Chef Laurent Peugeot's Le Charlemagne: An Excerpt
The restaurant oozes Japan. From the bamboo garden and waterfall at the entry to the virtual koi pond you walk across to enter the dining...
Les Grands Classiques – an excerpt
We are in the extreme west of Paris, amid the 2090 acres of the Bois de Boulogne, the large park hanging off of the southwest edge of...
Chef Pierre Orsi
The older mansion on Place Kleber stands fiercely independent among the unappealing modern buildings that line the grid-like streets of...
Ze Last Stop
Our 21st, and final, Michelin-starred restaurant on our 2-month culinary journey in France was Ze Kitchen Galerie (listen, we don't name...
The Priory in Provence
The Provençal countryside is a tad different on this side of the Rhône river. We’re driving on the flatland below a ridge of bare-stone...
Barrel Tasting the Grand Crus of Burgundy
Before we visited the region this summer our knowledge of Burgundy wines was limited. Sure, we had heard that the best wines from the...
In the 16th Arrondissement
Chef greets us at the door to La Pergolese in the tony 16th Arrondissement of Paris, blocking our way in with his burly frame, his white...
Gigondas Sur Table
Imagine this. Forty-two producers of the best of the wines of Gigondas. Six top regional chefs, including two with Michelin stars,...
Jacques Faussat's La Braisiere, Paris
At restaurant La Braisiere in the desirable 17th Arrondissement, near Parc Monceau, Chef Jacques Faussat is in the dining room. It’s...
Darkness Below
It’s important, we decide, to visit a Michelin two-star restaurant while we are still in Paris, to help us try to understand the...
