Tag Archives: Following Julia Child

Wild Mushrooms In Paris

By David Dadoun | Published: December 4, 2019
Mushroom season is on the tail end, but still worthwhile to sort out special deals in restaurants (truffles, cepes, girolles) and markets.   The  marchés have mounds of fresh mushrooms for sale.  The best ones are girolles (what Americans call chantrelles) and cepes — big, meaty mushrooms the size of baseballs.  As Paris gets back to […]
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Thanksgiving in Paris

By David Dadoun | Published: November 21, 2018
Thanksgiving in Paris is like Bastille Day in the United States:  an ordinary weekday that tradition has turned into a day to celebrate with family, friends, great food and great wine.  If you are lucky enough to be in Paris during this holiday, preparation is key, as you need to plan ahead and order your […]
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Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris — A Snapshot In Time

By David Dadoun | Published: April 7, 2014
In Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris, he captures the spirit and soul of Paris by sharing some of its best venues, from the steps at Sacré-Cœur  at midnight, to Pont Alexandre III in still night rain.  Owen Wilson, playing Gil, an aspiring writer, asks whether Paris is most enchanting at night or during the day, […]
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Happy Birthday Julia Child!

By David Dadoun | Published: August 16, 2012
August 15th we celebrated the centennial birthday of Julia Child, and what better way to celebrate it than in France, which coincides with the festival of Assumption — a feast holiday no less!  We were in the small Provence town of Petit Palais, near the old Roman town of Carpentras, where townsfolk laid out picnic tables […]
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Le Marais

By David Dadoun | Published: May 2, 2012
A man with a flowing beard, wearing a black fedora, with strings (tziztit) running down the side of his pants carries a black siddur (prayer book) in his hand as he leaves shul (synagogue).  A bar with a rainbow flag and male patrons is starting happy hour.  Young women wearing the newest fashion and six-inch […]
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Brocante — Rue Cler

By David Dadoun | Published: September 9, 2011
Searching for silver, fine china, goblets of Baccarat, antique necklaces, old framed art pieces and other fine brocante pieces?  The next fabulous antique and brocante show will be on Rue Cler in the upper-crust 7th Arrondissement of Paris, on September 17th and 18th.  Over 100 antique and brocante vendors will be lined up near the Ecole Militaire metro.   Who knows what treasures […]
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