Category Archives: food
Enjoying Escargots
My husband and I love Paris (and France)—we lived there for a while many years ago and every year after that we visited, until the pandemic hit the world. And as we all know, the pandemic put an end to … Continue reading
Paris: Lunch at Musée des Arts et Métiers
The museum is housed in an old building, the former Priory of St.-Martin-des-Champs, originally founded in 1060 by Henri 1, and given to the Abbey of Cluny in 1079. It has functioned as a museum since after the French Revolution, … Continue reading
Bouillon Chartier, a Paris Brasserie
5, rue du 8 mai (10th), near Gare de l’Est I wrote before about the wonderful Bouillon Chartier on Faubourg Montmartre. See here https://vivsfrenchadventures.wordpress.com/2023/08/17/paris-le-bouillon-chartier/ , where I also covered a bit of the history of the bouillon restaurants in general and of … Continue reading
Paris: Le Bouillon Chartier
In Paris, we frequently stay in the 9th arrondissement at the Hotel Aida Opera on rue Richer. When wandering around the neighborhood, we walked past a restaurant called Restaurant Chartier on rue du Faubourg Montmartre, and decided to try it. We … Continue reading
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, the Man Who Made Potatoes Popular in France
One of the dishes that we love eating in France is parmentier de canard (duck parmentier), sometimes also called parmentier de confit de canard, so we thought it would be fun to find out why it’s called “parmentier”. Turns out that it’s a really … Continue reading
New Word for A Fusion Food
Early in February (on one of the general strike days), as we strolled along the Quai de Valmy that runs along one side of the Canal St. Martin, we noticed an interesting restaurant. What caught our eyes was the word … Continue reading
Eating Around Bastille Market: Le Preau
While wandering around the wonderful Bastille Market in Paris we were confronted with a dilemma: where and what to have for lunch? The choices are enormous: buy fresh produce from the market for a picnic nearby; buy ready-cooked food dishes … Continue reading
Huitres at Bastille Market, Paris
On our trip to Paris and France this summer, Rod and I took our daughter and her family with us, mostly as a way to celebrate that we could again travel after the pandemic travel restrictions. We all love seafood, … Continue reading
Paris, Bastille Market
A Couple of Hours in a Vibrant, Colorful, Bustling Market. (All these photos are from Bastille market, taken on our visit there this past summer). We love farmers’ markets and other public markets and wherever we travel we try to … Continue reading
Paris: Stravinsky Fountain Being Restored
Note: most of these photos are from visits in previous years to give context to this post. It’s become our tradition that, for our first lunch in Paris whenever we visit, we go to the Place Igor Stravinsky next to the Georges … Continue reading
To-ing and Fro-ing in France 