They have all the produce and cheese and everything you can imagine in a market, including an American guy who makes muffins.Īre there any hotels that you would recommend? It goes from Cherche-Midi to Rue de Rennes. Three times a week I go to the Boulevard Raspail market. The one in front of my apartment on Boulevard Raspail. What street markets do you like to visit?

As Adam Gopnik said in one of his books, “Everyday things in Paris are wonderful.” It’s walking down a tree-lined street going to the parks, the street markets, and the places to buy bread sitting out at a café going to the museums or just taking a walk along the Seine. Ina Garten: When I used to go there just on vacation for a week, I’d always go to the street markets and I wished I had an oven, so I could just take a chicken home and roast it. From organic produce markets to bargain cookware shops, here’s Barefoot Contessa’s guide to Paris.įodor’s Travel: What do you love about Paris? While the book covers French cooking at home, the intrepid travel editors at Fodor’s pined for the story behind the recipes - the insider scoop on where to eat and what to buy.

The “easy entertaining” guru is so enamored with Paris that she bought an apartment there five years ago and has since tasted her way through France’s capital city, producing a cookbook - Barefoot in Paris - along the way. “I never had a day in Paris that I didn’t like,” says Ina Garten, the personality behind the bestselling Barefoot Contessa cookbook series and popular Food Network show.

Barefoot in paris by ina garten