A secret to enjoying travel is to learn to dine with the natives. But it isn't always easy. Of course, if you are going to Paris, dining with the natives there can be quite pleasant. Let me give you an example. I had a friend in Paris who lived there and wanted to impress me with his knowledge of French food. He insisted we go to a restaurant in the Bois de Bougine for a "Food from the Hunt" meal. It was a meal I could never forget.

For appetizers we had a vast choice which included things I never ever heard of before--pate of wild turkey, smoked wild goose and bouchee Forestier, to name a few.