David Downie is an American author and journalist who divides his time between France and Italy. For the last 20 years he has been writing about European food, culture and travel for magazines and newspapers worldwide.
The Jim Morrison Memorial BBQ Whether or not you enjoy the music of The Doors, and whether or not you’re a fan of Jim Morrison, it’s always worth detouring to Pere-Lachaise cemetery in Paris to see the crowds that gather at his grave. Each July 3rd those crowds are huge. People arrive to celebrate, mourn or scorn the rock star. He died in a Paris bathtub on a hot July 3rd, 1971 and ...