In a quiet side street off rue Saint Dominique Catherine Reed is cooking delicious dishes influenced by her time at The Ritz! At Hôtel Daniel there's brunch, well it's not really brunch, or lunch, but a delicious combination of light snacks and pastries to set you up for a successful afternoon of shopping on the Champs Elysées.

There is nothing quite like dining in cafés, bistros or brasseries in France. Arguably, the French have everyone else beat and every neighborhood in Paris has a plethora of choices. However, even with the many choices, locals tend to gravitate to the same restaurants. One in particular, Variations, is fondly referred to as “ma cantine”.  This term is used if one tends to go to a favorite spot so often that it feels like your own kitchen.

Mama Shelter just launched in Marseille with funky design by Philippe Starck, menus by super-chef Alain Senderens. Christian Constant is proud of his latest award from the Ministry of Education. Eric Frechon publishes his secrets and, at Alain Ducasse Formation, learn that, when it comes to meal times, the French do it differently.

For the first time in my life, I had to set my alarm to get to a hamburger truck. It was a windy, rainy 10 am when I left my apartment to make sure I was in line by 10:30 am at Le Camion qui fume, Paris' first (and still only) food truck, which started service at Place de la Madeline at 11 am. Coming from New York, where there are so many food trucks that they now seem part of the pavement, I was interested to see why this concept has become so popular in the land of haute cuisine, and if the food was worth the wait.

Helen may be an odd name for a fish restaurant, but on a scale of 1/10 it scores eleven for quality. At the Plaza Athenee bar a fragrant surprise awaits, but hurry it's limited edition. Beef Club is the new hip address for a Beef Encounter and Italian Director Nanni Moretti heads the jury at this years' Cannes Film Festival. And it's girl power as two talented chefs take up posts in Parisian palaces.

The Rush Bar, located in the 11th Arrondissement of Paris, doesn’t look like anything special from the outside…or from the inside, for that matter. You wouldn’t know by looking at it, that this bar serves some seriously high quality food for a seriously reasonable price. I started coming to this bar for drinks when I first moved to Paris, but when they hired a new cook sometime in the beginning of 2011, I started coming because I’m addicted to their food.

For eleven weeks “Top Chef” aficionadoes stay home to follow this tough competition, on M6 TV. Last week, the winner, Jean Imbert tucked a cheque for 100,000€ under his toque. The winning dishes are on Alcazar's menus until the end of the month. “Prunier Restaurants since 1872” have moved with the times, revised and corrected menus are now cutting edge, still feature the finest caviar. And my boutique hotel will make sure you never book a duffer.

Canadians have a special relationship with France since French is our second official language and Canadians make up a great proportion of people traveling to France to work, to visit or to live.

I’m attracted by their history, their music, their art and their way of life, including their food.  I have visited some of the most reputable eateries in many French cities, from Paris, to Lyons, Sarlat, Bordeaux, Tours, Albi and Auxerre. I’ve purchased various mustards in Dijon, Croissants and tarte tatin in Culoz, Cahors and even Bergerac. Cassoulet in Carcassonne, that baked bean and meat dish to make your mouth water. The wines of Bordeaux or the Rhone often grace my table and, recently, I discovered a recent French-Canadian invention in the center of Paris.

Citrus Etoile's Spring menu is as welcome as the flowers in May, there's a new toque at the pianos.  Meanwhile, master-baker Eric Kayser opens a boulangerie in Bercy Village with an atmospheric brasserie. Buzz tested the Brunch, a great way to spend Sunday. Bravo to star-chef Guy Martin, now officier de la Légion d'honneur.