Sunday, 11 November 2012 17:24
Written by Madelaine Bullwinkel

LA FOURNETTE

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Some of us are always thinking about our next meal. Why else would I take the long way home after my Saturday class at the Alliance Francaise? I was tired but planning ahead to Sunday breakfast. So I braved city traffic and drove north to Chicago’s legendary Old Town.

SOUP SEASON

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Falling temperatures and shorter days make a comforting bowl of vegetable soup irresistably appealing. But you know me. Not just any soup recipe will do. So I went searching recently for a Fennel Soup that met my criteria: easy and quick with fresh ingredients.

EVERYDAY GASTRONOMY

There's good news for budget-conscious Paris diners this fall. A lunch of gastronomic quality can be had for $25 per person. It's an amazing feat once you consider that each meal comes burdened with France's weighty 19,6% consumption tax plus the 18% gratuity on top of that. Just how do they do it? You guessed it - there are fewer choices. But, believe me, you don't go away hungry.

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