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France, land of bad French food?

By39vwpadminAugust 22, 20094 min read

I can’t tell you how relieved I was when Steinberger’s recent book, “Au Revoir to All That: Food, Wine, and…

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Mona Lisa in Camelot

By39vwpadminJuly 14, 20091 min read

Two ladies in Camelot.…. Who knew… Just read in the Vanity Fair article of how the 1963 American exhibition of…

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A Local Find

By39vwpadminNovember 30, 20082 min read

Our friend Laila is so rafinée, with such discriminating taste. We’ve become closer friends since she and her family moved…

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“Jacques Prevert, Paris la belle,” an exhibition at Hôtel de Ville – Hotels Paris Rive Gauche

By39vwpadminOctober 1, 20082 min read

As part of Prévert trivia, I also learned that he lived near our apartment on the rue de Vaugirard and…

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First foray into cooking was through Silver Palate Cookbook

By39vwpadminSeptember 1, 20091 min read

I read today that Sheila Lufkin, the author of “Silver Palate Cookbook 25th Anniversary Edition” (Julee Rosso, Sheila Lukins) had…

Moveable Feast book

Hemingway, the “portable picnic,” and the rue de Vaugirard

By39vwpadminAugust 31, 20092 min read

You got very hungry when you did not eat enough in Paris because all the baker shops had such good…