Confit and Foie Gras

A March, 2004 Travel + Leisure article names Pietrement-Lambret as the best gourmet shop in Paris. It specializes in products from the Lot Valley.

DELICIOUS TRAVEL: Savor the best of regional cuisine.
Tastings, cooking, making food shopping exciting.

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Food Lover's Paris

This tour is an extension of the Pulse of Paris tour. Eat your way through the best of Paris food plus hands-on cooking classes, glorious meals and wine and food samplings.

Choose one or two days; costs for each day are outlined below. Feel free to pick and choose what you want to do on Day 2. Other “secret” places can be added. For example, a butcher store that reminds its patrons of a jewelry store.

Day 1
We cover two major food areas:

1. 6th arrondissement and a lively street market and:

Bread and patisseries: two outstanding patisseries plus what may be the best bread
The best of French chocolate
Bon Marche food hall
Lunch at a tiny extension of a famed fromagerie
Olive oil tastes
Berthillon ice cream

2. 1st arrondissement around the Madeline

Fauchon
Hediard
Caviar Kaspia…my favorite indulgence: caviar, vodka and wild salmon
A store that just sells mustard
My favorite "just honey" store
Dinner at a bistro

Cost for Day 1: Our service fee for Day 1 is $350. We will be your guide throughout the day. All other costs (tastings, meals, coffee stops, transportation by taxi or Metro, hotel, and so on) are additional and you pay them directly. If more than one person signs up for Day 1, the service fee will be reduced.

Day 2
Morning or evening cooking class (about 100 euros).

Fabulous Lunch: Choose from the 2-star Jamin or Joel Robluchon’s restaurant or restaurant at Meurice Hotel (around $100 with one glass of wine). You will receive extraordinary service at each of these restaurants. Dining in a top French restaurant, you will fell pampered and, what's more, you will love the feeling.

Also available:

Wine tasting (cost depends on what tastings are available when you book)
L’Ecole du The: tea tasting (from 16 to 32 euros)

Cost for Day 2: Our service fee for booking Day 2 for you is $100. You don't need us on Day 2, but if you would prefer our company, ask for our fee to accompany you. All other costs (tastings, meals, coffee stops, transportation by taxi or Metro, hotel, and so on) are additional and you pay them directly.

Hotel and Breakfast Option
Hotel for one or two nights: 140 euros per night plus 11 euros for breakfast. Less expensive hotels are also available.

If you yearn for an authentic American breakfast, there is a place to have one in Paris run by an American. I order the "Deuces Wild" breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 strips of bacon, 2 pancakes and toast. No apologies, I love a big breakfast.