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Haven in Paris balcony
A few days in Montmartre with Haven in Paris
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. 10 comment(s)
Paris-Brest
The Paris-Brest at La Pâtisserie des Rêves
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. 3 comment(s)
Mirabelles
Time for mirabelles
When summer decides that it's over in the south of France, it doesn't fool around. 5 comment(s)
Art Home
At home with Art Home
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. 4 comment(s)
Rosa Table de Claire
La Table de Claire: the aftermath
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. 6 comment(s)
La Table de Claire
My restaurant début at La Table de Claire
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. 6 comment(s)
Christophe Dufau
My feelings about Le Fooding
It was easy to scoff at Le Fooding when the movement first emerged in Paris ten years ago. 1 comment(s)
Basil
A pint-sized garden
Some boys love trucks, others go mad for motorcycles: my son is crazy about cacti and just about anything else that grows. 6 comment(s)
Broccoli
The best way to cook broccoli
I have my friend Caterina to thank for this ridiculously simple and ridiculously delicious way to tackle a vegetable that many people find uninspiring. 5 comment(s)
Monoprix
The future of French shopping?
You might think of Parisiennes as stylish women who take pleasure in shopping at markets and whipping up sumptuous meals with seasonal ingredients. You would be right about the stylish part. 14 comment(s)
Rose Bakery
Rose Bakery II
I like to think I discovered Rose Bakery before just about anyone else. 0 comment(s)
Stilton
Hugues Foucher, a cheese iconoclast
I've always thought that British cheese is underrated in France in the same way that Canada is underrated in the United States: few people give much thought to its existence. 3 comment(s)
Blue Eiffel Tower
Ten things I love about Paris according to Sam, age six
Seeing Paris through a child's eyes is one of the best ways to rediscover the city. 6 comment(s)
Capers
Lunch in the Loft
The danger of inviting strangers into your home is that they might never want to leave, and it was 5pm by the time we all tore ourselves away, exchanging e-mails and promising to keep in touch. 8 comment(s)
Le Petit Vendôme
The best sandwich in Paris
Jambon-beurre. They are just two apparently humble ingredients, yet choose them carefully, tuck them into a crunchy-crusted baguette, add a swipe of Dijon mustard and you have one of the world's most extraordinary sandwiches. 10 comment(s)