Author Archive
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La rentrée: The September return to studies from les grandes vacances
19 Sep 2012By Bénédicte Mahé Obviously, after every summer vacation, comes the time to go back to school or career. I do…
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Les grandes vacances: The grand getaway to summer’s beaches, mountains and countryside
18 Sep 2012By Bénédicte Mahé They are over and done, but we still have to talk about them: les grandes vacances are…
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French Impressions: Eva Izsak-Niimura-Fourcans on the richness of experiencing other cultures firsthand
12 Sep 2012Eva Izsak-Niimura-Fourcans has lived and worked on three continents. She was born in Transylvania (a Hungarian-speaking province of Romania) and…
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French Impressions: A Paris-based author, master perfumer and expatriate literature expert, writing about style
05 Sep 2012How do you define style? The question begs. A nerve gets touched. Quickly, easily we say what it is not.…
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Des Cuisses de Grenouille: Frogs’ legs
03 Sep 2012By Alyssa Glawe As my taste for travel and adventure has grown every year since I was a child, so…
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French Impressions: A baker, wine scholar and self-proclaimed foodie divulge delicacies of multicultural cuisine
29 Aug 2012We look at the altering experience of being born between two universes—from French baker and pastry chef Arnaud de Rambures…
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Marathon du Medoc, culinary sport
27 Aug 2012By Michelle Hum I am not a runner. The thought of exerting that much energy to go not very far…
