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Archive for November, 2008

Sunday Recipe: Mâche Salad

I’ll tell you one of the things I miss most since we moved here: kale. But on the plus side I am really getting into mâche. Let me tell you about mâche, also known as “lamb’s lettuce”: It’s been cultivated since the 17th century here in France’s Loire valley. It is in season from Mid-August through December, [...]

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Vegan Organic at FranPrix

  A lot of Vegans like to eat organic and I am one of them. There are lots of Naturalia shops around town but they are not everywhere and they are closed on Sundays and you don’t always have time to make it to the market. Fortunately, the FranPrix chain of convenience stores seems to [...]

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Le Pick-Clops

When a vegan hits a Paris café, they’re probably going to be getting a salad and frîtes. That’s why it’s always such a treat to find a café with a salad that’s a bit special, such as the mysteriously named Le Pick-Clops in the Marais.  The killer salad at Pick-Clops is L’Inca, a satisfying mix [...]

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I love the Marché Raspail

There are many excellent markets in the city, and it is often possible to find a stand specializing in organic produce, but the Raspail Organic market [Métro Rennes, Sunday, 9h to 15h] offers much more. For starters it’s all organic, and even heavily biodynamic so there is a lot to choose from. But it is [...]

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Rue des Rosiers

I live in the Marais district in the 4th arrondissement, and one of the main reasons for that is the nearby presence of Rue des Rosiers.  Rue des Rosiers gets more and more full of pricy boutiques each month but it is still the heart of the Jewish community and the best place in town [...]

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