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Franco File Friday: Janice MacLeod, author of 'Paris Letters'
How much money does it take to quit your job and move abroad? That was the abiding question author Janice MacLeod asked herself for over a year when confronted with the stasis and routine of her life...
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Tous à Table Festival: Cuisine for a Cause
There are a number of attributes that make Paris a fine place to call home (or visit) but chief among them is the food and most of us (locals, bloggers, press....) spend a whole lot of time indulging...
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Paris Restaurant Report: Café des Abattoirs
As vegetable-driven menus and Anglo-inspired comfort food predominate the Paris dining scene, the future of classic, meat-focused restaurants is ever uncertain. When food trends become inextricably and...
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New Paris Restaurant: Porte 12
Before September even began, reports of new openings on the Paris dining scene began trickling in, creating an almost unbearable anticipation. But the spot I was most excited to try was Porte 12, a new...
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Relais Desserts 2014: Bûches de Noël Preview
Nearly thirty of France's top pastry chefs and twenty-six Bûches de Noël make for one indulgent afternoon well spent. As an insatiable gourmande, I jump at the chance to meet and speak with pastry...
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Eating, Drinking & Seeing in Paris: 5 Favorites in August / September
The habitually languid month of August ran its course as it usually does. Parisians returned from vacation in one, thronging swoop, rush hour metro squabbles commenced where they left off and the...
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Seven Things I've Learned Living with a Frenchman (Guest Post & Giveaway by...
First-time author Samantha Verant's story has all the trappings of a fairytale; from the setbacks (in her case, the dreaded Ds: divorce and debt) to the uplifting life turnaround that emerged from...
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Chez Nous with Galaxie Andrews
It's been two years since I've returned to America. Two years since the officers at Philadelphia International Airport last questioned my residence in France these last eight years, two years since...
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Crèpes au Froment recipe by Ann Mah
One of my favorite books of the last year,'Mastering the Art of French Eating' by Ann Mah, is now available in a paperback edition! In honor of this new release, I've invited Ann Mah to share a recipe...
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5 Reasons to Love Bordeaux
There are countless reasons to love Bordeaux - its languid pace, balmy climate, 290,000 some acres of vineyards and its storied architecture. But what's most interesting about the wine capital today is...
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Eating, Drinking & Seeing in Paris: 5 favorites in October
I may already be gearing up for another expat Thanksgiving and mapping out my itinerary for a trip stateside in December but October is still on my mind. Though there were moments of frenetic activity,...
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Franco File Friday: David Santori of Frenchie and the Yankee
This is my last Franco File Friday installment of the year and it's a chat with someone I appreciate tremendously, as much for our aligning passions - food, travel and photography - as for our...
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Autumn in Paris
Before we can hold forth about nothing other than bitter temperatures and somber skies, let's celebrate the balmy autumn we've had in Paris this season with a few photos: How has the season been where...
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Eating, Drinking & Seeing: 5 Favorites in November
November always feels like a test of patience. Thanksgiving steals the spotlight every year and the days leading up to this big feast feel like filler, distraction from the turkey countdown. This time,...
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(VIDEO) Inside the Alain Ducasse Paris Chocolate Factory: La Manufacture
Alain Ducasse is often called the Godfather of French cuisine and for good reason. The multi Michelin-starred chef has opened restaurants across the globe, run a well-liked cooking school in Paris,...
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2014: A Year in Review from France and Beyond
Two years away from American soil is a long time; long enough to spark a flurry of incongruous feelings when faced with an impending visit - nervous anticipation, excitement and of course the...
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Paris in Mourning
On September 11th, I was in my school cafeteria when the first plane struck the North Tower. When the Boston Marathon bomb went off, I was on Twitter, watching tweets devolve from frivolous to frantic,...
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Eating, Drinking, Seeing: End of 2014 Favorites
I hesitated quite a while about jumping back into new content and travel stories when many of us are still reeling from last week's events and closely following ongoing investigations. But then I...
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Aux Merveilleux de Fred Opens in Manhattan !
If 2014 was all about the Cronut and its evangelical, queue-happy enthusiasts, 2015 is poised to become the year of the meringue if pastry chef Frédéric Vaucamps has a say in the matter. And with a...
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Rue Amandine: Custom Stays in Paris
We're approaching the end of January and the worst of winter which means travelers, myself included, are itching to plan their next escape. Those considering their next Paris visit have a Herculean...
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