Emily Monaco

Antoine-Augustin Parmentier was the potato's ultimate hype man, who legend credits as the originator of the French fry.

We've come a long way from cauldrons full of duck heads to 'animal-style' In-N-Out burgers.

There are some scientific reasons to stir a stew a particular way, and then there are reasons rooted in sexism and superstition.

Dining out in Paris, you learn that the customer is NOT always right.

A feast might include 25 hors d’oeuvres, 15 roasts, and 28 different types of fish, all washed down with 8 bottles of wine. Per person.

William Oliveri thought he'd only work at 228 Bar for a few months, but since 1978, he's stuck around to serve Dali, Sophia Loren, and royalty.

The story of the classic dish starts with King Louis XV's First World problems. A putrid cemetery with 'flesh-eating' soil also makes an appearance.

“There are clients who cry, there are clients who confide in us, who tell us their stories, like a kind of therapy.”

“I think that as far as quality artisanal butter is concerned, there are very, very few of us on the market who can deliver large quantities.”

The Parisien, or "jambon-beurre," is just ham and butter on baguette—but its perfect simplicity was under threat for decades.

Only in France.

In his book Food Fights and Culture Wars, Tom Nealon posits questions like: "Did the advent of the dinner party spark the French Revolution?" and "Did lemonade cure the plague?"