Versailles, France — He was perhaps one of France’s most mercurial and mysterious monarchs. Louis XV made his own hot chocolate and marzipan in his private kitchen, was the first king to […]
A King’s King: Louis XV
Into the Imagination
Halloween has always provoked the imagination. A story of spooks, good and bad, witches and broomsticks, in short the fantastical, the symbolic. An alternative way of looking at things, at times surreal, […]
Cheverny, the Celestial
Cheverny, France —It is a classical vision of France that emerges as the visitor faces the great Loire Valley castle of Cheverny. It is a château that is alive and well and […]
Steinlen the Superb
Auvers-Sur-Oise, France — It was his black cat that made him famous the world over. A rather angry-looking black cat but one that you can’t take your eyes from. It appears on […]
Going the Great Gourmet Way with Sébastien Gaudard
Chambord/Paris, France — He is one of France’s finest pastry chefs, Sébastien Gaudard. It is one of the most elegant castles in all of the land, the majestic Chambord Castle, the brainchild […]
Critic’s Choice: Colors of Character from Tony Soulié
The paintings have highly evocative names like The Sun, Desert Flower, The Black Dahlia and Ballet. The works travel between the figurative and abstract while imparting upon the color, largely red and […]
It’s Champagne Time with Lucien Collard
It is a tranquil village nestled into the Montagne de Reims. What isn’t tranquil about Bouzy are its wines, some of the finest champagnes houses in France, champagne houses that aside from […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Fragrant Fleurie
Light and fragrant, Fleurie as its name implies evokes the flowers of springtime. It is a fruity and fulfilling Beaujolais that is best young and cold. The Château de La Chaize has […]
A Charismatic Castle Makes a Rare Request
Chantilly, France — It is one of the crown jewels of France. The Domain of Chantilly is home to the second largest collection of old paintings in France after the Louvre, the […]
In the Pink
Saint Roseline, the oldest daughter of the Seigneur des Arcs, the legendary Lord of the Arcs in the sun-drenched rosé wine filled land of Provence, gives her name to one of the […]
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