January 3, 2012
By Johnny Lopes
Being in Paris for the first time, I wanted to see the city life — the real hustle and bustle. So what better place to witness this chaos than Les Halles? It was jammed with bars for your aperitifs and tabacs for your nicotine fix. But aside from this typical parisian fare,
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January 21, 2009
Here’s something awesome that Matt brought back for me from his jaunt in Paris. Looks like just an ordinary jar of cornichons (aka the Gherkin), right? Think again.
When you open it up, there
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August 16, 2008
Totally classic Sunday market at the border of France and Switzerland. There is a butcher, a fishmonger, a couple cheesemakers and bakers. Everyone walking around with baskets and baguettes.
Really delicious fruits, especially the best cantalope type melons that you can peel with a knife, their skins are so thin!
The boucherie
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July 1, 2008
Here’s a little something my boss brought back from Paris: Raisins au Sauternes- sublime wine soaked raisins, coated in dark chocolate. These are friggin AMAZING. There’s a little sugar crunch as you bite down, revealing a golden yellow raisin, with a faint hint of something… what exactly is it? Dessert wine!
June 21, 2007
I’ve just come back from a brief vacation to Paris and Berlin–I rarely vacation, so upon returning I’ve regaled everyone I’ve spoken to with the dreadfully banal, I-see-the-world-anew!-type minutiae familiar to anyone who has attended college and encountered–in the words of one friend tired of my anecdotes–”that annoying kid who studies abroad for a semester and then starts rolling his
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Lurid macarons. Ladurée in Paris, France.
Fried snack. Bought from an Intermarché, France.
