Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros, The French Open, is a très glam tennis tournament; early round losers happily slink off to shop for designer dudes in plush Peugeot courtesy limos. We check out Le Roland Garros gastronomic restaurant, a ball's throw from centre court AND diarise the 1st Nuit du Gâteau.

OK, let's stipulate, as the lawyers say, that the most famous, followed and fatigued diets in the US of A and France are the Zone, the South Beach and the Montignac (I'm making the statistics up, of course, and we'll leave poor old Doc "A" out for the moment). But, when have you gone to an event, or a dinner, and not heard someone discussing diets? It may not be polite but c'est la vie réelle.

There's a new chef at Baccarat's Cristal Room and controversial ratings for San Pellgrino's 50 Best Restaurants Awards in London. You can't live without Mireille Guilano's new cookbook, even if you're a bloke. And Michel del Burgo moves on.

I've been meaning to write again about my experiences with Inaki Aizpitarte, not only because like the volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, the name is a tongue twister. Plus, he's beloved by so many people I admire and I can't figure out why.

After months of speculation there's a new chef at Les Ambassadeurs, l'Hotel de Crillon. Christopher Hache's show-stopping dishes, served in a glittering dining room overlooking Place de la Concorde, are well worth a detour.

The family-run Cambodge restaurant, Paris 10e, offers homemade Cambodian fare with unique touches that keep people returning, like paper and pencil ordering, a wait line worth the time, plus reasonable prices.

Talented young chef Frederic Simonin launches in Paris. Le Bristol plans a week of Italian gastronomy at 114 Faubourg. Le Fooding celebrates ten delicious years and Denis Croset's La Grande Ourse is set for the stars.

I've been meaning to write again about Le Fooding, since so many Americans find it either silly or not understandable. And then, of course, came Adam Gopnik's article in the New Yorker and I realized it was time.

Two recent meals at places that will go unnamed, not because I'm bashful but because they merely represent the issues I want to address and shouldn't be singled out for caution or avoidance, brought to mind two issues that are mis- or under-understood about prices of meals in Paris.