Update from la belle France! Bonjour…Sorry to hear about the demise of Gourmet Magazine,but rest assured nothing keeps the French from a good meal.

Last week I  finished My Life in France by Julia Child... Did you see the movie?

And have now taken to photographing great meals.

On the way back to Paris Monday, I stopped in Bourges to see the famous Gothic Cathedral with five naves, entries, and apses, Saint Etienne Cathedral.

The amazing lunch is pictured as a Gourmet Magazine Memorial.

Smoked magret de canard with a mini melted camembert, into which one dips the roasted potatoes and a little salad served on a black square piece of slate, in a cafe under the flying buttresses of the Gothic Cathedral!

It looked like it was straight from a magazine almost too good to eat.

I discovered this place  totally by accident, being in desperate need of le toilette I ran into a dark empty bar pretending I wanted to eat there, although to my horror I saw semi porn on the large flat screen TV. I then asked it I could use the toilet first. It was up a spiral staircase  and when I returned, they led me down a dark hall way into a beautiful sky lit room that was under the flying buttresses. It was so beautiful I just had to photograph it.

Goodbye Gourmet Mag....