Paris, France — It was a forgotten age, yet a golden age for the decorative arts, for theatre, music and all around comfort. The highly ornamental Rococo style would begin to emerge […]
The Royal Régence, a Forgotten French Renaissance
Critic’s Choice: The Viking Heritage of Normandy
The winter solstice is just beyond us in the northern hemisphere as the days grow longer and the sun emerges from its lowest point in the sky to continue to climb high […]
Paris In Pataphysics
Paris, France — Pataphysics. Not your average everyday word. But it has wended its way into an exhibition currently underway at the Musée Carnavalet-Histoire de Paris museum which traces the history of […]
Paris: The Gastronomic Feast
Paris, France — For Ernest Hemingway, Paris was famously a moveable feast. And an exhibition currently being played out at the Conciergerie in Paris enticingly takes a look at what is regarded […]
The Divine Du Barry Resoundingly Returns to Versailles
Versailles, France — Her name was Jeanne. Jeanne Bécu. She was born a commoner in 1743 and would die on the guillotine in 1793 in Paris. She would rise from her humble […]
A Spectacular Show in Meaux
With A Gourmet Gazette Slide Show at the End of the Article Meaux, Paris — This is a journey through the history of France and beyond as seen from the small city […]
Paris, from Antiquity to Eternity
Armchair Traveling with The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France —It’s hard to imagine that people once made their way in and around Paris on a wooden dugout canoe, but they did. That was […]
Urban Memories: The Tuileries Palace
Paris, France — These are monumental works, blending in beautifully with their surroundings. The works of the contemporary Spanish artist Juan Garaizabal have appeared throughout the world from Doha to Miami, Berlin […]
Celebrations and Renovations for Napoleon
France and the world at large are commemorating the bicentenary of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte this year. He died on the island of Saint Helena on May 5th, 1821 and is […]
Dining with the French, The Art of French Table Arts Featuring a Gourmet Gazette Slide Show at the End of the Article
Sèvres, France —A 16th century blown glass and gold-rimmed glass made in Venice, a knife and fork with coral handles for savoring fish, a teapot in the shape of an eggplant are […]
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