Posts Tagged ‘Alain Ducasse’

Le 39V

by Barbra AustinBarbra Austin

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Le 39V opened last fall, one of a handful of higher-end places to appear, a welcome flash of bling in this age of austerity.

There is no old world charm in this Paris restaurant. This is a slick and sleek address, black and chrome, perched on the roof of the Sony building, just off the Champs Elysées....

Luxury Hotels in Paris: Inside the Plaza Athénée

by Milla MsaMilla Msa

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Where better to spend the afternoon than at the fabulous Hôtel Plaza Athénée, where I was lucky enough to be given a tour of the public areas as well as the wine cellar, kitchens and chic accommodations thanks to Travel Onion. Let's put it this way: this Paris hotel is not too shabby! Julie Hong from Sales and Aude Bourgouin from Press Relations hosted our little tour party and introduced us to the directrice of the hotel, Laurence Bloch, who was just so nice and...

Dining in Paris: The Best of 2010

by Doni BelauDoni Belau

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As we contemplate the last crumbs of this year's holiday feasts, we can't help but think of our favorite meals from 2010—from Iñaki Aizpitarte's inspired Basque creations at Le Chateaubriand to the menagerie of flavors at Daniel Rose's (finally!) reopened Spring....

The Eiffel Tower: Friend or Foe?

by Cynthia RoseCynthia Rose

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Before last Christmas, the Paris auction house Drouot celebrated with a sale it dubbed “Paris, Mon Amour.” The centerpiece was 251/2 feet of the Eiffel Tower’s staircase. This was no random stretch of iron, but part of a spiral staircase once used by Gustave Eiffel to reach his private office. Expected to fetch around $80,000,...

Aux Lyonnais

by Barbra AustinBarbra Austin

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Lyon is an easy trip from Paris: the TGV will get you there in about two hours. But for a taste of Lyon without leaving town, there’s Aux Lyonnais. Open since 1890, the restaurant is now part of Alain Ducasse’s Esprit Bistrot group. The room is gorgeous, a warm belle epoque space, with ornate molding and mirrors, filled with the kind of bright, buttery light that seems to exist only in Paris. The pink-and-white-checked tablecloths, though, remind you that the inspiration here comes from the famous bouchons of...

Market Maker: Alain Ducasse

by Sylvia SabesSylvia Sabes

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Recently I met Casanova. We were in the courtyard of the historic and opulent and very luxurious Plaza Athenée hotel, surrounded by beds of edible flowers, walls of lettuce, a seductive sparkling rosé wine, oysters, truffle butter, wild strawberries and very large morsels of raw meat. I was there for three-star chef Alain Ducasse and his annual farmer's market. Casanova was at Ducasse's market to seduce the public with his selection of intoxicating olive...