Alexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: La Rotisserie d’en Face
La Rotisserie d’en Face, Paris The dog days of August are a challenge in terms of finding places to eat when friends come to town, but they also offer me a rare opportunity to revisit places I haven’t...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: La Table d’ Eugene
La Table d’ Eugene, Paris Perched on a hillside overlooking Paris, Montmartre, once a country village and later a bohemian neighborhood known for its lively cabarets and popular with artists like...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: Les Enfants Rouge
Les Enfants Rouge, in the Marais Before I say anything else, let me state that Les Enfants Rouge, a new bistro in the Marais, is a good little restaurant and that Japanese chef Daï Shinozuka, who most...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: Bistro Bellet
Blanquette de Veau at Bistro Bellet, Paris So after hurriedly shedding my winter work uniform of black watch plaid flannel pajamas at 7.30pm and taking a shower, I was late for a change. But this...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: Bistrot Belhara
Bistrot Belhara, Paris It’s hard for me to say exactly when my deep love of good food first surfaced, but suffice it to say that the thing that interested me most when our local newspaper arrived on...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: La Boîte à Sardine
La Boîte à Sardine, Marseille It may sound odd, but as far as I’m concerned, the best time of the year to visit Marseille is during the winter. This is when the city is quiet without its growing...
View ArticleThe Interview: Alexander Lobrano, Hungry for France
Photo credit: Steven Rothfeld Interview by Everett Potter The writer Alexander Lobrano has lived in Paris for three decades and his latest book, Hungry for France, is a culinary love letter to his...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: Aux Enfants Gâtés
Aux Enfants Gâtés On my way to meet Bruno and some friends for dinner the other night, I was in sort of a bad mood. An old college friend had called for a chat just before I went out, and it had been...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: Clown Bar
Clown Bar, Paris Adjacent to the Cirque d’Hiver (Winter Circus), a handsome 1852 arena between the Place de la Republique and the Bastille, the Clown Bar has always been one of the most charming places...
View ArticleAlexander Lobrano’s Letter from Paris: Le Bon Georges
Le Bon Georges, Paris Le Bon Georges, a recently opened bistro just five minutes from my front door in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, offers a delicious lesson in how to judge the city’s food right...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: Chardenoux
Chardenoux, 1 rue Jules Valles, 11th Arrondissement, Paris By Alexander Lobrano Chardenoux has always been a very good bistro. This is saying a lot, too, since it’s also one of the very rare...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: California Dreaming
Photo credit: Steven Rothfeld By Alexander Lobrano I am very much looking forward to my California book tour from October 16 to October 24, and I really hope I’ll have the pleasure of meeting my...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: Les Poulettes Batignolles
Les Poulettes Batignolles, Paris. By Alexander Lobrano After working for twelve years in Barcelona, Parisian-born chef Ludovic Dubois, son of the distinguished fromagere Martine Dubois, has returned to...
View ArticleHexagone, Paris: The New Shape of French Gastronomy
Hexagone, Paris. Credit Jerome Galland. By Alexander Lobrano There are many things to like about chef Mathieu Pacaud‘s new restaurant Hexagone in Paris. Not only does it serve some exquisitely refined...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: Auberge Bressane
Auberge Bressane at lunchtime. Photo @Alexander Lobrano, all rights reserved. By Alexander Lobrano After a morning of musing on the question of where to go to lunch with a friend from London who...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: Benoit
Benoit. Credit C.-Sarramon By Alexander Lobrano Paris without Benoit, a wonderful old bistro on the edge of the Marais that’s been in business since 1912, would be almost as unimaginable to me as...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: Le Bon Saint Pourçain
Le Bon Saint Pourçain. Credit Alexander Lobrano. By Alexander Lobrano In Paris, the assiduously institutionalized exultation of the city’s past poses the same sort of risk as the sugar water in a bee...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: La Bourse et la Vie
La Bourse et la Vie. Credit Alexander Lobrano. Story & photos by Alexander Lobrano This past summer I wrote a happy piece for the Wall Street Journal about the quickening bistro revival in Paris....
View ArticleLetter from Paris: At Mensae, Belleville Goes Gastro
Mensae. Credit Alexander Lobrano. By Alexander Lobrano When I asked chef Kevin d’Andréa why he and business partner and fellow chef Thibault Sombardier had chosen the Belleville district of Paris as...
View ArticleLetter from Paris: Alec Lobrano’s Ten Favorite Meals of 2015
Rouget with green apple peashoot spelt at Le Crouzil in Brittany. Photo by Alexander Lobrano. Celeste in London. Photo by Alexander Lobrano. By Alexander Lobrano On the eve of a new year, please...
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