Le départ des fruits et légumes du cœur de Paris: The Loss of Paris’s Les Halles
In 1969, Paris’s ancient central market of Les Halles, having grown enormously, and congested to boot, moved to Rungis, just …
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Scenes from La France Profonde
Cooking with Saint-Pierre (John Dory)
As it fell on a holy-day, And vpon an holy-tide-a, Iohn Dory bought him an ambling nag, To Paris for …
Thomas Jefferson: The Francophile Who Became the First U.S. “Foodie”
Thomas Jefferson. President. Scientist. Writer. Man of many passions, some hidden, some not. In his writings and in his actions, …
