Tag Archives: Gourmet

Aux Merveilleux de Fred

By Jessica Donnithorne | Published: June 12, 2011
If you love meringues even half as much as I do, you will not fail to fall in love with Aux Merveilleux de Fred. This boulangerie/pâtisserie is living proof that simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication. Domes of meringue are sandwiched together with whipped cream and covered with chocolate shavings or more crumbled meringue. […]
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Jacques Génin | Gourmet Chocolate

By Clémence Simon | Published: May 11, 2011
Post-Easter and springtime in Paris are not a good pair. While you may be ready and willing to put on summery clothes, the facts are you’ve just spent a whole weekend eating loads of chocolate eggs, bells and rabbits. Women’s magazines are aware of this, and thus most of them offer a strange diet: Cabbage […]
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Pâtisserie Viennoise

By Jessica Cherry | Published: February 19, 2011
Down a hidden side street just off the main tourist area around St. Michel is a tiny, unremarkable shop front that is simply labeled Pâtisserie Viennoise (Viennese Pâtisserie). All that can be seen in the small window is row upon row of satisfying home-baked goods –upon entering, you are faced with even more. Inside, the […]
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Aux Pipalottes Gourmandes

By Heather Hammel | Published: February 12, 2011
Walking around in Paris, it is not uncommon to see prepared food shops, dispelling most idealized visions of the leisurely, daily 3-course lunch. For my part, these window fronts do little to tempt me inside as the various trays of curries and bean salads don’t exactly excite my taste buds. That was until my coworkers […]
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Paris Honey

By David Dadoun | Published: August 24, 2010
Paris is becoming a new breeding ground of sorts – for honey.  Who says there is a shortage of bees, as in Paris bee populations are growing, and Paris is reputed to be the source of some of the best honey from France.  Bee populations are thriving, at well known places such as Jardin des […]
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Video Tours of Paris

By David Dadoun | Published: July 28, 2010
For a video tour of various areas in Paris, we are pleased to partner with GeoBeats to provide a menu of places to see by video, from Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré for fashionistas to Rue des Rosiers for experiencing the old Jewish quartier in Paris. Video tours show you where to buy escargot, cheese, wine, […]
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