For a novelist whose appetite is intertwined with her imagination, Paris looms large as a place of fact, fiction, and self-discovery.

When a handsome man inspires a uniquely Parisian sort of hunger, a college girl sets out to satisfy it in a way only this city can.

This fricassee couldn’t be more French, but its velvety sauce carries the flavor of a South Indian spice blend that has started to crop up on Parisian menus.

The keys to this fast, simple dish, inspired by a classic crab-stuffed tomato at a Parisian brasserie, are ripe tomatoes, fresh herbs, and excellent crabmeat.

Gordon Ramsay’s stylish restaurant in Versailles has impeccable food, but the service is royally exasperating.

Anyone who goes to Paris to eat will tell you that the city has been steadily tilting east, specially toward the 11th and 12th arrondissements.

Creative types with expensive jeans and well-paying jobs are rediscovering the city's original bohemia. So are a lot of chefs.

The scruffy exteriors of the building along the Rue de Belleville haven't changed, but something is definitely stirring in this bawdy working-class neighborhood tucked into the northeasternmost corner...

Think of this area as a developing photograph, an image progressing from blurred first impression to materialization in detail.

The scene has moved to a collection of fringe neighborhoods that are redefining what it means to be young, hip, and hungry in 21st-century Paris.