After a three-day self-guided wine immersion course in Beaune, Burgundy, I compiled the following list of burgundy wine facts that serves as a crash course—Burgundy 101 if you will—in the basics of France’s oldest wine…
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After navigating through the hamster maze that is Charles DeGaule airport (they literally have you walking through glass tubes) we got our rental car and were on our way to Beaune, Burgundy. Thankfully the folks…
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It’s been just over a year since I last ordered foie gras in a California restaurant. Not because I don’t love it. I mean I dream about it. I even try to recreate its umami…
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Omelets at Café Flore, Paris….DON’T DO IT! With our train leaving for London in just a few hours, I grasped onto the handrails of Paris with white knuckles reluctant to let go. As I’d expected,…
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There are only three bits of French you need to learn before going to Paris….maybe four if you’re planning on taking pictures and want to be respectful of your subjects. *This is how to say…
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The Best Cooking Classes in Paris See previous post for our trip to the farmers market with La Cuisine Paris cooking school. *disclaimer: sorry folks, but I didn’t take as many photos of the food…
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Of all the things to do in Paris, there were two I was determined to do: sing One Day More as Cosette while peddling for money on a bridge over the Seine and wait for…
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Second full day in Paris and I still felt like I was walking around in a live action version of Pixar’s Ratatouille. There really is a “stereotype” to the way some French people look and…
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