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Chef's Corner

Poulet Chasseur
This classic recipe suits any occasion.

Best Addresses

Paris: Light and Bright
More than any other, the 8th arrondissement is home to a never-ending succession of flash-in-the-pan fashion tables where the decor and crowd count for more than the cuisine.

Editor's Picks

Oxygen Bar
Bleu Comme Bleu, a trendy beauty institute and day spa near the Arc de Triomphe, has opened the first “oxybar”, or oxygen bar, in Paris.

Features

Coming Up Roses
“My garden is always en mouvement,” says Odile Masquelier of the magnificent rose garden at La Bonne Maison, her home on a hill overlooking Lyon and the Saône River. It takes only a first glance at her magical landscape to see what she means.

Politics

Direction: Europe
Europe is next in Nicolas Sarkozy’s arena of ambitions—not like Napoleon, with whom he is often compared, but in the noble concept of the European Union. Beginning in July France will take its six-month turn filling the presidency of the 27-member Union, which is not really about being president but simply first among equals.

Rencontre

Galloping Gardener
French landscape designer Louis Benech’s enthusiasm for gardens, for making them and talking about them, is boundless. Example: this horticultural magician, in demand all over the world, whiled away a recent Parisian afternoon lecturing to a small group of dedicated garden buffs from an association called Vivaces & Cie—Hardy Perennials & Co.

Amuse Bouche

Say It With Flowers
Comme c’est bizarre,” says Colombine, “every year for la fête des mères (Mother’s Day; in France it’s the last Sunday in May) mabelle-mère (my mother-in law) gives me a cactus!”

Boutique Beat

Pour Mémoire
We’ll always have Paris—or at least the cuddly stuffed Eiffel Tower and the tacky T-shirt! If you’re looking for the perfect gift or souvenir, forget the kitsch and start your quest in the upper echelons of style.

Editor's Picks

Next Generation Supertrain
A little more than a quarter of a century after the launch of France’s first TGV high speed train in 1981, the engineering conglomerate Alstom has unveiled a prototype of the next generation of top-speed train, to be called the AGV—for Automotrice à Grande Vitesse...

Culture

Provençal Lexicon
A brief glimpse of the language and legends of Provence.

Features

Contemporary Architecture: The Good, the Bad and the Really Monstrous
When it comes to contemporary architecture, is Paris doomed? After all, this is the city that erected the Tour Montparnasse, one of Europe's most monstrous structures, and the Opéra Bastille, a beached whale of a building so badly constructed that it required a hairnet to prevent pieces of the facade from falling onto passersby.

Calendar

Camille Claudel
A special retrospective of Rodin’s pupil and muse, bringing together almost all of her known works.

Top 5 Film Picks

The Good, the Bad and the Burbs
Paris isn't the only movie star in the capital constellation. Here's a cinematic stroll through its diverse suburbs.

Book Review

Book review: La France Profonde—Past and Present
Much of what is known about life in France during the 19th century was passed down by the era's celebrated writers: Balzac, Zola, Maupassant and others.

 

 

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