Paris, France —It’s always been one of our favorite stopovers in Paris. A way to wend away from the urban landscape into a peaceful haven serving up delicious, carefully soured foods in […]
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Critic’s Choice: The Fabulous FAB
Paris, France – It’s back. The Biennale. The way it used to be. The great art fair. Rows upon rows of Old Masters, the Modern and the Contemporary, antiques and antiquities, the […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Food and Wine Find: The Pilgrimage to La Bonne Franquette
Paris, France — It is one of The Gourmet Gazette’s favorite times of the year when we climb up the Butte or Hill of Montmartre to reach a point of pilgrimage, a […]
Moments in Time: Ralph Lauren’s Equestrian Time
The equestrian heritage of Ralph Lauren is appropriately captured by the house’s Stirrup collection of fine watches. The timepieces enjoy an iconic stirrup-shaped silhouette and reflect the noble and adventurous bond between […]
Grant Giving: A Genesis
Romainville, France — There is a multi-sensorial installation work somewhere between a garden and an exhibition space offering the impression of a walk through a forest, embroidered works on the theme of […]
A Magical Cortical Kingdom Comes to Life at the Petit Palais
Paris, France — It is a mystical and mysterious feast for the five senses that is being played out in the Petit Palais, a palatial-like building built in 1900 and housing the […]
Critic’s Choice: Voodoo Visions
Paris, France —Walking through twisting trees of gold in a sacred forest. Colorful masked gods, souls merging into life. The works of French photographer Eric Bottero and Benin-born journalist and photographer Gopal […]
Wine of the Week: Pouilly-Fuissé from the Orfèvres du Vin
The Orfèvres du Vin (which literally means the goldsmiths of wine) have just brought out an exciting and golden colored Pouilly-Fuissé from the cooperative’s old growth vineyards. The Pouilly-Fuissés are exceptional wines […]
Moments in Time: Piaget’s Perfect Prize Time
Geneva, Switzerland — Undulating swirls in greens and blues of gold, diamonds, parchment, sycamore, leather and elytron (beetle shell) all come together on the dial of Piaget’s magnetic Undulata Altiplano timepiece.This meticulous […]
Nurses, the Silent Heroines of the Great War
Meaux, France —The war raged. The wounded and suffering arrived, massively in 1914. World War I in France would become a turning point for the nursing profession, a profession which at that […]