A musky-woody floral, it starts off with a sparkling Italian mandarin touch and a note of sea breeze. At its heart is a white tea extract, Madras wood, the aromatic plant that […]
Into the Iris
An Alaïan Alliance
Left: Left to Right: Suit by Thierry Mugler, Fall-Winter 1990; Jacket by Azzedine Alaïa, Fall-Winter 1985; Outfit Azzedine Alaïa, Fall-Winter 1989. Photo ©Julien Vidal. Courtesy Fondation Azzedine Alaïa. Handout via The Gourmet […]
Star Wars Days: May the Fourth Be With You
It’s the unofficial but universally popular Star Wars Day today and a great time for collector’s to show off their wares, reminisce about red carpet premieres of the great films of the […]
A Delightful Devil Dances into Paris
Paris, France — With its thick black fur, devilishly red ears, bushy tail, strident cry and reputation for flying into a rage when threatened, the Tasmanian devil is one of nature’s mythical […]
Moments in Time: Jurassic Park Time
It has already been 32 years since the Steven Spielberg movie Jurassic Park came to the silver screen bringing to life the dinosaurs that roamed and rumbled the Earth 65 million years […]
Delving into Drawings
Paris, France — The 33rd Salon du Dessin, the annual and very international Drawing Art Show in Paris, drew to a resounding and record-breaking close last March 31st in the beautifully-appointed Palais […]
Critic’s Choice: Hannelore Baron Blooms in Paris
Paris, France — She used the simplest of materials like paper, cloth and ink to create her powerful collages and box assemblages. The German-American collage artist Hannelore Baron was little known during […]
Cutting Edge Catering
Paris, France — It is one of the most demanding of the culinary professions. Catering requires a mastery of taste, preparation and presentation all the while following a strict code of rules. […]
The Enduring Eggs of Easter Time
Even the French supermarket chain Carrefour brought out its own Easter collection of whimsical springtime animals shaped like Easter eggs. Photo courtesy Carrefour. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France — Easter […]
A Hobbit Happening
Paris, France — It is one of the best selling books of all time. First published in 1937 and with many million of copies sold world wide, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or […]
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