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American-born travel journalist and guidebook author Heather Stimmler-Hall created the Secrets of Paris in 1999 to share the hidden side of the City of Light. Discover what you've been missing:

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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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Tuesday
Mar012011

New Paris Restaurant Reviews

DateTuesday, March 1, 2011

This month I’ve added restaurant reviews for the Atelier Joël Robuchon Etoile (the latest location near the Arc de Triomphe), the Artcurial Café (in the auction house of the Hotel Dassault on the Rond-Point des Champs Elysées) and La Bauhinia (the Franco-Asian haute cuisine restaurant in the newly-opened Shangri-La Hotel.

I also left a 1-star review of Koba on Yelp.fr, a Japanese restaurant I used to love, but which has gone downhill in a totally disturbing way over the past year.

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Thursday
Aug062009

"Rice & Fish" Sushi Restaurant

DateThursday, August 6, 2009

Secrets of Paris correspondent Lisa Molle Troyer shares her latest sushi discovery in the Montorgueil district...

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Saturday
Aug012009

Organic Fooding in Paris

DateSaturday, August 1, 2009

Heather's favorite "green" eating in Paris, from vegan bistros and organic restaurants to health food stores and outdoor markets...

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Thursday
Jul022009

TVA Lowered in French Restaurants

DateThursday, July 2, 2009

The Value Added Tax (TVA en français) in French restaurants has just been lowered from 19.6% to 5.5%. What does this mean for you, the consumer? It means that prices in your local French bistro may go down a few euros. Or not...

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Wednesday
Jun102009

Paris lamb restaurant offers free lunch (until Sunday)

DateWednesday, June 10, 2009

Updated on Friday, June 12, 2009 by Registered CommenterHeather

Secrets of Paris Correspondant Lisa Molle Troyer writes about the free lunches offered by the temporary restaurant, Bistro Agneau Presto. You like lamb, right?

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