Pour moi, l’histoire est la somme de toutes les histoires possibles – une collection de métiers et points de vue,
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1001 Ways to Die – (10) Ginette Neveu, French Violinist (1919-1949)
Edith Piaf wrote of Neveu in her autobiography, The Wheel of Fortune: “I would have traveled thousands of miles to hear the
Continue readingMushrooms and Truffles: A “Fluxus Eleatis” disourse
Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin: The word gastronomy has been revived from the Greek; it sounds sweetly in French ears, and although
Continue readingLa Graine et le Mulet (Couscous with Mullet): Food and Family Politics
Couscous with Mullet, or “The Secret of the Grain” is a movie of Tunisian born director Abdellatif Kechiche. I love
Continue readingAlain Resnais' and Marguerite Duras' "Hiroshima Mon Amour"
‘I remember Hiroshima’ ‘You remember nothing’ “You saw nothing in Hiroshima. Nothing.” ” I saw everything. Everything.” It has been
Continue readingThe irresistible power of … UPDATED 8pm – (Το μ…νι σερνει και το καραβι και τον αρχηγο του ΔΝΤ) ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗ 8 μμ
Εμεις οι Ελληνες εχομε βαθειες παρακαταθηκες. Ειμεθα και ναυτικος λαος. Και ως εκ τουτου εχομεν επιγνωσιν των δυναμεων εκεινων που
Continue readingL'Atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel, Arles, Provence, France
Today I want to share with delay my impressions from my visit to this restaurant tucked in one of the
Continue readingBrandada de Bacalao – Salt Cod Mash (Brandade)
Updated 26 December 2023 Today’s dish is easy, cheap (cost efficient) and tasty! In addition, it has a name that
Continue readingPissaladiere with smoked herring
Pissaladiere is a pizza-like dish of the South of France. Its name comes from the word pissalat (“salted fish”). It
Continue readingPoeme electronique: The Phillips Pavilion in the 1958 Brussels World Fair
This post is about the joint work of three modern day geniuses: Le Corbusier, Edgard Varese, and Iannis Xenakis: Poeme
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