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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...

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...

The older mansion on Place Kleber stands fiercely independent among the unappealing modern buildings that line the grid-like streets of...

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 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...

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...

At restaurant La Braisiere in the desirable 17th Arrondissement, near Parc Monceau, Chef Jacques Faussat is in the dining room. It’s...

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...

Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! Play the oboes, violins, bagpipes, drums and trumpets! Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye! A divine star is born! In...

The Côtes d’Azur hugs the Mediterranean Sea in the south of France. It’s carpeted with beaches, marinas and luxury hotels. Cannes, Nice,...