April 2009
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“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.”
– Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), The Physiology of Taste, 1825
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I Prefer Paris Blog →
Eye Prefer Paris is an ex-New Yorkers insiders guide to Paris. Richard Nahem writes his blog from his fabulous 18th century apartment in the fashionable Marais district of Paris
From the International Herald Tribune - 75 Years... →
1934 French Gift to America PARIS Within the next month, Americans at Pacific coast ports will be able to enjoy gratuitously 3,600 bottles of French wines as the result of a generous gesture of the “little fellows,” or small producers of France.
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L'école du Grand Chocolat Valrhona - David... →
Aside from the massive safe in the Banque de France, probably the toughest place to get in to in France is the Ecole de Grand Chocolat Valrhona in the little town of Tain l’Hermitage.
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Recipe for Soupe au Sarrasin et au Lard -... →
Wondering what I could cook from Brittany that wasn’t crêpes, I turned once again to Le Tout Robuchon. There is a section near the back of the book with regional recipes, and sure enough, there was a Breton recipe for buckwheat and bacon soup!
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Personal Journeys - Memorable Meals Worth a Flight... →
From France to England and Italy, a New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton reminisces on her longtime favorite haunts, including L’Ami Louis, her favorite restaurant in the world.
In praise of today's lighter French cuisine and... →
For Laura Calder, French cuisine isn’t so much what the people of that country eat “but how they eat.”
The best bistros in France | Life and style | The... →
British food writer Fran Warde’s regional favorites.
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JournalLive - Hard Times For French Wine Growers →
Some French wine growers have turned complaining into an art form, but a series of events has turned the screw on what for many has become a pretty marginal enterprise.
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French Recipe for Launching 1,000 Parties -... →
On June 4, a thousand American homes will hold wine-and-cheese parties courtesy of the French government.
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Go Green…and Pink and Blue for Earth Day | Food2 →
Chef Michel Bras has created a dish in his restaurant in Aubrac, France that may change your view on vegetarian food.
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The S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants →
French restaurants Bras (7), Pierre Gagnaire (9), L’Astrance (11), L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon (18), Mirazur (35), Le Chateaubriand (40), Le Louis XV (43), Les Ambassadeurs (47), L’Arpege (54), Maison Pic (62), Le Meurice (64), La Maison Troisgros (69), Le Cinq (73), Alain Ducasse au Plaza Athenee (86), L’Ambroisie (87) are honored in the Pellegrino worldwide list of top restaurants.
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Michelin chef's formula for future of fine dining... →
Michelin three star chef Pierre Gagnaire worked for months with French chemist Hervé This to create a recipe — entitled le note à note — for the world’s first entirely synthetic gourmet dish.
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French 'wine terrorists' take aim at foreign... →
In a night-time raid last month its militants broke into a wine cooperative in Nimes and poured the equivalent of 1.2 million bottles of red, white and rose down the drain in their third attack in as many weeks.
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Potato Purée - Recipe - Saveur.com →
It’s surprising but true: Joël Robuchon won his Michelin stars with, of all things, mashed potatoes. When he first prepared his soon-to-be signature dish at Jamin in Paris in the early 1980’s, he stunned a world that was only familiar with grandma’s satisfying but ordinary mashed spuds.
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Controversial Cancer Pamphlet Angers French Wine... →
French winemakers and grapegrowers are furious over a pamphlet published by the country’s Health Ministry that directly links wine consumption to cancer. They have organized a campaign calling on the government to withdraw the publication.
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French fishermen lift blockades →
Ferry traffic is resuming between Britain and Calais, Dunkirk and Boulogne. The fishermen said they would continue protesting in different ways. The French government has rejected demands to renegotiate the quotas. But the fisheries minister has offered 4m euros in aid to the fishermen.
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French winemaker creates "vintage Obama" →
Made from three different grapes, the Cuvee (or vintage) Obama is a wine that will only grow better over time, Angela Bousquet-Kaita, the owner of the Domaine Saint-Antoine vineyard in southern France told the newspaper.
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Pernod Ricard 3Q Rev Falls As Customers Destock →
French wine and spirits company Pernod Ricard SA (RI.FR) Wednesday reported a 2% decline in third quarter revenue due to customer de-stocking, and gave details of its planned EUR1 billion capital hike.
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Recognizing Robuchon →
Joël Robuchon has won S.Pellegrino’s “World’s 50 Best Restaurants Lifetime Achievement Award,” to be presented on April 20 by Claude Bosi, chef-proprietor of London’s Hibiscus, at a ceremony organized by Restaurant magazine.
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Not the ripest year for French wine →
If you bought one of the top grades of Grand Bordeaux wine last year, it probably set you back a least a couple of hundred bucks. This year, you might try looking for it in the bargain basement. Even the best-known chateaus have slashed prices by at least 40 percent.
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Michelin releases 100th edition of France... →
The Michelin guide celebrated its 100th French edition Monday, and its director urged France’s great chefs to invent new ways of filling their restaurants during the economic crisis.
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Lingering in Alsace →
Earlier this week I had the privilege of attending a big vertical tasting of Trimbach’s Clos Ste. Hune, which is on just about anybody’s short list of the world’s great rieslings.
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New Alain Ducasse Cooking School Opens May 11 in... →
On May 11, the new École de Cuisine Alain Ducasse cooking school will open its doors to curious gastronomy enthusiasts in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. The stunning new 7,500 square-foot space boasts 4 elegant kitchens, a wine cellar, and a boutique selling the high-quality accessories and utensils used in courses.
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A geographical trip through the complex world of... →
French wine classifications explained.
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Fine wine industry crisis →
The French wine industry is in crisis because of the weakness of the pound against the Euro and the strength of the global recession.
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French Chocolate Domination →
French chocolate authority Chloé Doutre-Roussel insists that being French hasn’t biased her palate. “French chocolate is just simply the best,” she says.
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A Life Worth Eating →
The weather on my visit to Le Bristol, home of chef Éric Frechon, was impeccable: sunny and warm without a cloud in the sky.
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L'Assiette: The Little Restaurant That Could (or... →
Proving that just because you have good ingredients, doesn’t necessarily mean you can make them good. True, it’s harder to go wrong with stellar vegetables, seafood, and meat, but a recent dinner at L’Assiette proved that a little finesse, and seasoning, can transform decent ingredients into something pretty good. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case on a recent visit.
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Bordeaux 2008 harvest, Better year at lower prices →
The 2008 harvest for Bordeaux wines makes for a better quality year than the past two but prices will be lower thanks to the financial crisis, according to experts at the Bordeaux primeur tastings.