Instead of chocolate hearts… 400-odd pages of food, wine, shops (including chocolate shops), food-wine pairings, history, culture… This ad just came out in the New…
The snow is falling in Paris. Photographers are happy: even the horizontal pollution on the sidewalks, generated by the city’s half-million pooches, looks picturesque. The…
Near this 500-year-old chestnut tree in Burgundy’s Morvan parkland was a set of beehives. The chestnut honey produced by those bees is probably what we…
Back on line after months in Rome or traveling, with no access to the Internet… Here’s a link to Amazon, where FOOD WINE BURGUNDY, the…
Supplemental list of our recommended book buys for Christmas giving: Because my Internet connection pooped out while I was compiling our suggested shopping list, I…
Books for Christmas, New Year’s, anytime A few of our favorite books this year, in random order: Real Food and Wine, in Rome: Food Wine…
I was startled to discover that someone–a book reviewer named Peter de Niverville–had created a multimedia review of Paris City of Night, my thriller. It’s…
Paris City of Night stares out at passersby from the windows of The Red Wheelbarrow bookstore (on rue Saint-Paul, in the Marais, www.theredwheelbarrow.com), and beckons…
Elaine and Bill Petrocelli of Book Passage bookstores in San Francisco’s Ferry Building and at 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. in Corte Madera are inspirational characters,…
More than you ever wanted to know about David Downie’s writing habits… http://blogcritics.org/books/article/interview-david-downie-author-of-paris/ Here’s the article in its entirety: Author David Downie is a native…
My secrets have been revealed! Bill Ward, the great travel and food writer of the Star Tribune, interviewed me the other day. The piece was…
Travel & Leisure September 2009 Where can you find the tastiest gelato in Rome? How about the best sake in Tokyo? The Terroir Guides (The…