More mushrooms

Mushrooms rule market stalls right now, even at grandes surfaces such as Monoprix.

Below: homemade velouté de cèpes topped with loads of crispy lardons

Mushroom season

Exotic edible mushrooms at a Paris market.

 

 

Cartesian

The tomb of revered French philosopher, scientist and mathematician René Descartes (1596-1650) in l'Église Saint Germain des Prés, once part of an abbey and Paris' oldest church.

Coffee as art

A café crème on a table at Halle Saint-Pierre.

View from inside

At Café La Palette, my go-to café when I lived nearby.

Chocoween

Halloween-themed chocolate sculptures in a Saint Germain shop window.

Patrick Roger
108 Boulevard Saint-Germain 75006

Fête accompli

Scenes from last weekend's annual wine harvest parade celebrating the wine-producing regions of France.