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A new chef at the Louis XV

Fri, 21 May 2010 15:56:02 UT

It was potatoes that first cemented my friendship with Franck Cerutti, chef for ten years at Alain Ducasse's Louis XV restaurant in Monaco.

Tags: Monaco, Restaurants, Vegetables

Paris restaurant: Pramil

Wed, 05 May 2010 20:16:17 UT

When it comes to restaurants, I'm not really that demanding. I want the basic ingredients to be seasonal and good. I want the cooking to show restraint: nothing puts me off more than an overly complicated plate. And I want the chef to have a heart that shines through in the food.

Tags: Paris, Restaurants

Sunday lunch at Holland Park

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:30:58 UT

Tempting as it was to linger on the beach on Sunday morning, I wasn't going to miss the opportunity to visit Holland Park, an intriguing new garden center/restaurant that has been open just a couple of months.

Tags: Gardening, Nice, Restaurants

A few days in Montmartre with Haven in Paris

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:02:12 UT

I have a vision of my perfect apartment in Paris. It would be high up - stairs don't scare me - with a small balcony and a sweeping view over the zinc rooftops, punctuated here and there with church spires and glimmering domes.

Tags: Apartment rentals, Paris

Menu for Hope: Win a Paris food itinerary, bid item EU19

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:36:52 UT

Each year, in the midst of the Christmas rush, I like to make a little time for Menu for Hope.

Tags: Edible Paris, Menu for Hope

The Paris-Brest at La Pâtisserie des Rêves

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:28:27 UT

Never one to miss a new Paris pastry shop, I made a taxi screech to a halt when I spotted La Pâtisserie des Rêves back in September.

Tags: Chefs, Paris, Pastry

Ready, prêt, go: Eating on the run in London

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:32:47 UT

For the school holidays, I took Sam to London to brush up his English. Well, that was the official excuse.

Tags: London, Restaurants

L'Ecole des Filles

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:40:13 UT

The surreal extravagance of our last meal in Liguria left us with a quandary: how could any restaurant live up to that experience, which was all the more incredible for having caught us off guard?

Tags: Bar sur Loup, Restaurants

Sunday in Liguria

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:57:01 UT

When I want a complete change of scenery, I get in the car and drive for 40 minutes. As soon as we cross the border into Italy, everything is suddenly different: the people, the language, the music, the clothes, the coffee (especially the coffee).

Tags: Italy, Liguria, Restaurants

Time for mirabelles

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:19:25 UT

When summer decides that it's over in the south of France, it doesn't fool around.

Tags: Fruit, Nice, Paris, Recipes

Les Cévennes, donkey and all

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:18:58 UT

Les Cévennes is a region barely known to tourists and even less so to foreigners, and that's the way I like it. Even so, it would seem a tiny bit selfish to keep quiet about my latest holiday in those wild mountains between Nîmes and Montpellier, which was different but every bit as extraordinary as last year's.

Tags: Les Cévennes

At home with Art Home

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:21:07 UT

Everyone has been talking about Nomiya lately, and I was starting to feel like the only person who can't boast about having eaten at the ultra-cool temporary restaurant on the top floor of the Palais de Tokyo.

Tags: Cooking classes, Paris, Restaurants

Au Petit Gari: a lesson in where not to eat

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 07:05:18 UT

If my brief career as a Paris bistro chef has given me fresh admiration and respect for restaurant owners who care, it has also made me less forgiving of those who take the customer for an uncomfortable ride.

Tags: Nice, Restaurants

La Table de Claire: the aftermath

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:44:35 UT

Becoming a bistro chef for a weekend at La Table de Claire seemed like a brilliant idea until I found myself facing a mountain of vegetables with my back to five flaming burners on one of the most stifling days of the year in Paris.

Tags: Chefs, Nice, Paris, Restaurants

My restaurant début at La Table de Claire

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:15:08 UT

I have often wondered what it might be like to cook in a restaurant, but until now had never been curious enough to actually try it.

Tags: Nice, Paris, Restaurants