Small plates at a sidewalk café steps from the Canal Saint-Martin.
Author: emiglia
There’s a New Best Fried Chicken in Town (at Pompette)
Fried chicken is just one of the many small delights coming out of chef Jordan Robinson’s kitchen.
Deconfinement Cuisine: Takeaway from Clamato
Clamato has rolled out a short-and-sweet takeaway menu for deconfinement.
Seeing the Other Side in ‘The Friend’
Sigrid Nunez explores love in a unique way in ‘The Friend.’
Rediscovering ‘Lost Paradise’
Whenever I visit a new place, I try to pick up a book set there. And while Amsterdam isn’t new, to me, and while Cees Nooteboom didn’t actually write about Amsterdam in…
I Wanted to Like ‘The Color Purple’ More than I Did
I’ve always loved to read, but I haven’t always had faith in my own taste. It’s why I spent much of high school reading “the classics” (read: straight white male canon). And…
Sometimes, We All Need a Little David Sedaris
I have something to admit: before lockdown, I had never read any David Sedaris. Of course, I had heard of him. I even knew that not to have read anything by him…
I Reread ‘The Virgin Suicides’ and Realized I’d Never Really Read it Before
As I’m sure most of you know, I went to a boarding high school when I was a teenager. I didn’t watch much TV while I was there – we didn’t really…
‘Pet’ is a Topical Allegory for a New Generation
Consider a fairy tale… and turn it on its head.
Enjoying a Classic Curry at the Bombay in Orpington
My favorite curry house in London isn’t actually in London at all.