Paris (France)

A Realer than Real Time Capsule of Post-War Paris in Le Joli Mai

Parigot's Delivery Cassoulet Reviewed

In this series, Seamless Warrior John Luong reviews meals ordered from the Internet. This Sunday, in what has become an annual tradition, I trekked to the Bastille Day on Smith Street affair hosted by Bar Tabac. Because my expectations were sufficiently grounded, I found it compelling to walk along ... More >>

Le Midi: Revenge of the Bistro

Onion Soup -- On the subject of this classic soup associated with Paris -- featuring a cheese-soaked crouton floating on top of a sweet dark broth -- Patricia Wells quotes R.J. Cortine in her classic book Bistro Cooking: "The onion is the truffle of the poor." Starting over a decade ago, the Fren ... More >>

2 Days in New York: Julie Delpy Brings the Paris Gang to the City

New York vacation

Julie Delpy Rocks New York

Always more than an ingenue, she's taking on everything that's wrong with movies—and she's bringing Chris Rock

PARIS BLUES

Rosecrans Baldwin tells of his 
not-so-charming expat life

HERE'S TO HEMINGWAY

Elevator Repair Service toast the author and then some

Goat Town's Nick Morgenstern, Part II: Fast Cars, Chocoholism, and French Frozen Foods

Nick Morgenstern​Yesterday, we talked with Nick Morgenstern about his new restaurant, Goat Town. Today, he lets us in on his Christmas plans and New Year's resolutions, which may or may not involve another launch for 2011. Goat Town has it's own garden, we hear. How's it looking? We're worki ... More >>

Diddy Is A Legend In Both Ibiza and the Franklin Avenue 4 Train Station

Diddy: dirty money plus ice cream.​Rejoice New York, Diddy's long, long, long-awaited Last Train To Paris is finally out today, after three years in the making and some of the most pleasurable pre-album explicating known to man. The record, see, is about the woman of his dreams, except after a ... More >>

Dorie Greenspan Explains Why American Dinner Parties Are No Fun: Interview Part 2

Alan RichardsonInvite Dorie Greenspan to your house for dinner.​ Yesterday we talked with baking and cooking guru Dorie Greenspan about her new book, Around My French Table. Today she divulges her holiday baking traditions and whether New Yorkers will see the return of CookieBar.

Long Does Not Equal Epic in Algerian War Drama Outside the Law

ERS Mounts the U.S. Premiere of The Sun Also Rises (The Select). Plus, the Latest From Pig Iron

Philly Live Arts hosts two alt-theater faves

Dear Rest-of-America: New York's Cabbies Are Not The Rudest, You Are Just All Ignorant Pussies

​DNA News posted today on a recent Hotels.com survey calling New York City's taxis the second-best in the world next to London's Black Cabs. They also called the drivers of New York's taxis "America's Rudest," with Paris coming in second place. To which New York City's Taxi and Limousine Commi ... More >>

Freedom Fighters for France in WWII Epic Army of Crime

Chipotle Expands Into Europe; Jet Dustin Keller Names Katz's City's Best Dog

​The Indian yogi who claims to have not eaten a thing in 70 years baffled scientists who studied him for 15 days. The hope was that information gleaned could help soldiers survive without food and drink or save people trapped in natural disasters. [FOXNews] Chipotle Mexican Grill has opened i ... More >>

John Travolta's Cowboy Diplomacy in From Paris With Love

Yippee ki yay, fils de pute

Chatting with Mrs. Claus About Eating Rudolph, the Tyranny of Pies & Feeding the Big Guy

​If you think feeding your family at Christmastime is tough, imagine what poor Mrs. Claus has to go through. St. Nick's spouse opens up about what The Jolly One likes to eat, why elves are bad cooks, and the dining scene at the North Pole. Pardon me for saying it, but you look a lot younger t ... More >>

Crazy Expensive Oriol Balaguer Chocolates From Barcelona Make U.S. Debut

Pretty is as pretty costs​Midtown's Borne Confections (Matt Damon racing through the streets of Paris pursued by a chocolate truffle?) has just received its first shipment of Oriol Balaguer chocolates, representing the U.S. debut of the Barcelona-based chocolatier, who spent seven years at el ... More >>

The Early Word: Le P'tit Paris in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn

Trout meuniere​ Le P'tit Paris, a new French bistro a few blocks from Brooklyn's Prospect Park, is resolutely unfashionable. The menu is full of stodgy but beloved classics like escargots with maitre d'hotel butter, onion soup, steak tartare, and coq au vin. At lunch today, several diners were ... More >>

Paris Feels Like an Obligatory Visit

Bum's Rush: City Sends Homeless to Paris, Florida, Etc. to Save Money

​Remember when the city was shipping homeless men to the Catskills -- and the homeless indignantly returned and demanded shelter in Manhattan, which they found more exciting and convenient to drugs and crime victims? We sure have come a long way since then. Now we're sending homeless people to ... More >>

Paris Is Yearning

From porn stars to little Jesus—the fantastical work of French art duo Pierre and Gilles

After Sunrise

The long walk over, Julie Delpy explores what comes next (i.e., the hard part)

Matters of Life, Death, and Art

From shivah to Shoah, the 16th annual Jewish film fest doesn't shy away from the big questions

'Russian Dolls'

Paris Kids Win!

But as David Ng wrote last week, more protests are just a matter of time

Letters

La Vie de Paris

I had friends here; the dollar was high. They have better sex clubs. Though at my age, it's a little . . .

France: Still Revolting

Class, race, power, geography: Why Paris and its suburbs just keep burning

CNN Got It Wrong

The Paris riots weren't that bad—and the French government handled it well

Dreamy Poirets, the Nazi Chanel, and Other Tales of Paris

The French Are Coming

Keren Ann and Nouvelle Vague open up New York ears to the chanteuse nation

The Real Thing

A slew of shows turn Paris into a study center in the varieties of photographic realism

Gut Feelings

Paris got purified in 1971. Will New York regret moving its smelly old markets?

Crawling toward Wall Street: Dehumanization in several guises

Film

Ashes and Diamonds

'Blithe Spirit—The Windsor Set' at the Met

The Current Cinema

Lifestyles of the Rhythm

Dance Music Accesses an Unseparatist Pop Sensibility

Toy Stories

International Urchin

Destiny’s Child

Look Back in Anger

Froggy’s Got a Squeezebox

Another Country

French Toast

The Pursuit of Paris

All About Eve

School of Paris

A Brief History of Outrage

The 51 (or So) Greatest Avant-Garde Moments