Hugo & Co, Paris | A Terrific Little Place in the Latin Quarter, B+

April 8, 2018

…serves up a cosmopolitan menu of affordably priced small-plates comfort food that are made for sharing, service is young and good-natured, and there’s a great wine list. So it was…

Le Champ des Lunes, Lauris | A Dazzlingly Creative New Chef Arrives in Provence, B+

March 30, 2016

…Roquefraiche, Lauris, Tel. (33) 04-13-98-00-00, Le Champs des Lunes: prix-fixe menus 38 Euros, 40 Euros, 62 Euros, and 112 Euros; La Cuisine d’Amélie: average a la carte 30 Euros. www.domainedefontenille.com

La Table de Breizh Café, Cancale | A Culinary Romance Between Brittany and Japan, A-/B+

August 14, 2015

…of the decades I’ve lived in France, Brittany has become one of France’s foremost gastronomic regions. Today it rivals, maybe even trumps, parts of Gaul with more established and deeply…

Virtus, Paris | Deliciously Sincere Contemporary French Cooking, A-/B+

December 3, 2018

…superb Italian food at Racines in the Passage des Panoramas. So I hoped the new foreign-born duo who recently moved their restaurant to these premises would live up to the…

ZUBEYIR–Kebab Heaven in Istanbul

June 7, 2011

…it’s flavored from the inside out.” I loved that explanation, and I am already looking forward to my next meal at Zübeyir Ocakbaþý. Zübeyir Ocakbaþý, Bekar Sokak 28, Beyoglu, Istanbul, Tel. 90-212-293-3951, www.zubeyirocakbasi.com

Origins 14 – La Régalade | Chef Ollie Clarke’s Great Bistro Cooking for the 21st Century, B+

November 7, 2017

…the table. My carpaccio of smoked lamb with spinach leaves, pine nuts and Kalamata olives was excellent, as was Bruno’s marinated bonite with Granny Smith apples and roasted chestnuts. And…

SUR MESURE BY THIERRY MARX–Bold Haute Cuisine for the 21st Century

June 28, 2011

…quail with spices and a jus d’herbes. Bean Sprout and Black Truffle ‘Risotto” Quail with Spices and a Jus d’Herbes Desserts will be spectacular, too, including an olive oil tart…

East Mamma | Good Casual Italian Dining in Paris, B

April 28, 2015

…stratcciatella cheese, a fine grating of lemon rind and several sadly taste-free basil leaves had the reassuring ivory color that comes only when good flour is used, in this casa…

La Tour d’Argent, Paris | A Delicious Evolution, A-/B+

August 31, 2016

…Life changes, and new pleasures come along to replace the old ones,” I said. “Yes, but I’m sorry I didn’t know any of those old ones,” Penny replied. When waiter…

BISTROT BELHARA–The Extremely Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie at a Good New Left Bank Bistro, B+

December 1, 2013

…didn’t make at home, but because they were so interesting. I loved watching the people, catching snatches of other people’s conversations, observing all of the little dramas unfold all around

CAFE DES ABATTOIRS–The Meat of the Matter in Paris, B

December 4, 2013

…the Cafe des Abattoirs is a terrific choice. Cafe des Abattoirs, 10 rue Gamboust, 1st, Tel. 01-76-21-77-60. Metro: Opera, Pyramides, or Tuileries. Open daily. www.cafedesabattoirs.com Prix-fixe menus 32 Euros, 38 Euros…

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October 24, 2013

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BLEND–‘Gourmet’ Burgers in Paris, B+

January 4, 2012

…go to Les Fines Gueles, a bistrot a vins that we both love. Unfortunately, it got late on this rainy night, and Les Fines Gueles was packed when we swung…

Le Drugstore, Paris | Stylish Sustenance on the Champs Élysées, B

August 17, 2017

…in Paris, one in Saint-Germain-des-Prés across the street from the Cafe des Deux Magots on the boulevard Saint Germain, and the other at the Rond Point des Champs-Élysées. They thrived…

You’re Invited to Join the Ultimate South of France Food-and-Wine Lovers Trip

May 12, 2023

…Ochoa, and we’ll be learning why Marseilles has become such a superb food town, sampling some spectacular wines, eating the best of Nice, and concluding our intimate gastronomic journey (this…

A Serious French Failure, and A Swiss Solution: Eating on the Go (or Surprisingly Sated in Slovenia)

May 27, 2009

…U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture could launch a Moevenpick inspired program to show off the astonishing agricultural bounty and regional cooking of France and the United States in roadside settings. http://marche.moevenpick.com/#/marche_restaurants/627/-1/empty/en/…

LA GAULOISE, Bistro Blues: C-; and an Excellent Lunch at SPRING

July 9, 2010

…pigs was sensational. Rose plans to build his lunch menu around bouillon with different garnishes (pigeon, grilled chicken, baby vegetables from Joel Thiebault), which you can then expand with a…

Brigade du Tigre, Paris | Brilliant Contemporary Asian Cooking, A-/B+

February 26, 2021

…their food is reliably good, reasonably priced and arrives promptly and in good condition. Ippudo even does the really smart thing of packing the noodles separately from the soup, so…

Baieta, Paris | Brilliant Nicoise Cooking by Julia Sedefdjian, A-

May 13, 2018

…pork belly with celery rave puree, peanuts and an herby green sauce and cod with cockles on a bed of Sardinian fregola pasta with artichokes and olives under a cloud…

LE GALOPIN–An Excellent New Bistro, B+

October 21, 2011

…slices of pretty crimson carrot–vegetables here come from Annie Bertin’s organic farm in Brittany or the fabulous company Terroirs d’Avenir that is supplying many of the best new small Paris restaurants…