SLIDE SHOW: Eating Horse Meat in a Paris Pool

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

The Piscine Molitor is the temporary home to Le Fooding , a movement shaking the dusty and conventional world of French gastronomy.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

Chef Tonino Simbula, of Sardegna a Tavola, Paris 12th, prepared marinated and grilled horsemeat with onions and bell peppers.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

Horsemeat carpaccio was also on the menu, served with olive oil, parsley, a mix of five different peppers, and shaved pecorino.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

Antoine Heerah (of Le Chamarré, Paris 18th) with his monkfish liver, an item absent from Larousse Gastronomique.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

Heerah's monkfish liver was pressed in a terrine with marinated salmon, and served cold with a tangerine purée and a pineapple-chili compote.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

The cheese and champagne tasting table.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

A glass of Veuve Cliquot Brut reveals new flavors in the aged cheeses, Mimolette and Mont d'Or affiné au vin jaune.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

The Charolais, or goat cheese, however, was not so well paired with the champagne.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

A wheel of the "very strong" Epoisses.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

Half of the crunchy, sticky wonder known as kouign aman (a sweet extremely buttery pastry from Brittany), wasn't enough.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.

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Photo by Pascale Brevet

Guests of Le Fooding fill the empty pool with conversation and a collective sense of adventure.

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Pascale Brevet finds herself

Eating Horse Meat In a Paris Pool

at a Le Fooding event.