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Vignes' opening party, before the terrace seating was installed. The great legacy of the  cave-à-manger  neologism has been to turn...

When I spoke to Ô Divin Epicerie proprietor Naoufel Zaïm last January, he mentioned he'd soon be turning a nearby defunct clothing s...

Gentrification in Paris seems to happen with the handbrake on. There ought to be a different word for it, one with less negative connotat...

The Native Companion has lately succeeded in dragging me to more museums. Each time in the ticket line I confront my reason for usually...

Most wine geeks learn to take the recommendations of non-aficionados with a cellar full of salt. This is because wine, or rather the idea...

Anyone seeking some semblance of completion in this blog's list of recommended (or faintly-recommended) Paris natural wine spots would ...

On this blog I can sometimes give the impression that an unbridgeable gulf exists between restaurant industry people and people who merely ...

In need of dinner ingredients a few Sundays ago, I decided to check out the Marché de la  Place des Fêtes , high up above Belleville in the...

Much of the natural wine I rave about on this blog is arguably the result of vignerons' efforts to recall  - under whatever banner, org...

Paris' natural wine scene, like any subculture, can get a bit repetitive. I've been in town just two quick years, and already I fin...

Tensions began to run high on that last day of our Loire adventure. Due to my ill-timed encounter with Bertrand Jousset and his excellent r...

We were fourteen-strong celebrating the birthday of my friend L the other night, who was passing through Paris on tour with his afro-indie ...

At the close of the other night's rocking, many-magnum'd dinner at Quedubon with LA afro-indie band Fool's Gold , Gilles, who ...

The other Monday I found myself back at Quedubon in the 19eme. Partly because my first meal there earlier this month was brilliantly enjoy...

Image swiped from paris-bistro.com. Rather than devoting weeks of careful thought to My First Post, I figure I might as well just serve ...