Paris, France — Virtually unknown outside of her native Norway, Harriet Backer was Norway’s best-known woman painter in the late 19th century. The Musée d’Orsay in Paris is currently presenting an exhibition […]
On Painting Music: The Works of Harriet Backer
The Fantastical Funfair
Paris, France —It is a most festive and fun venue that sits on the edge of eastern Paris in the Bercy Village neighborhood surrounded by shops and gardens. The Pavillons de Bercy […]
It’s a Natural World
Paris, France — There is Jeppe the cat resting in sand heated by the sun. A white hare in winter leaving his footprints behind him in the snow. A highly detailed portrait […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wear Find: Affordable Luxury from Lebanon’s WSPR
From the multi-brand fine jewelry collections of WSPR. Photo courtesy WSPR. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France –This is elegant jewelry. Wearable, timeless and thoroughly stackable which is why the pieces […]
Jewelry Fit for a Queen, A Merovingian Queen
Merovingian-style ring in brass and amazonite. Photo courtesy Rmn-Grand Palais. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette They were the house that united, essentially, France. The Merovingian dynasty were the ruling family of the […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find from Provence: Calin Polisson Liqueur At Christmas Time or Anytime
The Christmas end of year holiday season takes on a special meaning in France’s celebrated Provence region where living Nativity scenes, the hand-crafted santon figurines and the 13 special desserts (representing Christ […]
Imperial Splendors: Marvels of the Ming Dynasty
Paris, France —A gold phoenix hairpin, a sceptre of gemstones and jade. The court of the Ming Dynasty, which ruled from 1368 until 1644, has made its way to the French capital […]
Fantastic Flowers from Le Sibille
Rome, Italy — Wisteria, one of the world’s favorite climbing plants has been immortalized in the Roman workshops of Le Sibille, the high jewlery house specialized in the ancient technique of micro-mosaics. […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find
Paris, France — In our dry sparkling wines alternatives to champagne mode, we’ve just tasted a new Crémant, a Crémant made in Bordeaux with the Sémillon grape variety, a golden-skinned grape that […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Food and Wine Find
The Gourmet Gazette returns to one of its fine wine finds of the year with the splendid wines of Divineo whose vineyards are in central southern France but whose oak ageing casks […]
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