August 2007 - The Secret of the Luxembourg Garden Orchard

Each year the espaliered trees of the Luxembourg Garden orchard produce one ton of some six hundred different varieties of apple and pear. Read on to learn about this marvelous orchard and why it was planted in the heart of Paris.

This month's Quest for Smoke-Free Dining review features a restaurant that serves savory fare from the Southwest region of France. Read on about La Cerisaie and learn why its reputation for delicious cuisine has been bringing Americans to its door.

Chartreuse is the name of both a distinguished liqueur and the religious order that produces it. In this month's Paris, Past and Present feature, we reveal how the secret formula for this elixir was transmitted to the Carthusian monastery in Paris.

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Paris Insights Newsletters for 2008