Comments on: Eat, walk, repeat

By: rachel

rachel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 07:53:47 +0000

Molly, I know just what you mean! I plan my travel itinerary around restaurants, coffeeshops, delis and cookware stores! When we lived in Edinburgh, my husband would show our visitors round the historical sites while my landmarks were all food-related!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 12:23:00 +0000

If I may just give you Jean Charles Rochoux’s website: http://www.jcrochoux.fr. It is almost as delightful as the shop, but you can’t taste!

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:03:00 +0000

My pleasure, Sylee!

By: Sylee/Berlin Reified

Sylee/Berlin Reified — Fri, 18 May 2007 07:50:00 +0000

Your post was such a gift! I'd eyed and dismissed <> nefles <> since I arrived in Paris, sharing your aversion to the bruised, but after reading what you had to say I promptly bought a punnet and devoured the rather baffling fruit according to your helpful instructions. Many thanks!

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 17 May 2007 19:06:00 +0000

My apologies, Alex, for taking so long to reply! I've got my fingers crossed that you'll stop back by and see this. To answer your questions, well, I've done several different things on my stays in Paris. The first time was as a student, from 1999 to 2000. I lived with a host family and was there for about six months. When I finished college in 2001, I went back there again, this time to work. < HREF="http://www.ciep.fr/en/assistantetr/index.htm" REL="nofollow">This<> is what my job was. It doesn't pay much, but if you can afford to do it, it's really a pretty sweet gig. I was assigned to a high school in Saint Cloud, a small town to the west of Paris, not terribly far from Versailles, but I lived in Paris proper, in the 11th arrondissement. I rented a furnished studio apartment, which wasn't cheap, but I made do. I found it through a company called < HREF="http://www.lodgis.com/en/" REL="nofollow">Lodgis<>. I was there for about 10 months that time, and because I was technically an employee of the Ministry of Education, I had a carte de sejour and health insurance and was "legal." I went back in 2004 to do research, and then this year for pleasure. Let me know if you have any more questions. Happy to help!Nat, you're killing me! A loquat straight from the tree, and still warm from the sun?! I WANT ONE.

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 12 May 2007 19:45:00 +0000

GAAH! Loquats!Growing up, there were a couple of loquat trees in our garden, I love them. I spent many summer days eating those things straight off the tree, still warm from the sun. They don't last more than about half a day off the tree, they go grainy and dry.Now I'll just have to go travelling in France again to relive my childhood memories!

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:14:00 +0000

I've always heard about loquats, growing up (from my grandmother, and it always seemed such a farcical name), but never had the pleasure of eating them. Seems I'll have to remedy that as soon as possible!Molly, I'm a newish reader (a few months now), but I've never commented before. I had to break the drought to ask you: You've mentioned the times when you lived in Paris, but what did you do when you were there? Did you work? How did you find a place to live? I have an EU passport, so that part's easy at least, I think!I travelled to France two years ago for the first time since I was a little kid, and I fell back in love with the place. I speak some French, enough to get around okay when I was there last, but I'm not fluent. No one else I know has moved to Europe, so I'm turning to you. Help?

By: Molly

Molly — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:01:00 +0000

Guys, I'm a disaster at keeping up with comments these days. Please bear with me! Replying to you never seems to happen as quickly as I wish it did.Swanner, I am <>so<> jealous. A loquat tree in every yard? If I didn't like Seattle so much, I'd be very, very tempted to hop the first flight to Florida...Anonymous, you have them in Davis?! I'm headed to the Bay Area for a quick visit next month, and I'm going to be prowling the place for loquats...My pleasure, Alice Q.Aw, Leah, thank you! You're dreamy. xoLisa S., can you find loquats easily in SF? I'm salivating at the thought...Sarah, I'm so glad I posted this too! I hope it leads you to some memorable meals. Have a great trip.Thanks, Lizzy! I hope so too.Shira, you live around the corner from Bistrot Paul Bert? I'm <>so<> jealous. Grrr.One dollar each, Anjali?! That's crazy. I'd be saving up, if I were you...Allison, if Paris is any indication, I'm <>sure<> they'd remember you in Italy. I was stunned by how little things had changed at some of my favorite spots. I say you find a way to go back there soon, though, and see for yourself. Don't you think? Maybe a solo trip? Or a quick getaway for you and your husband, sans kids? Hop to it...Yep, Kayenne, I am familiar with Sadaharu Aoki, although I must admit that I haven't tasted any of his pastries. I did ogle them through the pastry case at Lafayette Gourmet, though...Mercedes, it's <>definitely<> time to remedy that! Definitely.Yes, Hannah. Must. Go! And when you do, I'm coming with you.Oh, Knit_tgz, I love the thought of all those loquat trees, just waiting to be picked! <>Sigh<>.You're welcome, Anonymous. It's my pleasure. Have a great visit.Thanks, Christine! I loved writing this post. So much fun to relive all those moments and meals...Have a wonderful trip, Marvin!I like that, Amisha! "Absorbing culture in a different way" - like, um, ah, through my digestive tract?You and Sebastian had the right idea, Sarah. How fun to know that you two were there!V Smoothe, I'll see what I can do...Max, that picture is so cute! Love it. But as for the palmiers, you're going to hate me. I didn't have one. I <>do<> love them, but I was distracted by the chaussons aux pommes and croissants and tartes and so on! You know? Ack.Mais bien sur, Caterine! Je parle francais. Vas-y!Bipolarlawyercook, you'll have to wait for the next post, when I write about blood sausage. Best food memory of the whole trip!Thanks, Sui Mai! Hope you had a good morning at the Bastille Market today...Go, dc365! Goooo! Do it!Oh Ales, what I wouldn't do for some loquat chutney! That sounds so, so good.David, I think I know just the word you have in mind. Does it start with a "b," perhaps? Hmm?Maija, that sounds like my kind of night! Wow. Makes me want to go to NYC right this minute.I hope you get to Paris soon, Deborah! In the meantime, go get yourself some radishes.Aleza, I wish someone on my block had a loquat tree! Although we <>do<> have lots of blackberry bushes around here, which I suppose are good in their own right...

By: Aleza

Aleza — Thu, 10 May 2007 17:22:00 +0000

loquats are called ‘shesek’ in israel, where i first encountered them. they were sold in the market, but the best (tarter, more flavor) ones were on a tree that was on the corner of my block. it was sort of in somebody’s yard, but they didn’t seem to be eating them, so i felt justified grabbing one of them each time i walked by. so good. so so good. i’m actually going there soon, and i look forward to eating some. or rather, lots.also, in central america, i think a ‘nispero’ was a different fruit… and apparently in cuba, they call ‘nispero’ what i would call a sapodilla. interesting.

By: Deborah Dowd

Deborah Dowd — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:41:00 +0000

If I ever get to Paris, I will know exactly where to go! Thanks for the wonderful tour and pix- the radishes look so beautiful.