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Best Paris Street Foods, Besides Crêpes
Your guide to best street foods and to-go foods in Paris, besides crêpes.
Drinking French in Atlanta
Your guide to Atlanta’s best bars for French inspired cocktails, French wines by the glass, French apéritifs and café drinks.
Champagne Moments in Champagne, France
One of my go-to experiences when I’m in Paris is taking a short train ride to the Champagne region. I get up early and take the métro to the Gare de l’Est, grab a coffee and a croissant, and wait until it’s time to board the train heading to either Reims or Épernay.
Champagne & Food Pairings
Most of us have heard of food and wine pairings. But did you know that food also goes with Champagne? If you think about it, Champagne is first and foremost a wine. The difference is that while still wines are fermented only once, Champagne goes through a second fermentation process that creates the bubbles that we all know and love. So for your next culinary experiences, how about trying these Champagne (or sparkling wine) and food pairings.
Meeting my Zoom PenPal in Champagne
I first met Tatiana on Zoom while taking an online French class at the Sorbonne University in Paris. Like many other places, because of the pandemic, the department at the Sorbonne which offers French as a foreign language began offering classes virtually. This was perfect for people like me and also Tatiana who’ve always wanted to take classes at the Sorbonne, but could not attend in person…
Veuve Clicquot Champagne Event
Who doesn’t love a Champagne party?! The Summer Champagne Mixer is an annual social and fundraising event presented by the French American Chamber of Commerce (FACC) typically in the month of June. And no…you do NOT have to speak French to attend! Here you’ll find French hors d’oeuvres prepared by local artisans…
Trentodoc: Italian Sparkling Wine
For those who enjoy the more sophisticated bubbles such as Champagne (meaning from Champagne, France) you have to try Trentodoc! This is a sparkling wine from the Trentino region of northern Italy, as if you’re heading towards Austria. In fact the Dolomites mountainous region where the vineyards are located reminds me of the landscape in Innsbruck.