This month’s restaurant … Vivant, Pierre Jancou is back from the South
morethanorganic.com

This month I’m eating … The first asparagus of the season!

Right now I’m reading … The Summer without Men by Siri Hustvedt
amazon.co.uk

Right now I’m listening to … Rasmus Walter, Rasmus Walter
rasmuswalter.dk

This month’s exhibition … Miro at Maillol
museemaillol.com

For great style … A sun kissed face and a cool pair of shades. A must for Steve Mcqueen and an agent working undercover …
persol.com

Sometimes an agent just misses some obvious clues along the way. This for me definitely being the case with the very lovely little cantine Soya, which I should have found and tested a long time ago … instead of keeping both you and I in the dark on this place-to-be-BIO-spot. But better late than never … This is in no way your old-school, average and boring vegetarian restaurant, that you so very often stumble on, when you are looking for greens. Here it looks and feels a little like New York, your neighbors at the other tables look very Parisian, very chic and the food is very good and BIO vegetarian. There is plenty to chose from and you are sure to get a good daily dose of all the vitamins you need. Create your own little menu from the card, add a freshly squeezed juice or a herbal tea and just enjoy the ambiance … you will leave feeling happy and healthy, I promise! Actually this is one of those places where you can also indulge in a dessert and still feel healthy and good when you go.

A tip: Open for lunch only and reservations recommended!

Soya
20 rue Pierre Levée
75011 Paris

This month’s restaurant … Le Pantruche
lepantruche.com

This month I’m eating … all the fresh BIO goat cheeses from my favorite stand at Marché Raspail

Right now I’m reading … Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
amazon.co.uk

Right now I’m listening to … Adele, 21. Wauw!
adele.tv

This month’s exhibition … Yves Saint Laurent at Fondation Pierre Bergé
fondation-pb-ysl.net

For great style … Spring is here, bring out the ballerinas and enjoy the blooming cherry trees in Paris!

Now you can enjoy a quick (quick being important when doing some serious shopping!!) and very BIO lunch – or just a little pick-me up break from all the fashion frenzy when shopping at “les grands magasins”.
Galeries Lafayette has opened Lafayette Organic, which is a combined café and take-away place with a really good selection of healthy and less-healthy, but still BIO, foods and sweets. You can choose from already packed salads and sandwiches from the fridge or you can go for one of the speciels of the day, one of them always being a warm dish. The place offers lots of seats at the counter along the windows, so even while eating you can pick-up some great fashion clues from the street (the best place to pick-up the trends if you ask this agent).

A tip: At Lafayette Gourmet (their luxury food market) next door, you will also find a very well equipped BIO corner among all the other great delicacies.

Lafayette Organic
99 rue de Provence
75009 Paris

This month’s restaurant … Jaja !
Because here, just as with the older brother Glou, the products are always excellent and BIO or from local producers and paired with an excellent selection of wines served by the glass!

This month I’m eating … Chocolate, in all possible ways!

Right now I’m reading … Women running with wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estes
amazon.co.uk

Right now I’m listening to … Rasmus Walter, Dybt vand (7 febuary)
itunes.com

This month’s exhibition … David Goldblatt at Henri Carter-Bresson
henricartierbresson.org

For great style … It is still freezing outside and nothing is more comfortable and stylish than a classic cashmere sweater!

For more great info on food and life in Paris … Le Cool Paris
paris.lecool.com

In Danish LØV means leaves, and here in Paris it has become an undercover name for a new BIO tea concept. Great packaging in beautiful colors and with a variety of teas that guaranties a favorite for all tea fans out there. One problem, it is very hard to choose only one. Luckily boxes come in two sizes and all teas can also be bought in packages with 20 mousseline bags, not to mention cute little packages with samples of four different teas. So there are ways of testing several before deciding on your favorite. Definitely worth a visit! Time for another sip of my LØV is good …

A tip: LØV is zen is perfect before bedtime, you sleep like a baby and wake up ready for new challenges

LØV
5 rue Montorgueil
75001 Paris

This month’s restaurant … La Dauphin, for Inaki, Inaki, Inaki… and Paris’ most beautiful maple bar

This month I’m eating … Healthy! Lots of BIO roots and walnuts from the market

Right now I’m reading … The Help by Kathryn Stockett
amazone.co.uk

Right now I’m listening to …  Leela James, My Soul
Leela James 

This month’s exhibition … Last chance for Basquiat at Musée d’Art Moderne
mam.paris.fr

For great style … go get that one thing you have been dreaming about – on sale !

Sometimes certain clues will lead you to very speciel moments. The kind that leaves memories that stick with you for a long time. It so happens that I recently found myself invited to a small and very well hidden appartment in my neighborhood, working on one of my ongoing cases… the pleasures of the japanese cuisine! Here I was so lucky as to have a dear friend and japanese chef cook up a homecooked japanese meal for me. And even though it is only for the few and invited, I just had to share this experience and a few photos with you… Homemade pickles, a classic soupe as eaten in ECHIZEN (FUKUI) where my friend comes from, fish in all shapes and sizes, marinated, cooked and raw. Omelet, seaweed, natto and the best miso soupe I ever had… Made on homemade miso paste from her grandmother in Japan, so no wonder !! Add an amazing sake, also produced in her native part of Japan. And then it was all finished of with a green tea and a matcha cake (rouleau) from la pâtisserie japonaise Sadaharu Aoki. What can I say…
ありがとうございます !

A tip: DO try this at home, you will find the best ingredients at ISSE workshop

ISSE Workshop
11 rue Saint Augustin
75002 Paris

This month’s restaurant … 31 rue de Paradis, for the perfect lunch bento Kaori-style
31ruedeparadis.com

This month I’m eating … Pot-au-feu and other comforting winter stews to keep me warm

This month I’m drinking … Green Christmas tea
palaisdesthes.com

Right now I’m reading … Poirot – The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding by Agatha Christie
amazone.co.uk

Right now I’m listening to … Jazzy Christmas tunes
itunes.com

This month’s exhibition … Henry Moore at Musée Rodin
musee-rodin.fr

For great style … paint your nails red in the spirit of the holiday season and put on a big smile
essie.com

I love going to the BIO markets, my way of making sure that I get the best of the seasons freshest products. I go every weekend to stock up for the week to come. I used to go to Raspail (see earlier post) on Sunday mornings, and I still go there every now and then, because there I have a few favorites, such as my cheese lady and the dried fruits stand. But what I wanted to share with you is this, in the 14^th I have now found my local BIO market, it is smaller, very local and friendly and it just gets me out of bed with a smile on Saturday mornings. Such a good way to start my weekend …

A tip: On the same square as the market you will find a BIO boulanger, perfect for your morning coffee or in this agents case morning tea – of course.

Brancusi
Place Constantin
Saturday morning from 9.00-12.00