This year would mark the first time in nineteen years that I did not make Thanksgiving dinner. We opted instead to visit my parents in upstate New York and rented a place not too far from them on Skaneateles Lake to house ourselves and some additional family. If you are not familiar with Skaneateles you are…
Restaurants
Paris: Pizza Chic
So you have literally the best meal you have ever had – BEST MEAL EVER! – and you return to Paris. How does one follow this meal? We had no plans for the evening. Fasting was an option (not sure if skipping dinner is actually a fast if you’ve eaten the way we did at lunch but…
Boston: L’Espalier
L’Espalier is quite simply our favorite restaurant in Boston. Not long after returning from a week of eating some extraordinary food while traveling abroad, we decided to put L’Espalier to the test yet again. Once again, it did not disappoint. The restaurant is located in the Back Bay mere steps from the finish of the…
Champagne: Le Parc at Les Crayères
Here we go — BEST MEAL EVER. After a wonderful tour and tasting at Ruinart (Part One) we made the short walk to Les Crayères where the restaurant Le Parc is located. Le Parc is a two star Michelin restaurant headed up by Chef Philippe Mille who has worked with the likes of Yannick Alléno and Frédéric Anton….
Champagne: Ruinart
Day six. What can I say about day six except that it was just perfect.* We did a day trip to Champagne and what an experience it was!! We caught the TGV at the Gare de l’Est station and had round trip tickets to Reims. We were supposed to change trains at the Champagne-Ardenne station…