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People worldwide are experiencing economic jitters as the financial markets go from one extreme to another. Many French are baffled...
I hope you’ll want to read what I originally wrote for New York’s 40th anniversary celebration issue. "What are the...
The American economy is so powerful that a sniffle here can cause hacking and sneezing around the globe. Some of...
Last week, for the first time ever, I went to Rock en Seine, the music festival that’s been held each...
Parking lanes in Paris do not begin where the curb and the street meet at ninety degrees or end there,...
Americans are flying while more and more Europeans are earth-bound—and getting where they want to go much faster and in...
“Based on a true story of love, victory and fermentation.” Oh? Movies are notoriously bad at history, no matter how...
The July 2008 issue of Time Magazine published a poll declaring the French to be the worst tourists among all...
The real title of this series of essays should be “Bistros, Brasseries and Bars: What’s in a name? Or Does...
Shortly after Christine Lagarde was apointed France’s finance minister by President Nicholas Sarkozy, she announced to the National Assembly that...
A few years ago a guy I didn’t know was opening a restaurant in the United States and wrote me...
Questions I ask myself:Q: Have you ever counted how many meals you’ve eaten in the line of duty?A: 17.966 give...