PICKING PARIS’ PERFECT PAIN
The title of Paris’s best baguette has, for the fifth time in six years, gone to one of the bakeries situated in the city’s 18th arrondissement. And while first-time visitors to Paris may delight in any which baguette from any which bakery, not all are created equal. Here’s primer on how to tell a good baguette from a mediocre one, with tips collected from popular Paris food bloggers David Lebovitz, Paris by Mouth and Chocolate & Zucchini. David Lebovitz, who previously worked as a baker at Chez Panisse in California with Alice Waters, offers a slew of tips on his blog on the differences between a good and ‘crummy’ baguette. […]
フランスを飛び出し、日本で食事をする
If you are a foodie, you might be better off planning a trip through Japan this year as it has surpassed France in 3-starred Michelin restaurants, 36:26. Plus the Ritz closes this summer and won’t reopen until 2014. Thanks to AFP-relaxnews, here are all the three-starred restaurants in Japan, by city and area: Hokkaido Sushi Tanabe Nukumi Molière Michel Bras Toya Japon Tokyo Araki Azabu Yukimura Esaki Hamadaya Ishikawa Joël Robuchon Kanda Koju Quintessence Ryugin 7chome Kyoboshi Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten Sushi Mizutani Sushi Saito Sushi Yoshitake Usukifugu Yamadaya Kyoto Chihana Hyo-tei Kikunoi Honten Kitcho Arashiyama Honten Mizai Nakamura Tsuruya Osaka Fujiya 1935 Hajime Kashiwaya Koryu Taian Kobe Cá Sento Komago […]