The Daily Bite: It’s (almost) alive!

Hearsay

• Wendy Lyn tells us that Vivant, Pierre Jancou’s new venture, will open on April 1st. “We’ll have incredibly burrata, lamb, cheese, pasta, artichokes and … oh, lardo, grease like you can’t believe!” says Jancou. [The Paris Kitchen]

Happy Plates

• One gets the impression that Caroline Mignot might bathe in ghee if she could after her revelatory lunch at Saravanaa Bhavan, where she finds the southern Indian cuisine “full of colors, of sensations, of touch.” [Table à Découvert]

• After some depressing mishits (Glou, Mets Gusto), Pudlo arrives at Les Petits Plats, or “the bistro we’ve been missing,” where he enjoys the 15€ lunch, the old-fashioned room, and eavesdropping on the neighboring table. [Gilles Pudlowski]

• John Talbott gives us a play-by-play of a lunch at Spring that started with “an incredibly divine piece of incredibly softly cooked quail with an incredibly flavored dozen tiny mushrooms a la grecque” accompanied by what seems like incredibly noisy street work on rue Bailleul. [John Talbott's Paris]

Down the Hatch

• Want the key to Aaron Ayscough’s heart? Whip out “something super obscure” like the sparkling Aligoté he was served at Le Robe et le Palais, a “a quietly ambitious refinement of the cave-à-manger template…” [Not Drinking Poison in Paris]

Food Politics

• Already in the news with the French release of his book Au Revoir to All That, Mike Steinberger enters the fray surrounding B.R. Myers’ now legendary — and roundly mocked — rant against foodies (in which Steinberger is called out), calling it a “a tantrum masquerading as a critique.” [Mike Steinberger's Wine Diarist]

DIY

• Dear Clotilde: Your chicken in a bread crust looks delicious. We’ll be over at 8. Love, Barbra and Meg. [Chocolate & Zucchini]

N’Importe Quoi

• Cupcake rage! Cardiff, Wales police are searching for a woman who assaulted workers at a local bakery when they told her they were out of her favorite “Sweet Tooth Fairy Cakes“. Berko employees, watch your backs. [The Daily Mail via Food News Journal]

New Additions to Our Paris Guide

• Our Paris Guide has more than 200 listings and is growing every day. Today’s addition, Le Petit Vendôme, where locals cram in at lunch for gut-testing, no-frills fare and fantastic sandwiches.