tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1629350 2012-01-26T18:50:34+01:00 var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-1646353-4"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {} french food blog, paris restaurant, bistrot, resto paris TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef0167611f5fb1970b 2012-01-26T18:50:34+01:00 2012-01-26T18:50:34+01:00

Is Paris the world capital of gastronomy? Francois Simon asks a panel of experts and yours truly...

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2012/01/is-paris-the-world-champion-of-gastronomy.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef015392ffebc5970b 2011-11-12T17:58:30+01:00 2011-11-12T17:58:30+01:00

Grab your Urban Dicitonary and meet the Portland, OR, bartender whose drinks become cocktail trends.

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/11/morgenthaler.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef0162fc434e5e970d 2011-11-10T04:32:28+01:00 2011-11-10T04:32:28+01:00

The couple who made Chelsea a better place by opening both Txikito and El Quinto Pino, signed a lease on Monday for a new Brooklyn restaurant, La Vara, slated to open in early 2012.

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/11/la_vara.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef0162fbe9a75b970d 2011-10-25T21:25:21+02:00 2011-10-25T21:25:21+02:00

Les petits bouteilles enveloppées de papier, remplies de liquides à l'arôme si intense que quelques gouttes suffisent pour la plupart des cocktails, sont pour un barman l'équivalent d'un fer à repasser qui transforment un haillon froissé en chemise sans un pli...

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/10/le-charme-discret-du-cocktail.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef0153920b247e970b 2011-10-03T21:49:14+02:00 2011-10-03T22:40:02+02:00

By Joe Ray New York City It begins with a discussion about trick journalism. It ends with a self-imposed dare to eat eight meals in two days, cooked by some of the world’s best chefs. I don’t even need to...

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/10/by-joe-raynew-york-city-it-begins-with-a-discussion-about-trick-journalism-it-ends-with-a-self-imposed-dare-to-eat-eight.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef014e8b68de15970d 2011-09-09T18:13:07+02:00 2011-09-09T18:13:07+02:00

Getting the lowdown from one of Maine's great guides.

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/09/nangle.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef014e8b63bc83970d 2011-09-08T23:30:50+02:00 2011-09-08T23:32:02+02:00

In Queens, a restaurant disappears while scandal swirls. All we can do is hope it reappears...

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/09/ghost-restaurant.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef015390a4f6b7970b 2011-08-12T22:32:23+02:00 2011-08-12T22:32:23+02:00

Taking the guidebook writer to the test in Manhattan's Chinatown.

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/08/chinatown_chow_down.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef01539080081f970b 2011-08-07T17:33:28+02:00 2011-08-07T17:33:28+02:00

As ubiquitous and popular a Chicago institution as pizza and Vienna hot dogs, Italian beef needs a guide. I’ve got family.

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/08/chicago_italian_beef.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c75a253ef0154335f2a9e970c 2011-06-30T17:05:11+02:00 2011-06-30T17:05:11+02:00

Aerospace whiz kid Daniel Preston decides to distill the dark stuff – with sublime results.

Joe Ray http://francoissimon.typepad.fr/english/2011/06/chocolate-distilled-to-a-science-in-red-hook.html