I would love to hear from foodies. You are a foodie at home, and to you, Paris was at least 50% about the cuisine. For those unfamiliar, a foodie is a gourmet or an epicurean, but without the snobbish stereotype one might apply to such terms.
What was remarkable? From consistent ubiquitous items, to dishes or restaurants that one should seek, please add your experience. Was there a cheese monger who made it easy on a traveller to understand all they were seeing? If you walked different market streets, which did you like better and why?
I would like the emphasis to be under 40€ per person for restaurants (excluding wine, perhaps, but I wouldn't mind knowing where I can fill my own jug inexpensively, either). I can look to a Michelin guide for assurance of expensive quality, but I trust the Rick Steves followers more than other websites for most advice, and I could never afford to eat every meal at a starred restaurant.
Thank you for adding what you know!