Barbra Austin

Le Bal Café

November 16th, 2010 § 13

It’s likely that the Brits invented brunch, and now two former Rose Bakery cooks are working on perfecting it at Le Bal Café.

Tholoniat

November 4th, 2010 § 8

I’m just going to get this out in the open before I lose the courage to say it: Pascal Guerreau’s mille-feuille at Tholoniat rivals the one at Jacques Genin.

I don’t know about you, but I find it reassuring that a place like Le Rubis still exists in Paris, particularly in a high-rent part of town, where one of the hottest places to “eat” is something called a “water bar”.

Le Rubis is a 1930s-era bar à vin that seems to have changed little since then. From the zinc bar to the barrels on the sidewalk out front, it’s a kind of time capsule that would almost feel fake if it weren’t so utterly authentic.

Continue reading at Girls’ Guide to Paris…

Saturne

October 22nd, 2010 § 3

The team from Racines has moved on to sleek new digs.

Philou

October 8th, 2010 § 3

I feel like I’m at risk for becoming one of those people who never leaves her neighborhood; who, to the great annoyance of friends, only agrees to do things within walking distance.

El Nopal

September 30th, 2010 § 18

This is very exciting.

Homemade salsa, freshly mashed guacamole, agua fresca, handmade tortillas… It almost brings a tear to my eye, and not because the salsa is honestly hot.

Noma

September 25th, 2010 § 4

As I began to write about lunch at Noma, it felt a bit like describing a dream.
Not in the ideal sense (dream job, dream boy) but in the vivid unlikeliness of it all.