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2025 Guide to Paris: The best things to do in every arrondissement

January 14, 2025January 14, 2025 Oliver Gee

It’s here: The Earful Tower’s complete guide to Paris.

Food and drink / Paris secrets

Check out this fun new gin distillery workshop in Paris

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 Hannah Coyle

This week on the podcast we are chatting about gin with Charlotte Buisson Dackow from La Distillerie de l’Arbre Sec. …

Food and drink

Seven ways to satisfy your sweet tooth in Paris

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024 Hannah Coyle

Paris is world-renowned not just for Michelin-starred restaurants, but also its patisseries, chocolateries and other havens of delicious delights. This …

Books about Paris / Food and drink

Sweet Paris: A life of cakes and pastries

April 22, 2024April 22, 2024 Charlotte Pleasants

Meet Frank Adrian Barron, an American baker in Paris (better know as Cake Boy Paris). He is this week’s guest …

Food and drink

Wining and dining in France with Patricia Wells

April 1, 2024April 9, 2024 Charlotte Pleasants

This week it’s food critic and cookbook author Patricia Wells. Originally from the US, she moved to Paris in 1980 …

Food and drink

Making French dessert: A mille-feuille celebration for 1,000 reviews

March 27, 2024April 9, 2024 Oliver Gee

This week on the show we make mille-feuilles – the “thousand layer pastry” – to celebrate 1,000 reviews of The …

Food and drink

An inside look at eight memorable Paris restaurants (for members only)

March 1, 2024March 1, 2024 Oliver Gee

Let’s talk restaurants. There are over 40,000 in Paris and over the years I’ve been lucky enough to eat in …

Food and drink

The A to Z of French food, according to David Lebovitz

February 13, 2024February 13, 2024 Oliver Gee

Pastry chef and cookbook author David Lebovitz talks good cafes, restaurants, bakeries, desserts… in fact, the whole A to Z of French food.

Food and drink / To do in Paris

Best bars in Paris: Here’s a bar for every occasion

January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 Hannah Coyle

Paris is a great city for the compulsively social. You can go out every night of the week and find …

Food and drink / To do in Paris

Vegan Paris: How the scene’s changed (and where to find good vegan restaurants)

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 Charlotte Pleasants

Pastry chef Amanda Bankert discusses the Paris vegan scene and how she’s been surreptitiously serving vegan donuts to unsuspecting Parisians.

Food and drink

Tour d’Argent: The iconic Paris restaurant in 7 intriguing figures

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Charlotte Pleasants

We’ve just had lunch at the iconic Paris restaurant, the Tour d’Argent. In short: It was the best dining experience …

Food and drink

The insider’s guide to an ancient Paris market

April 4, 2023April 7, 2023 Oliver Gee

We’re taking a stroll through the bustling marché Beauvau in the 12th arrondissement with our special guest, Joseph Loughney, owner of the Early Bird Cafe.

Food and drink

Gin is booming in Paris! Meet two guys making it

March 29, 2023April 11, 2023 Oliver Gee

It’s gin o’clock! Did you know gin is getting popular in Paris? Here’s a chat with a young man who opened a distillery in the viaduct des arts.

Food and drink

How to make your own chocolate in Paris

March 21, 2023April 7, 2023 Oliver Gee

This week on The Earful Tower podcast we’re talking about chocolate. And who better to explain it all than special …

Food and drink

Six classic restaurants on the Left Bank of Paris

March 14, 2023November 14, 2023 Oliver Gee

Here are six restaurants to find on the Left Bank of Paris, as recommended by renowned author John Baxter.

Food and drink / Understanding the French

Cheese Carnage: How an American’s cheese cutting divided a community

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Oliver Gee

Who knew cutting French cheese could prompt such a reaction?

Food and drink / Paris Countdown

Bars in Paris: A great place for a drink in all 20 Paris arrondissements

November 9, 2022November 6, 2024 Oliver Gee

Here’s a mix of cocktail bars, speakeasies, local hangouts, and date options – from every corner of Paris. If you need a drink, here’s where to find it.

Food and drink / Paris Countdown

Where to eat in Paris: A great restaurant in every arrondissement

November 4, 2022December 15, 2022 Oliver Gee

With over 40,000 restaurants in Paris, where are you supposed to begin? We’ve done the research for you: Here are 20 top places to dine in Paris.

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What is The Earful Tower?

The Earful Tower is a channel about Paris and France, hosted by Oliver Gee.

  • 4 million podcast downloads
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The New York Times said it’s one of the world’s “most transportive” podcasts.

We share Paris via walking tours, videos, blog posts, social media, and a popular Substack newsletter. We even make Paris-themed children’s books. And our member club opens a whole world of bonus Paris content.

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