Get to Know Fishwives Of Paris
Caroline Fazeli
A California native who’s been in Europe for over half her life, Caroline moved to France’s culinary capital Lyon in 2017 and never looked back. She’s the founder of Lyon Wine Tastings, which offers intimate wine experiences inside a stunning former silk factory — a space fans might recognize as the podcast’s set.
With a degree in Archaeology & Anthropology from Oxford (where she first learned about wine as a member of the Oxford Blind Wine Tasting Society), a culinary diploma from Le Cordon Bleu, and her Wine & Spirits Education Trust Level 4 Diploma, Caroline brings deep technical knowledge to all things French food and wine. Basically, if you want to know the real reason your béarnaise broke — she’s your girl.
Caroline lives in Lyon with her dog Buffy and her husband Arthur (who happens to be Lyon’s finest wine merchant). They have a baby on the way.
Caroline is known online as Wine Dine Caroline, with a community 145k+ strong over on Instagram. She makes content about life in France as an American, food, and wine.
Emily Monaco
Born and raised in New York City, Emily moved to Paris in 2007 and has woven herself into the fabric of French food culture ever since. Her journey into French life was less of a straight line and more of a delicious winding road—through literature, journalism, cheese, and the constant question: what do people really eat?
Emily holds a Master’s degree in 19th‑century French literature, which served to sharpened not just her language skills but her eye for story, myth, symbolism, and what gets lost (or added) when we talk about heritage.
As a journalist, Emily writes for Saveur, The Infatuation, BBC Travel, and other major outlets. She’s especially known for her love of all things fermented dairy: cheese isn’t just food, especially in France—it’s myth, identity, science, and delight all wrapped in rind.
Emily also writes Emily in France, a weekly Substack that highlights her recent tasty finds, makes sense of trends, and invites readers to view French food culture through both insider and outsider lenses.
Emily lives in Paris, where she can be found exploring markets, sampling new restaurants, and judging cheese competitions.
About the Podcast
Fishwives of Paris is what happens when two food-obsessed Americans in France meet during a global pandemic and start recording their wine-fueled rants about French food myths. Caroline and Emily first teamed up during lockdown to co-host The Terroir Podcast on Paris Underground Radio, a show that dove into France region by region.
Now, with Fishwives of Paris, they’re back — bigger, bolder, and in 4k. This is the glossy, controversial, and wildly entertaining evolution of that pandemic project: a podcast that takes the glamour of French cuisine and flips it on its perfectly poached head. Expect history, hot takes, and behind-the-scenes truths about the French food world that no one else is telling.
Fishwives of Paris isn’t just Emily and Caroline. Our team is kept in line by producer Steven Bartus, with videography by Alex Jimenez, and our community manager, Suzannah Van Rooy, manages marketing and publication.
