Last year, Eater published its first guidebooks to New York City and Los Angeles, and this year, we’re bringing our travel expertise to perennially popular Paris. Together with longtime Eater contributor Lindsey Tramuta and our publisher, Abrams, we’ve put together a seminal guide to eating and drinking in a city that never stops thinking about eating or drinking.
There are plenty of guides to Paris, but none that go deep on food, drinks, and shopping the way we have. The book is organized into seven chapters based on geography, starting from the center of the city and winding out into the outskirts. Aside from beautifully illustrated maps featuring our favorite food and shopping locations, we’ve also got more nuanced advice for your trip — from dining etiquette to essential parts of the food culture and a glossary of terms you’ll see on menus everywhere. For those who want to go deeper, we dive into Paris’s Southeast Asian cuisines, what drinking culture is like today, how the all-important pastry scene has evolved, and so much more.
You’ll need to do something beyond eating and drinking at some point, which is why we’ve also picked out our favorite hotels and overnight trips from the city, plus lots of shops to explore. If your trip is extremely short, we have a 24-hour itinerary that features just the highlights — and will make you want to book another trip ASAP.
Paris is a city that never gets boring. Back in 2017, our inaugural guide to Paris won a National Magazine Award for its fun, thoughtful storytelling of the city’s food and dining scene. We’re thrilled to continue our one-of-a-kind coverage of the City of Light with this guidebook, with Tramuta’s deep insider experience and playful illustrations by Alice Des.
Pick up this book whether you already have a trip planned, you’re dreaming of your next one, or you’ve just gotten back from Paris and plan to go back as soon as you can. Better yet, buy it for your favorite travel companion as a gift (and a well-intended hint).
The book is available for preorder now, wherever you buy books. Get 40 percent off when you preorder using code EATERBOOKS40 on abramsbooks.com — and bonus, the discount works on all our guidebooks and the Eater cookbook.
Learn more about Eater’s debut cookbook here, and sign up for the From the Editor newsletter for information on our next slate of travel guides, coming out next spring.
