On the rue de Charonne, in the backstreets of Paris' 11th district, just north of the Gare de Lyon, is a cluster of four extraordinary places to eat and drink: Séptime, Clamato, Tapisserie and Séptime...
If I could live anywhere in Paris, I would chose an apartment overlooking the Maurice Gardette Square – the largest patch of green in the 11th arrondissement, shaded by mature trees, and with green...
I feel at home on the streets of Marseille. Maybe because I'm an exile (by choice). "Marseille is, and always has been, the port of exiles .… whoever disembarks in the port is inevitably...
I discovered Belleville when I stayed at Babel Hotel Belleville, which has become one of my favourite hotels in Paris. Belleville is a vibrant district, home to successive waves of immigration from cultures around...
It was three summers ago that I was sitting one evening around a table in Koko Doko in Reims, the champagne capital of France, with Clos Driver Wine Tours, grower champagne producer Emmanuel...
Flash people; flash boats. That was my perception of Antibes on the Côte d'Azur. One-time resident F Scott Fitzgerald of Great Gatsby fame said the French Riviera - as the Côte d'Azur is known in...
Pommard in Burgundy has everything I desire from a village: a bakery, a café, a natural wine bar serving good food, peace & calm, and historic stone buildings. It's also home to two domaines renowned...
I'm a descendent of the Dukes of Burgundy according to my aunt, née Cynthia Power. True or not true, I'm happy with this tale. Burgundy has a majestic style unique to the region. Domaine Chandon...
When I think of Chablis, I think of a nicely chilled white wine with a mineral taste reminiscent of seashells and notes of citrus and green apple: an ideal wine for a lazy-Sunday summer picnic...