

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...


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...


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...


1, 2 or 3 Stars: The Michelin Guide & The Definition Of France
You see him in automobile shops the world over. That bulbous white man made of of tires, the symbol of the Michelin tire company. But...