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February 25  - March 4
Cows, chickens, piggies and food, food, food at the annual Salon International de l'Agriculture, at the Paris Porte de Versailles conference center, 9am-7pm (March 2nd until 11pm). Entry €12. Celebrate the diversity of French agrigulture in over 1000 stands and 4500 animals. Not convinced? Check out the article from the 2009 show here.

March 25
Mark your calendars for the next SOS Help Spring Book Sale, today from 12 pm to 4 pm at Orrick Law Offices (31, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie, 16th). Paperbacks are only 1€ and hard covers are 2€.  To donate books in good condition, you may drop them off at the venue Saturday, March 24, 12-4pm or Sunday, March 25, 12-4pm.

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Entries in Camille Malmquist (6)

Tuesday
Sep152009

Dining on the Canal St-Martin

Secrets of Paris contributor Camille Malmquist reviews a typical French bistro on the Canal St-Martin...

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Saturday
Sep052009

Domaine de Lintillac

Secrets of Paris contributor Camille Malmquist reviews a classic Southwestern French restaurant in the 7th that won’t cause a crisis in your bank account...

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Thursday
Aug272009

The Food Bouquiniste

Secrets of Paris correspondent Camille Malmquist finds a Parisian bouquiniste specializing in rare and vintage French cookbooks...

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Thursday
Mar262009

The Best Coffee Beans in Paris

My search for coffee beans in Paris started early. A few weeks after arriving, remembering why I stopped drinking coffee from the grocery store, I wanted to find a source for quality, hand-roasted coffee beans...

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Thursday
Mar052009

Greenmarket Alternatives

Imagine, someone else doing the shopping for you, bringing you the best, locally or regionally sourced, organic foodstuffs...

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Tuesday
Feb102009

Rue J-P Timbaud

Okay, so his full name is Jean-Pierre Timbaud, but I like to think we’re on a nickname basis. Running the width of the 11th arrondissement from the 3rd to the 20th, and just a few streets away from the more well-known rue Oberkampf, J-P offers up a wide array of shops, bars, and restaurants in a hip, bohemian atmosphere...

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