What we ate: Paris, June 2024

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Gluten free treats from Copains

This week’s newsletter is not a recipe, but it is a story about eating well…in Paris.

I don’t believe that a consummate guide to a city exists because we all experience a city in our own way. How we consume a city is dependent upon budget, interests, personal histories, and who we are traveling with. Travel is personal.

What I share today is not a guide but simply ‘what I ate while I was in Paris’. Some spots are well known, others are just neighborhood places which we stumbled upon. It’s a melting pot of flavours and experiences, which encapsulates what I love most about big cities.

Having said this, I will add that there are some city guides that are definitely helpful. On our final day in Paris, I received an email from Meg Zimbeck who writes the newsletter

Paris by Mouth - Where to Eat in Paris

. I had met Meg a few years ago in New York with our mutual friend Dorie Greenspan, and I suddenly realized that I had been reading Paris by Mouth without realizing that it was the same Meg that I had met years earlier. Meg reached out and offered my daughter and I to join her on one of her Paris food tours. Sadly we didn’t have any days left to do this, but if you are going to Paris, you should definitely consider it, or at the least, read and subscribe to

Paris by Mouth - Where to Eat in Paris

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We had a lot of fun hanging around the Bir Hakeim Bridge. Excellent views of Eiffel Tower and taking the train across the bridge also offered fun views. This is also the bridge in the movie INCEPTION.~

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Paris has always had a reputation for being meat-heavy, and while this is often still the case, there is definitely lots more veg options available than there used to be. Food is lighter and fresher than it once was. Traveling as a vegetarian always requires a higher level of research. We can’t just walk into any restaurant and often, the popular places won’t have dishes we can eat. I’m not super fussy, so as long as a restaurant has a couple of starters and a veg main, I’m good with it.

I hope you enjoy this little journey culinary travelogue of our week in Paris.