Towering

The Eiffel Tower seen through just budding branches.

A wine, a cheese

Exquisite French cheeses with what else? Exquisite French wines.

Legrand Filles et Fils
 Galerie Vivienne 75002

- elevated tables - counter seating - wine tastings -

Crossroads

 A tree in bloom straddles an intersection.

Cobbled path

A soft light on a cobbled Montmartre street.

Out in the cold

Heated terraces make sitting outside an option.

Gargoyling

Silhouettes of gargoyles silently observe passersby below.

Soup's on

From creamy veloutés using winter vegetables to a Vietnamese grilled eggplant hot pot - not to mention my own minestrones (grazie to my Italian Aunt Maria in Rome) and soupe à l'oignon, just ask my French in-laws - there's enough chill left in the air to make soup the hottest thing since the return of bone broth (which, in my family, never went away). - BPJ

[More soups - plus where to find them and recipes - April newsletter]