Over the last year and a half, a new establishment has emerged as one of the best places to eat vegan in Paris. But you can not only eat there… you can sleep there too if you like! It’s The Gentle Gourmet, a B&B and restaurant situated in an art deco building in the 16th [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Organic’
Eat and sleep vegan at Gentle Gourmet B&B
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 16ème, B&B, Brunch, Lessons, Lodging, Organic, Picnic, Restaurant, Sunday on January 17, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Kitchen: Vegetarian Restaurant and Juice Bar
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 3ème, American, Chocolate, Juice, Organic, Raw, Restaurant, Review, Soup on June 2, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Breaking news: a new vegetarian restaurant has opened in Paris. Kitchen is from the same owner as Bob’s Juice Bar and has a lot in common. They are both easy-going veg breakfast and lunch places with interesting options for Vegans. Among cool décor and communal tables, you can enjoy the daily soup, a great green [...]
Vegan Eco tourism in Italy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Holiday, Italian, Organic on May 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over the Easter vacation I gave eco tourism a try in Italy with some friends at a vegetarian/vegan organic farm not far from Parma that I located with some internet detective work. Il Paradiso dei Gatti is a small, cute farm up a mountain overlooking the Taro valley surrounded by great hiking trails and full [...]
French Hemp: Veganize It!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 4ème, Groceries, Organic, Raw, Recipe on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those who don’t believe that vegans can possibly be getting enough protein, one easy answer is hemp, which is 33% protein. Add to that the essential fatty acids and vitamin E and you have a very important food. Hemp seeds are nice eaten by the spoonful, generously sprinkled on salads, added to smoothies or [...]
Ayurvedic Vegetarian Cooking Class
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 10ème, Cooking class, Indian, Organic on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A friend invited me to a vegetarian cooking class at her yoga school: Centre Sivananda de Yoga Vedanta. This 3-hour class (held in French) actually began with a one hour lecture on aryurvedic principles. The instructor ‘om’-ed and chanted beautifully and had a saint-like aura. I found her approach really interesting and often inspiring and [...]
Vegan Baking in Paris
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baking, Everyday life, Groceries, Organic on March 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
France is famous for its baked goods, as am I! But they do things a bit differently here than back in the USA, particularly their very precise flour classification system. Here are some key things I have learned about shopping for your baking supplies. Wheat flour is numbered based on how much of the original [...]
ChocoLatitudes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 14ème, Café, Chocolate, Organic, Raw on February 14, 2009 | 3 Comments »
There are some French food experiences that a vegan is never going to have, but there are some that we can really enjoy and one of them is drinking a delicious chocolat chaud. This week I went to a place that does a vegan hot chocolate that’s also organic and really, really good: the shop [...]
Biscru: Raw Crackers Made in France
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Groceries, Organic, Raw on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Until this week I hadn’t found any raw food products that were “Fabriqué en France”, but at the Vivez Nature expo I came across Biscru. Biscru are truly raw, organic, living crackers. Buckwheat and flaxseed based, these salty or sweet crackers are dehydrated at low temperatures (40ºC). Biscru has an environmentally friendly approach: for example, their [...]
Organic Expo: Vivez Nature Paris
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 19ème, Organic, Raw on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s organic expo time again! Starting tomorrow Feb. 6 – 9 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Parc de la Villette is the Vivez Nature Paris. Entry fee is 5€ or free with an invitation that you can print off their website. The list of exhibitors is long and I’m sure there will be some [...]
Pousse-Pousse: Raw Restaurant in Paris
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 9ème, Organic, Raw, Restaurant, Review on February 4, 2009 | 18 Comments »
After a year and a half in Paris, today I finally visited Pousse-Pousse and my bitter regret at not having gone there long ago is exceeded only by the intense joy I experienced while eating at this Raw oasis in the city. Pousse-Pousse is a small and elegant raw organic vegetarian restaurant. We arrived and [...]
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