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La Ferrandaise
Posted May 29, 2007 at 02:39 AM by lapetite
La Ferrandaise — named for a once-endangered breed of cow from Auvergne — specializes in simple, hearty veal and beef dishes, although they also do some lovely lamb and chicken. Still, the bovine influence is made pretty clear by whimsical decor: a series of stunning close-up photographs of [...]
Paris Mode
Posted May 29, 2007 at 03:20 AM by lapetite
Yesterday, I took a trip to Galeries Lafayette to snap some fashion photos. Les Galeries Lafayette is perhaps the most famous of Paris' "Grands Magasins," or department stores. Ten stories high and filling numerous adjacent buildings, the store is located at 40 Boulevard Haussmann, just behind [...]
Looks Can Be Deceiving
Posted May 30, 2007 at 02:02 AM by lapetite
France is rightly famous for its sweets and pastries -- there are few more decadent pleasures in life then slicing into a rich, gooey fondant au chocolat or elegant tiramisu. Still, sometimes a girl gets homesick for the treats of her youth... Which is why, when I saw a rack of freshly-baked donuts at my local patisserie, I just had to [...]
Haussmann-free Paris
Posted May 29, 2007 at 03:38 AM by lapetite
In the mid-nineteenth century, Napoleon III commissioned Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann to rebuild Paris for the modern era. Up until this point, Paris had been much like other European cities: dirty, dark, disorderly, and in grave danger of fire or plague. But Haussmann changed all that — he swept away most of the teetering medieval [...]
Holiday Hangover
Posted May 30, 2007 at 01:45 AM by lapetite
Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Years… The holiday season is dead and gone, with not a hint of revelry on the horizon until Valentine’s Day, right? Ah, but that’s because you don’t know about La Fête des Rois.Even as a kid, I always thought of La Fête des Rois as a sort of “hangover [...]
