François Régis-Gaudry, the belly of Paris – Liberation
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The animator leaves with Charles Patin O’Coohoon and Stéphane Solier an “encyclopedia which devours the capital with full teeth”.
The recipe is now known and perfectly mastered. Since a first opus on “a crisp inventory of Auguste Escoffier carbonara”, host François Régis-Gaudry spins off his France Inter radio program into a succession of themed encyclopedias. Inevitably, these large, colorful and joyful books are successes. The latest opus on Paris is no exception, in the list of best sellers for many weeks. At the same time, it would have been surprising if the author of a few guides and the presenter of Very very goodprogram on Paris Première which explores the restaurants of the capital, does not try to deliver with “his friends”, that is to say almost a hundred people, the Bible being authoritative on the most tasty city in the world.
Does Paris eat?
We had no doubt about it, having the chance to enjoy it on a daily basis, but François-Régis Gaudry recalls it in his editorial: “Parisian gastronomy holds to its traditions, but it has never locked itself into a snow globe. It is more than ever a moving, stimulating, creative scene.” As the pages turn, your mouth waters and makes you want to take to the streets of the capital with the encyclopedia under your arm (or rather in your shopping bag because it’s heavy) to try out the different restaurants, bakeries , cheese makers, butchers, grocery stores, etc., recommended. One of the good ideas