Tag Archives: Marcel Proust

The ugliest building in Paris

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Parisian Fields

In the last blog, I mentioned Gabriel Davioud, who is credited with designing some of the classic street furniture of Paris. I wanted to know more about him. That proved to be a challenge. The ordinarily helpful Gallica offered 25 … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris architecture, Paris expositions, Paris history | Tagged Aquarium du Trocadéro, Charles Blanc, Charles Percier, Charles-Marie Widor, Exposition Universelle de 1878, Gabriel Davioud, Jacques Carlu, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Jules Bourdais, Jules Simon, Marcel Proust, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon II, Palais de Chaillot, Palais du Roi de Rome, Pierre Fontaine, Trocadéro | 11 Comments

What a croque

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Parisian Fields

It all started so innocently. I was going to write a blog about a simple and unremarkable café meal, the sort of thing that warms one up on a cold December day with a glass of vin chaud, and before … Continue reading →

Posted in Paris food, Paris history | Tagged A Moveable Feast, boulevard de Capucines, Café Americain, chocolate and zucchini, Clémentine in the Kitchen, Clothide Dusoulier, Croque monsieur, Ernest Hemingway, french cookbooks, Gallica, Ginette Mathiot, Hole in the Wall, Je Sais Cuisiner, Julia Child, Larousse Gastronomique, Marcel Proust, Nigel Slater, restaurants, Samuel Chamberlain, Trou dans le mur | 14 Comments

The collectors

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Parisian Fields

Before our last trip to Paris, a friend and fellow Francophile lent me a book to read on the plane: The Hare with the Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal. I highly recommend this absorbing family saga, imaginatively told through … Continue reading →