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Joann Pai

Two Food Photographers Share How to Make Photos Pop for Instagram

Secrets for culinary composition and more.

Inside Jackie Kai Ellis’s Paris Apartment

How a Vancouver Designer Turned a Hoarder’s Den Into a Stylish Paris Apartment

From a successful design company to a popular bakery to a memoir to this vision, Jackie Kai Ellis brings opportunity to life.

Inside Jackie Kai Ellis’s Paris Apartment

Inside Jackie Kai Ellis’s Paris Apartment

Though the Vancouver-bred pastry chef and author insists L’Appartement La Fayette is still very much a work in progress, it already feels complete.

Le Sourire de la Plombière

Le Sourire de la Plombière

One of the first female-run plumbing businesses in Paris.

Experimental Cocktail Club Paris

For years, Paris lagged behind its big city counterparts when it came to modern mixology. In 2007, that all changed.

MONTE Blog: Cannes

Cannes

Joann Pai covered the Cannes Film Festival for Nespresso, and offered up a few shots of the city just for us.

Le Marais, Paris

One of the few areas left untouched by Baron Haussmann’s push to modernize the city by building the wide stately avenues and massive squares, le Marais offers a rare taste of medieval Paris.

MONTE Blog: Food Photography

Food Photography

So how do you take that perfectly styled dinner photo? Here are some easy tips.

MONTE Blog: Maison Object

Maison et Object Paris 2016

The luxury lifestyle show is one of the most well-rounded, with offerings from interior design and decoration, to architecture, to furniture and accessories, to fragrances, to cooking and tableware.

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