Paris is everything they say it is—and none of it. It’s not just Michelin stars and snails. It’s rotisserie chicken on a Sunday. It’s arguing about baguettes. It’s smoky zinc bars, aproned waiters, buttery pastry, and wine before noon. And it’s mine. I live here, eat here, cook here—and this guide is your invite behind the curtain.
This tag brings together the best of our Paris content—restaurant picks, wine haunts, food tours, market tips, eating habits, and a little bit of righteous attitude. Because if you’re going to do Paris properly, you’ve got to eat like you belong.
I don’t write about Paris because I live here. I live here so I can write about Paris—with a mouth full of cheese and a glass that never stays empty.
You can’t understand this city unless you’ve eaten in it—badly, brilliantly, and with your fingers at 2am. Paris feeds you stories as much as it feeds you food.
The best meals in Paris don’t always come with tablecloths. Sometimes they come in grease-stained paper, devoured on the banks of the Seine. Don’t miss those.
Paris doesn’t romanticise bread. It weaponises it. The Paris Bread Festival celebrates that tradition, the fete du pain is all about the bread and the bakers that work hard every day to make sure french bread continues to be the best in the world. Every day across the city, millions of baguettes are carried home … Read more
My Parisian wife taught me many things about eating in France, but the most dangerous lesson was this: never trust a restaurant just because it looks beautiful. The best meals rarely happen where the tables are perfect and the waiters are young. They happen in places with fogged-up windows, laminated menus, handwritten specials, tired regulars, … Read more
Looking for an authentic food tour in Paris? Let’s start with something slightly uncomfortable. The French don’t really go on food tours. Not like tourists do. They don’t usually spend €90 to shuffle around Paris eating polite triangles of cheese while someone explains that baguettes are, in fact, bread. They don’t need a stranger with … Read more
A friend recently asked me: what’s the perfect Parisian picnic? This is the answer—what to buy, where to shop, and how to eat like a local without looking like a tourist. 🥖 What Is a French Picnic in Paris? (And Why It’s So Special) There’s nothing more honest in this city than a Paris picnic. … Read more
Let’s get one thing out of the way. Paris doesn’t need a food tour. In fact – most of them will waste one of your meals. You can land here, wander into a boulangerie, order a croissant, and technically—you’ve “experienced French food.” But that’s like saying you understand wine because you drank something red on … Read more
Looking for the best places to eat in Boulogne-Billancourt? This guide written by a local chef who has lived here for more than 8 years, covers the top local restaurants, bakeries, cafés, markets and hidden foodie spots where locals actually eat, drink and shop. A Food Lover’s Guide to Boulogne-Billancourt More than eight years ago, … Read more
Looking for where to stay in Paris that actually tastes like Paris? As a chef living and working in this part of west Paris, I can tell you this—Boulogne-Billancourt is where Paris actually eats. This guide shows why Boulogne-Billancourt is the smartest base for an authentic, family-friendly trip—just 20 to 40 minutes from the centre … Read more
A cheeky local chef’s view on discovering secret spots and hidden gems in paris. A Food Tour with a Local Chef Who’s Done Pretending Everyone comes to Paris looking for hidden gems. Let me ruin that for you—there aren’t any Or at least, not in the way you’ve been sold by the Parisian Tiktokkers. There … Read more
Written on 6 May 2025, after a morning immersed in flour, butter, and pure Parisian bread bliss. It seems an improbable place to hold a food festival—the Parvis of Notre-Dame, surrounded by selfie sticks and blaring sirens, the endless churn of traffic and the thunder of bells rolling across the square. But maybe that’s the … Read more
It’s Top Chef season in France, and my daughter—tiny Parisian royalty that she is—requested a pilgrimage to the temple of televised gastronomy: Bistro des Chefs. Tucked into a hulking roadside structure in Pantin and co-owned (at least in name) by Stéphane Rotenberg, the show’s silver-tongued presenter, this place isn’t just a bistro—it’s a brand. Backed … Read more