” is (of course) Nôtre-Dame. This is only right, as it’s one of Paris’ most popular tourist sights. And yet just a few steps away, on the other (smaller) island, is [...]
Camembert on my mind
By Parisgirl | August 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Today, we made our second trip to the little village of Camembert in Normandy in the past two weeks. It occurred to me that in the last month we’ve been eating a LOT of camembert cheese and I am certain that the 45 % fat content, or even 23% (if you include the [...]
Madame Epinard
By Parisgirl | August 24th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
If your not Patricia Wells, preparing a dinner for French friends might be intimidating. For the first few years in France, I went through all sorts of contortions to prepare a meal that might prove to the French that Americans did actually have something called ‘cuisine’.
Most of my efforts were pretty pathetic. There [...]
It’s official-France is going Green!
By Parisgirl | May 19th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
That is, not politically, but on the plate. Le Figaro Magazine (Sunday May 14) announced that the ’salade verte’ is in vogue.
I know this is true because during a recent visit to Cahors, we ate at a restaurant bordering the Lot River. The chef told us:
“If anyone who orders the salade verte [...]
