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Au Merveilleux de Fred: A Meringue Bakery in Paris

by Rosa Jackson
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While some French food enthusiasts cherish the macaron, the piled high buttercream cupcake or the newly-enamored whoopie pie, I remain an original meringue fan. Whenever I pick up my baguette in Paris, I always add a simple gigantic meringue to my order, as every bakery keeps a few at the ready. A lot of egg

Mini-Guide: Eat Boutique Paris

by Maggie Battista
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I spent one-third of 2010 living and eating in Paris. Is there really anything to do in Paris besides eat? I suppose shopping, when I’m not eating. After now 16 weeks there, I found so many tiny food gems that lured me back on more than one occasion. While I can’t go so far as

Risotto at Le Marché des Enfants Rouges, Paris

by Maggie Battista
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Certainly, Paris is synonymous with so many food-oriented words. I can think of hundreds, like wine, bread, croissant, macaron… My favorite one is cheese. Just the mere whisper of the word in a crowded house party, and I will crawl to the appropriate corner of the room to inhale piles of the stuff. While in

Casual Eating in Paris’ Haute Marais

by Amy Thomas
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As some of you know, I started working for a little boutique travel business earlier this year called Haven in Paris. I’m so in love with our company and our mission, to help travelers have amazing trips in Paris, Provence and Tuscany by renting one of our chic properties. I’ve also started contributing to the

Paris Foods You Must Eat, Part 2

by Maggie Battista
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I miss Paris – the gorgeous gray buildings, the bridges over that little river, the cranky taxi drivers. Oh, let’s be real for a moment; I miss the food more than anything else. And since my initial post on Paris Foods You Must Eat (part 1) did so well, I thought an encore was in

Charlotte Druckman on Macarons

by Maggie Battista
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As I just left Paris and with that, my weekly dose of macarons, I begged New York Times Style Magazine columnist Charlotte Druckman to share the research she did to in order to write one of the best write-ups on macarons ever for Departures magazine. It’s so thorough, it will make your head spin; there

Paris Restaurant Facades

by Maggie Battista
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Just restaurant facades and nothing else. Enjoy all the bright colors and random medley of Paris foodie spots!

Sweet Mint Tea, Grande Mosquée de Paris

by Maggie Battista
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Have you ever had sweet mint tea in a just-blossoming garden filled with bright blue furniture and bright-eyed strangers, all of you just waiting for the minutes to tick, tock, tick, tock away? I have. And the tea was so very sweet. It was honey-hued, the consistency of a sugar syrup. With a taste like

Paris Foods You Must Eat, Part 1

by Maggie Battista
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Let’s be honest. Paris may be a foodie mecca, but all that amazing food isn’t a breeze to find. You have to research, ask the locals and scout out those hidden gems (far away from all the tourists). I did a lot of those aforementioned tasks and have produced my first “Paris Foods You Must

Paris Brunch Party

by Maggie Battista
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Paris parties are the best sort of parties. They incorporate my most favorite food groups – cheese, bread, wine and sweets – and my first Paris party was not lacking for any of these. The cheese plate looks small above, but it was immense and attacked repeatedly. The homemade gougeres were, also, quite cheesy. This

Now I Love Paris

by Maggie Battista
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[Author's note: I really aim to ensure EatBoutique.com is focused on food all of the time, but so many of you emailed me to check up on me after my Paris posts. Your notes have pulled me through and I feel obligated to share an update. I sincerely hope this post doesn't bug my foodie-focused

Chenin Blanc from Jasnières

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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We had such a delicious, fascinating wine last weekend, we thought we absolutely had to share it here. There was only one problem however: we had trouble figuring out how to describe it. We were not the only ones: a quick search showed that Chris of the excellent Full Pour wine blog felt exactly the

Les Petits Mitrons

by Maggie Battista
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I attended my first Paris party last week, and arrived with this apple and rhubarb tart from Les Petits Mitrons. (More on that Paris party in another post soon.) I was so enraptured by the crunchy crust, glazed apples and tender rhubarb that I fell in love on the spot. I carefully prepared for its

Help an American Girl in Paris

by Maggie Battista
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As a new girl, a new American girl, in Paris, I’ve been inundated with suggestions on where to go, what to eat and, in general, how to suck the most from my Paris experience.

You Love Paris

by Maggie Battista
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I love Paris. But it’s become quite evident from all the love you shower on this site that you love Paris too. I can tell from traffic patterns that you’re super passionate about eating local and independent, drinking wine from boutique vineyards, as well as learning about all the great plates the Eat Boutique blogger

Lunch at Glou in Le Marais, Paris

by Maggie Battista
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Written by Maggie Battista My first week in Paris has been hard. I don’t know the language and my French classes aren’t making me a master anytime soon. I don’t know the city at all, and the Metro system has felt nothing like the subway systems of New York or Boston, probably due to all

Chablis with Braised Chicken

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Two dear friends have begun sharing their wine knowledge and tasting experience on their new blog, Tag: Wine. They’ve graciously offered to share the wine love on Eat Boutique each week, lucky us! A boutique wine from Chablis? “C’est impossible!” you might be thinking. But, in the small town of Milly located just over 2

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