Before 1765 eating out meant taking whatever the tavern was cooking. No menu. No choice. A Paris soup vendor let…
🫕 France’s most beloved comfort dish was invented to save a cheese nobody was buying. Fondue feels ancient. The version…
🥔 The most iconic dish in the French Alps was invented as a marketing trick. Tartiflette — potatoes, lardons, onions,…
Did you know the country that invented a famous food isn’t always the country that eats it the most? 🌭🍟…
Everyone thinks champagne was invented on purpose… but it was actually considered “The Devil’s Wine.” In the 1600s, bottles were…
Did Paris invent the restaurant? In this episode of Fishwives of Paris, Emily and Caroline sit down with gastronomy guide…
The Judgment of Paris – How California Wine Beat France and Changed the World. In 1976, a blind tasting in…
Christopher Merrett. London. 1662. He published the exact method used in every bottle of real champagne today — 35 years…
In the late 1600s, French monk Dom Pérignon tried to remove bubbles from his wine because they were considered a…