Vegan Paris

Tag: Salad

  • Vivre Autrement Expo

    This Friday through Monday, the Vivre Autrement expo will be taking place in the Parc Floral de Paris. The entrance fee is 7€, which includes access to all of the workshops. The workshops this year include: how to sprout, making “caviar” from sprouted grains, argan oil recipes, gardening, essential oils in cuisine, baby massage, toy making…

  • Sunday Recipe: Mung Bean Thread Salad

    It’s been a fun week filled with parties, potlucks and parades celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year. I loaded up on Chinese groceries and made this salad using traditional New Year’s noodles.  Eating these very long noodles guarantees long life. Happy New Year! Recipe: 2 (1.8 ounce) packages mung bean threads 1 1/2 cups fresh…

  • Le Pain Quotidien

    I had a nice salad for lunch today at Le Pain Quotidien in the 4th. There are lots of salads in Paris, which is great: nothing wrong with that. They’re green and one of the best things you can eat, alive with wonderful chlorophyll. This charming Belgian café chain has locations all over the world,…

  • Sunday Recipe: Mâche Salad

    I’ll tell you one of the things I miss most since we moved here: kale. But on the plus side I am really getting into mâche. Let me tell you about mâche, also known as “lamb’s lettuce”: It’s been cultivated since the 17th century here in France’s Loire valley. It is in season from Mid-August through December,…

  • Le Pick-Clops

    When a vegan hits a Paris café, they’re probably going to be getting a salad and frîtes. That’s why it’s always such a treat to find a café with a salad that’s a bit special, such as the mysteriously named Le Pick-Clops in the Marais.  The killer salad at Pick-Clops is L’Inca, a satisfying mix…