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• Parisian Walkways: Rue Saint Jacques – France Today, June/July 2022

Jeffrey T Iverson visits the oldest street in Paris, whose multi-layered history dates back to the Romans, and discovers a new generation who are taking inspiration from the past

• Parisian Walkways: Rue des Vinaigriers – France Today, April/May 2022

This once-neglected neighbourhood is now a hip quartier, peopled by artisans from such diverse worlds as Japanese flower arranging to leatherwork to piñatas, as Jeffrey T Iverson discovers

• Parisian Walkways: Rue de Richelieu – France Today, February/March 2022

It all began with Cardinal Richelieu, was hijacked by Molière and is now part of Little Tokyo. Jeffrey T Iverson finds out why Rue de Richelieu is beloved of people the world over…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue du Faubourg Montmartre  – France Today, December 2021/January 2022

From Belle époque beauties to bonbons, Jeffrey T Iverson finds Rue du Faubourg- Montmartre hits the sweet spot with its heady mix of history and gastronomy

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Oberkampf – France Today, February/March 2021

Considered a case study for gentrification, this gourmet street in Paris’s 11th arrondissement is putting customers at the top of the menu. Jeffrey T Iverson samples the atmosphere…

• A Bolt of Blue – Centurion, Winter 2020

From the waters of the Western Australian coast onto white-cloth tabletops across the globe, blue caviar may be the most intriguing – and eye-catching – seafood discovery in a decade.

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Paul Bert – France Today, October/November 2020

From the epicentre of the Revolution to a centre for epicurean revolution, this lively Parisian street has just one thing on the menu: quality. Jeffrey T Iverson stops by for a taste…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue du Bac – France Today, February/March 2020

Towards the top of this famous 7th arrondissement street, near its metro station, a new culinary corner has been forming. Jeffrey T Iverson heads for what they are calling Beaupassage…

• YEAST: Micro-cosmos – Denizens of the Must – Oeil de Palmer Magazine, January 2020

Without them we would have no coffee, no chocolate, our bread would be unleavened, our cheeses would be flavourless, and ours would be a world without beer or wine. And after thousands of years of coexistence, we are still trying to unveil the secrets of these single-cell organisms that sublimate our food and drink. A voyage into the world of fermentation, in the laboratory of Château Palmer, and the realms of masters of bread, beer and cheese…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Saint-Blaise, A Village in Eastern Paris – France Today, December 2019/January 2020

Just half an hour from the heart of touristic Paris you can be in a historic neighbourhood that still maintains its village feel. Jeffrey T Iverson gets on a bus to Charonne…

• Parisian Walkways: Village Jourdain in Belleville – France Today, October/ November 2019

This small community in the 19th and 20th arrondissements remains a little different from the rest of Paris. Jeffrey T Iverson meets a new generation of artisans and entrepreneurs…

• Parisian Walkways: rue Sainte-Anne – France Today, February/March 2019

Just west of the Palais Royal, stretching northwards from the 1st arrondissement into the 2nd, Jeffrey T Iverson discovers a street where globalisation has a positively benign face…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Sainte-Marthe – France Today, October/November 2018

Along the main thoroughfare of a 19th-century working-class development Jeffrey T Iverson discovers a quiet corner of the 10th that is attracting a new breed of entrepreneur…

• Cracking the Oyster – Centurion Magazine, Autumn 2018

Over the course of three generations, the Tarbouriech family has discovered the secret to cultivating world-class molluscs in a sleepy Mediterranean bay.

• Parisian Walkways: Cour du Commerce-Saint-André – France Today, August/September 2018

This oasis of calm off the boulevard Saint-Germain hasn’t always been so refined and urbane. Jeffrey T Iverson discovers the dark past of a truly historic Parisian passageway…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue du Nil – France Today Magazine, June 2018

Once the gateway to Paris’s most notorious slum, then part of its textile industry, today it is a forward-thinking foodie heaven. Jeffrey T Iverson visits rue du Nil…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Poncelet – France Today Magazine, December 2017

Hidden away in western Paris, rue Poncelet is home to one of the capital’s finest open-air markets. Jeffrey T Iverson met its merchants and sampled its delights

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Vieille du Temple – France Today Magazine, June 2017

The rue Vieille du Temple is an ancient street in the Marais. Jeffrey T Iverson meets some of the local business owners intent on preserving its unique atmosphere.

• Monticello, a Garden Upon a Hill – L’Oeil de Palmer Magazine, 2017

Father of the Declaration of Independence and enlightened President, Thomas Jefferson was also a formidable gardener. He collected seeds and plants from across the Earth, cultivated a vineyard, and made of his garden a veritable laboratory of the future.

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Cler – France Today Magazine, February 2017

Of all the street markets in Paris, perhaps none has exercised such a fascination over the international press corps as Rue Cler, writes Jeffrey T Iverson

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Montorgueil – France Today Magazine, August 2016

Famed especially for its pâtisserie, the Rue Montorgueil is a magnet for food lovers. Jeffrey T Iverson uncovers its long and proud gastronomic history

• A Taste Trek in Burgundy – France Today Magazine, June 2016

If there is one way to really understand this wine-making region, it is on two wheels and two feet, writes Jeffrey T Iverson

• Parisian Walkways: Rue de Lévis – France Today Magazine, December 2015

Between chic Parc Monceau & ‘bobo’ Batignolles lies a tenaciously independent market street…

• Parisian Walkways: South of Pigalle – France Today Magazine, October 2015

The 19^th-century area known as Nouvelle Athènes is enjoying a cultural, culinary & artistic renaissance…

• Parisian Walkways: Rue Daguerre – France Today Magazine, August 2015

A lively market street where l’art de vivre is a way of life, and the delicacies for sale feed both mind and body…

• King of Crabs – Centurion Magazine, Spring 2015

Its tangled fate has involved the pacific, the Atlantic, the Norwegian Artic and mercurial Soviets. Jeffrey T Iverson unravels the improbable tale of the most regal of all crustaceans.

• Flanders Flare – Centurion Magazine, Spring 2015

An understated and once unfancied corner of Old Europe has quietly morphed into the Continent’s next culinary hotspot.

• Parisian Walkways: Île Saint Louis – France Today, April/May 2015

An “island at the heart of the city,” boasting a seductive mix of history, culture, cuisine and tranquillity… welcome to Île Saint Louis.

• Parisian Walkways: Le Marché d’Aligre – France Today, February/March 2015

The Mairie may officially call it Le Marché Beauvau, but this neighbourhood has kept its own historic identity.

• Quartier Collaborative – Centurion Magazine, Winter 2014

Attracted by a gastronomically inspired entrepreneur, an ensemble of leading designers and top restauranteurs is coming together to reshape Paris’s northern Marais, as Jeffrey T Iverson discovered

• Parisian Walkways: Canal Saint Martin – France Today, June 2014

A walk through an historic quartier that’s become one of the hippest neighborhoods in Paris yet somehow retained an authenticity and ambiance entirely its own

• It Had to be Blue – Centurion Magazine, Spring 2014

In late 2012, France’s Rougié, the internationally acclaimed foie gras producer, got into an equally upmarket, though surprisingly unrelated business – lobster. And not just any…

• Parisian Walkways: Passage des Panoramas – France Today, January 2014.

A gastronomic revolution in this pioneering arcade, dating to 1799, has once again made it an avant-garde destination

• At the Top of France – Centurion Magazine, Winter 2013

At his remote restaurant in the French hinterlands, chef Alexandre Gauthier is at the forefront of Gallic cuisine

• Les Cinq de Curnonsky – Centurion Magazine, Winter 2013

Oenophiles dreamed of it, and now the historic Paris restaurant Taillevent has created it: a meal celebrating five of the world’s greatest white wines—the “cinq de Curnonsky”, as selected by France’s most famous Belle Epoque gastronome.

• The Blue Prawn – Centurion Magazine, Autumn 2013

Thanks to responsible farming and ambitious maketing, the Obsiblue prawn has reached the kitchens of top restaurants across the globe

• Belleville rendezvous – Departures Magazine, Autumn 2013

The new heart of creative gastronomy in Paris, this boho-chic quartier boasts a true community of chefs. Jeffrey T Iverson paid them a visit

• Pic of the Pac – Centurion Magazine, Autumn 2013

When Anne-Sophie Pic opens a new restaurant, the culinary world takes notice…

• The Truffle of the Sea – Centurion Magazine, Summer 2013

A victim of overfishing, the abalone is appearing once again on menus across the globe. Jeffrey T Iverson meets the man who saved the most cherished shellfish in the world

• Sailing Season and More: What to See, Eat and Do in Marseille – TIME Magazine, June 13, 2013

Here are a few reasons to visit an ancient city in the throes of transformation.

• Great Breton – Only Magazine, Spring 2013

For Olivier Bellin, the dream wasn’t about the Paris elite, but to bring his region’s remarkable cuisine to the fore – and he’s done just that

• Restaurants: La Tête dans les Olives – France Today, December 2012

Meet the man who has the crème of the Paris culinary world speaking Sicilian

• Taste of Success – Only Magazine, Autumn 2012

Armen Petrossian has led the family firm through choppy waters, but despite facing black marketers and fresh new rivals, the renowned caviar producers are going strong

• A Different Planet – Only Magazine, Autumn 2012

Once he would rather have been anywhere than his hometown, but – at last – Thierry Marx is content in Paris.

• Entre Les Bras : Can a Son Ever Live Up to His Famous Chef Father? – TIME Magazine, Apr 01, 2012

A new French documentary tracks the tense relationship between Michel Bras and his son when the famed chef decides to retire and give up the reins to his restaurant

• Caps in Hand – TIME Magazine, Jan 30, 2012

The Belgian restaurant that’s putting magic back into mushrooms

 • The Mild West: The Beauty of Remotest Brittany – TIME Magazine, Dec 08, 2011

France’s westernmost islands offer tranquil escape

• The Conciliatory Chef – TIME Magazine, Oct 17, 2011

Making the world a better place, one dish at a time

 • French Chefs’ Distant Retreats – TIME Magazine, Aug 18, 2011

Some of France’s best chefs head for the sticks

• Spice of Life – TIME Magazine, Jun 20, 2011

For chef Olivier Roellinger, flavors are a metaphor of human experience

• Daniel Rose: An American in Paris – TIME Magazine, Jan 13, 2011

Daniel Rose is back in business with a new and bigger restaurant around the corner from the Louvre

• Europe’s Top Chefs Push for Sustainable Seafood – TIME Magazine, Dec 26, 2010

With commercial overfishing threatening some of the most popular seafood species, Europe’s top chefs are turning to less familiar — but equally tasty — alternatives

• Will World Heritage Status Be Good for French Food? – TIME Magazine, Nov 19, 2010

French cuisine has earned a spot on UNESCO’s “intangible” cultural-heritage list. While some fear that the recognition makes France look like a gastronomic snob, others hope it will help reignite respect for the nation’s cooking culture

• Waiter, There’s a Revolution in My Bistro – TIME Magazine, Apr 14, 2010

A new generation of globetrotting, multilingual chefs has returned home to reimagine French cuisine

• Paris Kitchens Go Local – TIME Magazine, Sep 17, 2009

A handful of Parisian chefs are rediscovering produce from the capital’s vicinity

• Griddler on the Parisian Roof – TIME Magazine, Jul 23, 2009

Sit at one of Paris’ hottest tables in a UFO-like installment and eat other-worldly food, take a tour, catch a view and take a culinary workshop

• Quel Cassoulet! France Today May 2009

A gastronomic history of the dish that epitomizes France’s cuisine de terroir

• Eat Your Greens in Paris – TIME Magazine, Apr 30, 2009

Restaurants in the City of Light have neglected vegetables for years. That’s changing — and how

• A Perfect Day in … Paris – TIME Magazine, Apr 02, 2009

Got time in the French capital? Let the locals tell you how to spend it

• Paris: Supper under the Sky – TIME Magazine, Jul 03, 2008

A new bilingual guide highlights 50 of the best outdoor dining spots in the city

• Cassoulet: Savory Taken Seriously – TIME Magazine, Dec 20, 2007

No French dish is as steeped in history, myth and religion as cassoulet

Paris: Supper under the Sky – Global Adviser – TIME Magazine, Jul 16, 2007

A new bilingual guide highlights 50 of the best outdoor dining spots in the city