Milwaukee, Wis.: Would you recommend a few restaurants in the Latin Quarter area? Thank you very much!

Alexander Lobrano: Here are several of my favorite Latin Quarter addresses:

Itineraires, rue de Pontoise, 5th—Talented young chef Sylvain Sendra has just moved to this pretty dining room from his tiny and very successful restaurant Le Temps au Temps in the 11th. Wonderful market-driven cooking, i.e. changes almost daily and follows the seasons.

Christophe, 8 rue Descartes, 5th—Simple little dining room that's an insider's favorite. Young chef Christophe Philippe is a talent to watch for dishes like his grilled duck breast with duck-stuffed ravioli and delicious lemon-cream millefeuille dessert.

Le Petit Pontoise, 9 rue de Pontoise, 5th—Friendly service, fair prices, delicious French bistro cooking.

Au Coin des Gourmet, 5 rue Dante, 5th—This tiny little Vietnamese place is a great bet when you want a meal off from French food; good buy, too.

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Laguna Hills, Calif.: My wife and I will be attending Sorbonne the entire month of July and would love to know some great places to eat or markets in the 5th arr. Also would love to know if you provide walking tours. Thank You!

Alexander Lobrano: The 5th arrondissement/Latin Quarter is a wonderfully gourmet part of Paris.

Visit the wonderful market in the Place Monge, 5th, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from 7am-2:30pm


Here are several of my favorite Latin Quarter addresses:

Itineraires, rue de Pontoise, 5th—Talented young chef Sylvain Sendra has just moved to this pretty dining room from his tiny and very successful restaurant Le Temps au Temps in the 11th. Wonderful market-driven cooking, i.e. changes almost daily and follows the seasons.

Christophe, 8 rue Descartes, 5th¿Simple little dining room that's an insider's favorite. Young chef Christophe Philippe is a talent to watch for dishes like his grilled duck breast with duck-stuffed ravioli and delicious lemon-cream millefeuille dessert.

Le Petit Pontoise, 9 rue de Pontoise, 5th—Friendly service, fair prices, delicious French bistro cooking.

Le Pre Verre, 8 rue Thenard, 5th—Inventive contemporary French bistro cooking.

Au Coin des Gourmets, 5 rue Dante, 5th—This tiny little Vietnamese place is a great bet when you want a meal off from French food; good buy, too.

I don't do walking tours, but I'm happy to recommend Rosa Jackson, a charming friend and colleague who does custom walking tours on food themes. You can contact her through her website: rosajackson.com.

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Heber City, Utah: We almost always order vin de table (or beer) to drink at dinner under the theory that the great wines have a global market, so they will cost as much in Paris as in New York (more in Utah) and that French jug wines--vin de table ou vin de maison--are so much better than USA jug wines that they aught to be drunk just to experience how good cheap wine can be. Is this a mistake?

Alexander Lobrano: No, not a mistake at all, but rather a very shrewd move. The house wines in France are almost always better than average and very fairly priced. And yes, indeed, they're times better than American jug wines because French law prohibits the use of a variety of additives that are common in American wine.

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Woodbridge, Va.: My friend and I are having lunch at the top of the Eiffel Tower this Thursday. I think the place is called Altitude 95 restaurant. It's a prix fixed lunch and credit card information was provided when the reservation was made. What is the tipping etiquette? Thanks!

Alexander Lobrano: I haven't been to Altitude 95 for a while but it is a good way to get at the Eiffel Tower view without spending a fortune. I also recently went to the restaurant at the top of the Tour Montparnasse, and if the view isn't quiet as good as that from the Eiffel Tower, it's still pretty spectacular and the prices at the restaurant Arc en Ciel are much lower than they are at the Jules Verne.

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Alexander Lobrano: Its been a pleasure to share some of my favorite restaurant addresses in Paris with such an enthusiastic bunch of gourmets and Paris lovers.

If you need more information on eating well in Paris during your next trip, please have a look at my recently published book, Hungry for Paris, The Ultimate Guide to the Citys 102 Best Restaurants, Random House, $16.

And do stop by my eating-in-Paris website of the same name, hungryforparis.com.

Au revoir, bon voyage and bon appetit! Alec Lobrano