To establish
a foothold in Paris,
I like to choose a neighborhood
and make it home.
Strolling market streets
like this,
Paris has
a small-town charm.
For those learning the fine art
of living Parisian-style,
market streets
like Rue Cler are ideal.
With the help of my local friend
Delphine Prigent,
each shop provides an insight
into Parisian life.
Delphine's planning a dinner
party and she's taking us along.
Shopping on a street like this
is just a delight, isn't it?
It's really nice.
We are very lucky to able
to walk on the street
and have all these very
different shops
which are very good
for shopping.
'Cause in America,
there's one-stop shopping.
We go to one big place.
We have one-street
shopping here.
One-street shopping,
like a market street.
It's a market street,
it is.
I think for the first course,
it would be nice
to put some shrimps
and mayonnaise.
Okay.
And so you see you have
different types of shrimps.
You have, like,
different colors,
different sizes as well,
so I think we'll
go for the moyenne,
for the medium ones,
which are
very flavorful.
It looks very fresh.
So we'll have some meat tonight
as a main course,
and we'll use
a neighborhood butcher.
You know, my mum used to
come here, and...
Rick: So you can
trust the quality.
You can trust the quality,
you know that
they give you
advice as well.
So I'm going to have
roasted beef,
and I'm going to ask the man
for some tips.
[ Speaks French ]
[ Man speaks French ]
[ Speaks French ]
[ Speaks French ]
Merci, monsieur.
Rick: So what
did he say?
So he said
like 25 minutes,
and for six people,
1,200 grams.
1,200 grams. For six?
Big people.
[ Laughs ]
So, Rick, a dinner
without a cheese course
is not complete,
so we have to go
and pick some cheese.
Before dessert,
after main course,
and we'll have
an assortment of
different cheeses.
So you create a variety.
Yes.
I create a small plate
with different cheese.
So we'll have some --
this one looks good,
some goat cheese,
and some blue, some camembert,
and some hard cheese.
Rick: Good socially,
I think.
It is very good because
you have more wine.
More wine, more cheese,
more wine, more cheese.
So once we know
what we are eating,
we are going to
choose a wine.
Oh. Beautiful shop.
Yes, it's very nice.
Bonjour.
We are going to
talk to the expert
and we are
going to tell him
what I'm going to
have for dinner
and he's going to pick
the right wines for us.
Rick: In France,
with so many wines
to choose from,
expert advice is welcome.
He recommends a white
for the shrimp,
a full-bodied red
from the Rhone Valley
for the beef,
and another white,
this time from the Loire Valley,
for the cheese plate.
Nice to have the advice
for the little details
of the menu.
In France, any good meal
comes with fresh bread,
and that requires a visit
to the local boulangerie.
Delphine: So you'll have
some bread for the dinner.
No meal without
today's bread.
Today's bread?
No bread, no party.
No bread, no party.
So we'll have
some baguettes
and we'll have some
special bread as well
for the cheese.
Oh, so it's
a variety of bread
with the cheese course.
Rick: And the final touch,
flowers for the table.
Delphine: It's very bright
and they're going to be
beautiful on my table.
It's great.
