Well, if it’s vegetarian fine dining you want, look no further than Alain Passard's L’Arpege, one of Paris' top dining establishments that offers a vegetarian and non-vegetarian menu. Passard's way with a vegetable is...

I saw an episode of Iron Chef the other day. (The real one, not that imitation variety show with Alton Brown) It was apparently the finals of some ultra-challenge match where the 4 Iron Chefs matched off and then the winner went...

't separate my feelings about Alain Ducasse’s overexposure from that. I’m sure a case could be made for either one. The good news (for those of us who are not vegetarian) is that Passard is reembracing meat and fish,...

I had lunch at L’Arpège on 30 December last year, but I did not go for the tasting menu (300 $!!). I think Alain Passard is suffering from a serious condition, increasingly common in France, called “mad chef...

, Alain Passard, Pascal Barbot, etc. He grows his vegetables in Carrieres-sur-Seine, 8km west from the market.It’s easy to spot: it’s the biggest stand with the biggest queue. 15th arrondissement alternatives to...

read they had Alain Passard there. The lamb and morels sound really great.

Looks like they’ve changed some of the dishes finally...and even more nods to Alain Passard (viz: eggnog-in-a-box)

— was called Lai Ching Heen when the Hotel was the Regent. We had one of our greatest meals anywhere (no offense to Michel Troisgors and Alain Passard) at Lai Ching Heen last year and will be in HK again for a few days in...

FIrst, I think if you had read about Arpege and Alain Passard's style of cooking before your meal perhaps you wouldn’t have been as disappointed as you were. It is similar to complaining that a meal at Louis XV or ADPA is...

the finals of some ultra-challenge match where the 4 Iron Chefs matched off and then the winner went against Alain Passrd, a frnech chef who had won the challenger match. Passard roasted a Long-Gang chicken and put it on a...

For whatever it’s worth, Alain Passard has taken Arpège completely vegetarian.

Well, if it’s vegetarian fine dining she wants, look no further than Alain Passard's L’Arpege, one of Paris' top dining establishments that offers a vegetarian and non-vegetarian menu. Passard's way with a vegetable...

If you do not eat meat or fish then I would absolutely go to L’Arpege. The chef at Taillevent is good but no genius, whereas Alain Passard is already cooking a lot of vegetables and vegetarian style meals and getting a lot...

There are many excellent butters in France, especially in the season where the cows eat fresh grass and flowers. Bordier is one of them, the most used in fine dining. Alain Passard of l’Arpège uses it exclusively, in very...

at Lasserre. As for everything, you can also trust the ûber excellent Briffard at le Cinq (he does a famous pithivier, which is a game pie of birds — extraordinary). Last but not least, Alain Passard does extraordinary...