Category: Food

Food, Quicktip

Quicktip: PB&J

I didn’t realize this was still a question that was being asked but Monoprix sells Sunpat (crunchy and smooth), which to my refined palate, tastes just like peanut butter at home (America). I don’t notice the...

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Food, Paris, Restaurants, Tech

Sunday, the Restaurant App

A lot of great things have come out of Covid. I’m sure not many will agree, and I think if I had spent Covid in a place that didn’t only have a one month lockdown...

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Food

Quick Tip: American Southern

Once a week my girlfriends and I meet for drinks and lunch/dinner. We meet around 1pm or so and then go at it until 1am. I’d like to think our version is a mature pub...

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Food, Restaurants

The Fork Festival

Picked because it’s pretty. One of this year’s Fork restaurants I’m kind of a French food hater (quelle surprise). They talk a lot of big game so I expected more. My ex used to love...

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Food, Grocery Delivery, Monoprix, Subscriptions

Monoprix, Monoprix Flix, Monoprix Plus, M’ Monoprix, Monop’, Monop’ Daily, Monoprix Mason

Honestly Monoprix is a mess. I love the store, it’s the place I shop, but they have so many websites and apps, they really need to streamline their tech/brand. It’s confusing. And weirdly enough you...

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Food, Marks and Spencer

Woe Is Me, River of Unhappiness

In my head I’m trying to go down the list of all of the M&S in Paris. When I lived at Luxembourg I shopped at the Saint Michel location. On my daily commute to Gare...

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Food, Restaurants

Au Pied de Cochon

A bit of backstory. Paris is not a 24 hour city. This can be hard for Americans to understand because we are used to everything being open 24 hours a day. There’s nothing we can’t...

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Boulangerie, Food, Gentrification, Millenial Things

Minimalist Boulangeries

Can You Even Eat It? For those of you who have lived in Paris for a few years you’ll know of “minimalist” boulangeries/patisseries around the city. There is Mori Yoshida which I learned about when I lived on...

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American, Food

Breakfast in America

I know everyone the world over has their idea of breakfast, but American breakfasts to me are superior. There’s just something about it. It’s so Norman Rockwell. It evokes these pristine images of family. Everyone...

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Food, France, Picard

The Joy of Picard

When I moved to Paris the first time (before I left to get my visa), I lived for a short time at an apartment near Monge on Lacépède. On the ground floor was a Picard. I never...

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