UPDATE: June 12 at 3:41 p.m. ET
Air France's staircase will now only be on display from June 12-14. The story has been updated to reflect this change.
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OK, this is one of those rare times when you are encouraged to devour airplane food.
Air France announced that it would pepper New York City with fine dining during its Paris for Dessert pop-up over the course of five nights from June 20-24.
The pop-up is exclusive and open to those who win a reservation by either tagging a friend at its Instagram or Facebook accounts. You can also enter at the Air France staircase that is promised to appear in Union Square from June 12-14.
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If you make it out to the square, officials ask that you get to the top and enjoy a selfie it calls a Panora.me-basically a selfie in panorama mode. From there you give it some social media love and are in the running for a great prize in the form of a dinner prepared by Chef Daniel Boulud.
You will want to bring your appetite. Oh, and your passport.
The grand prize is a nightly giveaway to one fortunate couple. Air France will select this random tandem to enjoy an awesome trip that includes round-trip fare on its business class flight; another great meal-this time at Saint James Paris-and two nights at the Marriott in Paris.
Stéphane Ormand, Vice President and General Manager, Air France-KLM USA, explained, "Air France is proud of its role as an ambassador of French cuisine."
Ormand continued, explaining that airplane food could be as elevated as its conveyance: "We believe that the culinary adventure to France and beyond should begin with in-flight dining."
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The airline has distanced itself from other brands as it attempts to prove airline food can be a delicious way to pass the time thousands of feet in the air.
It's no small feat as we have covered before; Airline food has to deal with remarkable circumstances.
Charles Spence, the author of "Gastrophysics: The New Science of Eating," explains to The Telegraph: "The lower cabin air pressure, dry cabin air and the loud engine noise all contribute to our inability to taste and smell food and drink. [Therefore] the food we consume needs 20-30 percent more sugar and salt to make it taste like it would on the ground."
Air France has the likes of Chef Boulud to battle the elements. For a few nights, he will have the advantage of cooking on ground level.
To make the meal even more enticing, this dinner may come with the extra treat of a real Parisian experience for dessert.
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