As any vegetarian visiting Paris will know, the French do like their meat. Steak frites, côtes or rotis de boeuf (ribs or roast beef), foie de veau (veal liver) and canard (duck) in various forms are the staples of the country's cuisine, reports The Guardian.
Now, however, one of the giants of gastronomy, the internationally celebrated French-born chef Alain Ducasse – the most Michelin-starred cook on the planet – is going against the culinary grain.
His three-star restaurant at the luxury Plaza Athénée hotel will reopen after refurbishment on Monday with a meat-free and largely organic produce menu.
The chef has not gone as far as to declare his restaurant vegetarian – fish and seafood will still be served – but Ducasse has got what he calls "naturalité" (naturalness). "The planet has increasingly rare resources so we have to consume more ethically, more fairly," he told AFP.
Read more of this report from The Guardian.