With their carefully curated aesthetic, artisanal fare and rapid growth, specialty coffee shops, some say, have been putting the squeeze on Paris’s cafes and bistros.Credit...Dmitry Kostyukov ...

If you love profiteroles and gougere (savoury cheese puffs), then you will love this luxurious coffee-flavoured Paris-Brest. It is named after a bike race in 1891, from Paris to Brest and back again.

Waitstaff in Paris took to the streets in a quirky race on Sunday (Mar 24), participating ... tried balancing trays with a pastry, an empty coffee cup, and a glass of water for the 2 km loop ...

Classics mark the thaw of winter and the end to training rides, coffee stops and team presentations as riders start to dig ...