Posts about French food on The Joy of Food blog.
San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — If there is a part of San Diego that I only drive into on pain of death, it would be Bird Rock, a sleepy little seaside neighborhood sandwiched between the tony shops of downtown La Jolla and the laid-back hippie vibes of […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — The heated patio at Kingfisher can be an interesting place to enjoy your $200 dinner, a patch of sidewalk that’s just a hop, skip, and a jump from the #2 bus stop in a quirky part of town. At best people will […]
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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Across the street from trendy ramen joint Underbelly and next door to a degenerate day-drinking bar sits the Smoking Goat, possibly San Diego’s very best French restaurant, and certainly my favorite of the bunch. Of course, when you say “French restaurant” in […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The older I get, the more I lean toward dark chocolate, and melted bitter dark chocolate can be something like poetry in a cup. At Thierry, an order of ‘liquid chocolate’ is decadent and indulgent, swirled with ribbons of hazelnut, caramel, or coconut […]
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Las Vegas, NV (The Joy of Food) — Anyone recalling the old Spago in Caesar’s Palace will remember kitsch at its finest: a blue painted sky, a glistening fake pebbled floor, and a metal barrier on the ‘outdoor’ patio separating you from the passersby like a zoo enclosure. This location […]
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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Everything at Le Doux Ciel is an explosion of pink: it’s in the seat cushions, in the lamps, and in the giant spherical things that hang from the ceiling. If you’ve ever wondered what the inside of Barbie’s Dollhouse looks like, this is […]
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Zurich, Switzerland (The Joy of Food) — I can’t think of a better place to venture into a pot of boiling cheese for dinner than at Le Dézaley, Zurich’s fondue mecca right in the heart of the city. If you have ever spent time around a fondue pot, this will […]
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Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — A visit to Au Kouign-Amann in Montreal is a pilgrimage, a chance to visit a patisserie making a classic version of the famed kouign-amann. Fads like the Cronut come and go, but French pastry is forever. For the uninitiated, the kouign-amann is a […]
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Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Montreal may be home to one of the richest, most decadent food scenes in the world, one where things like cheese curds, duck fat, and red wine flow through veins, where sophistication and rustic commingle on the same plate, and where gluttony is […]
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