French revolution in food ratings
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It looks like a typical Zagat’s red-covered restaurant guide, but quelle difference! This one lets the people rate Paris restaurants. “A scandal,” sniffed the French Culinary Writers’ Assn.,
saying the first-ever “Zagat Survey: 1998-99 Paris Restaurants,” issued in French and English last month, is “the very negation of a guidebook--it’s done by polls.” Paris Match disagreed,
calling it “the ultimate in good taste.” For all the fuss, however, the 1,710 diners (96% of them French) surveyed by Zagat’s made some traditional choices. The venerable Taillevent was the
most popular restaurant; four of the top five have the three-star seal of approval from Michelin, the haute cuisine bible. For information and orders ($11.95 plus $1.95 shipping), call (800)
333-3421. MORE TO READ