Posts Tagged ‘crêpes’

Little Breizh

by Barbra AustinBarbra Austin

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The other Paris restaurants on this street are all tourist traps, with waiters standing out front to try and lure you in. Ignore them and keep walking until you smell bacon and butter. That’s when you know you’ve arrived at the crêperie Little Breizh.

A young couple runs the place. There is Breton bric-a-brac everywhere...

La Compagnie de Bretagne

by Barbra AustinBarbra Austin

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There’s been a spate of summer Paris restaurant openings this year, including this swanky new crêperie, featuring pedigreed organic products from Brittany...

Month of the Crêpe

by Cynthia RoseCynthia Rose

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In France, February 2 is La Chandeleur, a pre-Lenten fête that's all about crêpes. In Paris, La Chandeleur has gone the way of the galette des rois. In other words, just as the galette des rois is "officially" eaten 12 days after Christmas (but actually enjoyed all the way into February), La Chandeleur means this whole month is devoted to...

Paris Lunch on the Cheap

by Lili SnyderLili Snyder

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Paris may be the most expensive city in the world, but that doesn’t mean you have to spend a lot of money to dine well. Some of the best lunches are eaten in one of the city’s 426 parks and gardens or next to the Seine, after having been purchased at a nearby boulangerie, creperie...

Raspail Organic Market

by Sylvia SabesSylvia Sabes

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It is a cold, rainy Sunday morning, but I don't mind. I never mind a cold Sunday morning in Paris, because the treats and the vendors at my local organic market are full of warmth. As I head out the door, I can almost smell the potato pancakes sizzling on the griddle chez Les Gustalins. It is always my first stop, mostly because it is the first stand on the right as I approach boulevard Raspail from rue du Cherche Midi in the 6th...

Breizh Café

by Barbra AustinBarbra Austin

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Every time I visit this place and bite into one of their savory buckwheat galettes, nutty and crisp on the edges, I kick myself for not eating there more often. “Breizh” means “Brittany” in the Breton language (and it is a language, not a dialect of French), and the menu here is a culinary treasure chest of the region. Oysters from the coast, charcuterie from the land, cider from the apple trees and, of course,...

West Country Girl

by Meg ZimbeckMeg Zimbeck

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I’ll admit it: the humble crêperie is one of my favorite places in Paris. The food is affordable—usually less than 15 euros for two courses—and the eating is easy. Nothing goes down better after a night of heavy wine “tasting” than a ham-egg-cheese...