In hindsight, it was pretty absurd: Fly to Paris on a couple weeks\u2019 notice with my chef friend, stay in a 30-square-meter (about 322-square-feet) apartment, and host back-to-back dinner parties<\/a> for local influencers. What could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, aside from doing dishes for days<\/em>, everything went right!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Here\u2019s the story: My friend Alison Settle<\/a>, an amazingly talented (and James Beard-nominated!) chef, and I cooked up a plan to lead culinary tours of Paris<\/a> in the spring. To kick it off, we\u2019d get some photo and video content for promotions, and do some on-the-ground recon, so we flew over in October to put on a few dinner parties in an amazing apartment called Kai\u2019s Kitchen<\/a> I\u2019d been obsessed with since spotting it online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The challenge (other than our, ahem, ambitious plan to shop and plan for a menu Settle would create on the fly<\/a> in 1.5 days \u2014 her first time in Paris, at that!) was that we\u2019d be hosting 10 people (plus ourselves) in an apartment the size of about one room in most American homes. I was confident, though, not only in Settle\u2019s skills, but also in the inspired design of the kitchen and dining area, which was essentially the entire apartment. The kitchen had absolutely everything a chef could need, and although it was teeny, the dinners went off without a hitch \u2014 the guests and hosts were equally impressed and inspired by the apartment\u2019s smart setup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n