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* Garber Gastronomic: La Tour d'Argent -- a brief history *****
An occurrence as nominal as a single bad review can cost a restaurant a "star." Yet when La Tour d'Argent, the Paris restaurant, lost one of its three Michelin stars in 1996, the owner, Claude Terrail, shrugged off the occasion, saying he was no longer interested in the guide's approval.
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* Paris shopping guide set to revolutionize insider shopping *****
Rebecca Magniant was once a Paris neophyte just like you. Now, she has created a real insider's guide to shopping the City of Light. And hers is the first Paris shopping guide to earn a full five stars from evalu8.org's hard-to-please, resident shopping expert, Anne Garber!
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24 hours in. . .Paris: Architecture, Literature and Glorious Chocolate *
High-end, low-end, all around the town! Herein the best that Paris has to offer, all condensed into a mere 100 metres.
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Candy Shopping in Paris, 2004 *
A round-up of candy shopping in 2004 Paris!
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Garber Gastronomic: Aux Délices de la Montagne -- inside confection-making in France *
Gilles Rongier -- whose wares I happened upon last October, when we visited France -- makes some of the very best pâtes de fruits or gélées in the world!
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Garber Gastronomic: Our wine guide in Paris *****
Michel Moulherat leads an enviable life: He runs a wine store in a quiet Paris neighbourhood (in the 11th arrondisement), snuggled in near clothing manufacturers on a clean and narrow street. His shop looks like more of a trendy art gallery than what North Americans might consider a typical wine outlet, and his wines are something to be proud of, indeed.
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Garber Gastronomic: Paris decadence on the cheap (2006) *
We love Paris, and -- bad press to the contrary -- find it entirely affordable. Here's a guide to some of its hidden luxuries.
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Hédiard and Fauchon grocery stores, Paris *
At the north end of the Place de la Madeleine, there are two delicatessens: Fauchon and Hédiard, face to face. Hédiard gets sun in the morning and Fauchon gets it in the afternoon, and the church of Sainte-Marie Madeleine sits in the middle, getting sun all day if it's shining.
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La Grande Epicerie de Paris *
Once merely a section on the main floor of Le Bon Marché off the rue de Bac, La Grande Epicerie de Paris now occupies the entire ground floor of the revered department store.
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Notre guide de vin à Paris -- Michel Moulherat et La Cave de l'Insolite (version française) *****
Michel Moulherat mène une vie enviable : Il est le patron d'une cave à vin dans un quartier de Paris calme (dans le 11e arrondisement), blotti dans les fabricants de vêtement proches sur une rue propre et étroite. Son atelier a l'air de plus d'une galerie d'art branchée que qu'Américains du nord pourraient considérer une sortie de vin typique, et ses vins sont quelque chose pour être fier de, en effet.
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SEMAINE DU GOUT, du 16 au 22 octobre, 2007 *
For one week each year, France celebrates its rich gastronomic history with an event called La Semaine du Goût. In its honour, top chefs, farmers and restaurateurs unite to deliver good French food to the French public (and visiting foreigners, of course)
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The Best Wine Bars & Shops of Paris: The Best Wine Bars & Shops of Paris: Fifty Charming and Notable Cavistes (Keyes review) ****
This handy guide is an indispensable resource for all those who love their red, white or bubbly and are planning a trip to the City of Lights.
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The district street markets of Paris *
Street markets in Paris vary by the day of the week and the district. Here's a handy guide to help you when you visit Paris.
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December 14, 2002: Fauchon helps sustain a family tradition *
I received a desperate e-mail from a reader: "I have been trying to find a website or telephone # to order
Fauchon's Galette des Rois by Chef Florian Bellanger..."
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Famed Parisian chocolatier Michel Cluizel unveils ultimate hangover antidote (hint: it contains chocolate) *
Chocolat Michel Cluizel, Manhattan's new outpost of the legendary Parisian chocolatier, has introduced a signature chocolate cocktail to remedy hangovers, the Mocha Avec Cognac Choctail.
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France sets table for good-food week *
For one week each year, France celebrates its rich gastronomic history with an event called La Semaine du Goût. In its honour, top chefs, farmers and restaurateurs unite to deliver good French food to the French public (and visiting foreigners, of course).
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Garber Gastronomic: The last time we saw Paris...SIAL *
We were in Paris attending the 2000 SIAL, the International Food Show, which is held bi-annually alternating with Cologne, Germany. . .
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Garber on Business: Business dinner? Don't whine about wine *
No longer does the haughty sommelier at Le Cavalier Réstaurant Français glare down his well-trained nose and impatiently finger his goûte-vin as he debates how to intimidate you into buying a more expensive wine . . . have things changed in wine snob circles?
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New-style eateries reinvent Paris lunches *
The sudden popularity of soup and sandwich bars, sushi-to-go, and bistros with speedy set menus suggests that traditional Parisian eating habits are being shaken up.
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