Paris claims to have invented the restaurant with the opening of Beauvilliers in 1784, and in this book are over 100 dining places that keep the city at the crossroads of culinary tradition and innovation. Rival indulges the reader with a discerning selection of splendid historic restaurants, notorious brasseries, down-to-earth bistros, and contemporary hot spots. From Editions Flammarion, the book is paired with a handcrafted J'adore Paris sign by Anne Garrison (similar is style to the sign shown here), whose decorative signs feature black script lettering on an antiqued crackle-look background. The edges are individually handpainted in a rich metallic gold. Measures 3-1/2 x 8 on 1/4. Rounding out this package is a certificate for a tray of cookies from Nuvrei wholesale bakers in the Pearl!