Pain, Vin, Fromage - Dinner with friends

As luck has it, our paths will be crossing with some dear friends of ours whilst we are in Paris. We are having dinner together, and perhaps cocktails pre or post manger. A quaint little fondu joint in the 3rd arrondissement came highly recommended from our son's ex-girlfriend's Mom - yes, we have gotten input and recommendations from EVERYONE we've ever known.

Pain, Vin, Fromage is a small place that apparently has some of the best fondu around. It comes highly recommended on TripAdvisor as well. On that note, I highly recommend TripAdvisor as a resource when planning ANY trip, or even if you are just looking for great local recommendations while at home. Invaluable resource.

We'll post photos and a review once we've stuffed ourselves full of cheese and chocolate.

Gnocchi Day in Rome

Apparently Thursdays are Gnocchi Day in Rome.  Many restaurants will add a gnocchi special to their menu.

Therefore I am posting it here as a reminder.

DELISH!!!!!

It's The Cheese

How can you go to Italy and Paris without considering all of the wonderful food you will enjoy....especially THE CHEESE! I found this handy tool to get familiar with cheese. What kind of wine goes with which cheese (because wine is the only thing more important than the cheese)? The folks at Artisinal Premium Cheese have done a great job with this education process and feature a "Cheese Clock" here.

This research business is work, work, work! Ah, but how sweet it is.