Has anyone here been to Paris lately?

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11. And the biggest secret tip of all

If you're in France between June 10 and July 10 (approximately), it is the season of the so-called "red-orange" apricots. These grow on trees in Provence, and are available at fruit stands all over France (some savvy fruit dealers get them as far away as Germany). In Paris, on the Rue Cadet (9ième, Métro Cadet), there are several within a few meters of each other--don't let the vendors pick out unripe or damaged ones for you--they will if you let them get away with it.

They are in season only for a few short weeks, but even if you have never cared much for apricots, you owe it to yourself to try a kilo of these things. I once brought a few to a vegetarian colleague who has lived in Brussels most of his adult life. He bit into one and exclaimed (I am not making this up) "I feel like an angel just pissed on my tongue!"

Once, a LONG time ago, I had the occasion to visit a family who had an orchard of these things near Aix-en-Provence, and we got to pick the ripe ones right off the trees. The angels were doing a lot of pissing that day.