The name Michelin used to accompany us on every vacation to France from the US because we always brought the guidebook for the city that we were visiting. If we were going to rent a car then we’d need the map to get us from Paris to that destination. Eventually it was more efficient, although considerably heavier, to pack an atlas that covered all of the roads in France. Although we never consulted it, we knew about the Red Guide for hotels and eateries and who hasn’t heard of the famous Michelin stars awarded to outstanding restaurants? That’s why I was surprised when it wasn’t that “celestial accolade” mentioned in the newspaper article saying that three chefs in our département were “at the top of the ranking of the best restaurateurs in the world.”