Sète, France —This is a journey into a secret forest. A forest of brightly colored, at times darkly colored, trees. These are trees rendered in a fashion that hovers between the figurative […]
An Air of Arborescence
Downtown New York in Uptown Paris
Paris, France — Enter into a 5-story private mansion on the Avenue Matignon, one of the French capital’s gallery rows, to discover a part of the iconic 1980s New York art scene. […]
A Discovery of Dazzling Drawings
Paris, France — Every year in March the rarely seen world of drawings unfolds when the French capital becomes the Drawing Capital of the World. For they are fragile things, drawings, and […]
Made in France: Chocolate Care from Bernard Cassière
Paris, France — Most people eat chocolate for Easter. But it also turns out that chocolate (read dark chocolate here), filled with iron, magnesium, flavonols, zinc and copper, is excellent at reducing […]
Made in France: The Joy of Jam
Orange jam made with Washington navel oranges from the house of Maison Perrotte. Photo courtesy Maison Perrotte. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Jam has been with us since practically the dawn of […]
Sumptuous Sète: on and in the Sea
It all begins with an almost island, an island-like peninsula stretching out into the Mediterranean Sea from France. Sète is a small city with a village-like atmosphere on the western side of […]
Moments in Time: Louis Pion’s Pink Time
From the Louis Pion Adrienne Collection. Photos courtesy Louis Pion. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Moments in Time: Louis Pion’s Pink Time The house of Louis Pion released last January some new […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find: The Captivating Café Philippe
Paris, France — Don’t let names deceive. This place is much more than a café, although the coffee, from the house of Coutume, is exceptionally excellent. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and afternoon cocktails […]
Wine of the Week: A Viré-Clessé in a Class by Itself
The Orfèvres du Vin (which literally means the goldsmiths of wine) have just been awarded a prestigious gold medal at the annual national farm show in France, winning in their category at […]
Palais-Royal: Journey to the Sparkling Silver Fountain
Paris, France — Sparkling silver has made its way to the arcades and gardens of the National Domaine of Palais-Royal in Paris. It is one of the city’s most elegant spots and […]
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