Subject: France

• Daily Flog 8/5/08: Death of a smart Alek, crime by kids, mad scientists, veep intrigue, close shaves, kosher giraffes

  August 5, 2008

• Edible News of the World Update

  The Rainbow Room in better timesAnother victim of the bad economy: The Rainbow Room will close on January 12th, but its bar, banquet space and weekend dinner-dancing will stay in business, moving to the 65th floor of the building. [AP]The holidays are over, time for inauguration fever. Asia Nine, a sushi spot in D.C., is offering a series of maki rolls for the inauguration. The Obama roll is stuffed with a bunch of mixed veggies, the Biden roll features crab and wasabi and the limited-edition la

  January 5, 2009

• Edible News

  In many of the largest food poisoning outbreaks in recent years, including the recent outbreak of salmonella in peanuts, food safety issue have gone undetected by private auditors.[NY Times]In France, a checkout girl's memoir of working at a supermarket has become a bestseller, and there are plans to make it into a film, a musical comedy, and a comic-strip. [Times of London] Interest in the health benefits of wine is particularly American.[Slate]New instant-coffee products are trying to change t

  March 6, 2009

• The Cooper-Hewitt Celebrates Rococo

  Polish up your Cupids and boar's heads!

  April 8, 2008

• Xavier Gens's Frontière(s)

  May 6, 2008

• DANGEROUS LIAISONS

  August 19, 2008

• Letters 11.05.08

  November 5, 2008

• Pentagram

  February 25, 2009

• All Chao's Children

  September 10, 2002

• Mali's Guitar-Wielding Revolutionary Finds Peace as an Expat

  May 25, 2004

• Georgian Master's Films Finally Released

  September 13, 2005

• Paris Kids Win!

  But as David Ng wrote last week, more protests are just a matter of time

  April 4, 2006

• Vive le Censeur!

  July 18, 2000

• Michael Atkinson's Top 10

  December 26, 2000

• '13 Tzameti'

  July 18, 2006

• School of Paris

  December 8, 1998

• The Max Factor

  June 22, 1999

• Personal Bests

  December 28, 1999

• French Toast

  February 29, 2000

• Rock and Roll Part 2 1/2

  April 18, 2000

• Country Matters

  October 10, 2000

• From Louis XIV to Le Hip-Hop

  April 17, 2001

• Nation

  June 5, 2001

• Sports

  June 18, 2002

• Oedipus in Overalls

  June 25, 2002

• La Vraie Bouillabaisse

  March 4, 2003

• Uncertain Regard

  July 15, 2003

• NY Mirror

  November 18, 2003

• Memories of Murder

  December 6, 2005

• 'Days of Glory'

  November 28, 2006

• Pictures at an Execution

  January 9, 2007

• FOUL PLAY

  July 2, 2008

• ROPE-A-DOPE

  August 12, 2008

• J. Hoberman's Top 10 of 2008

  December 31, 2008

• Sex and the Pueblo

  October 16, 2007

• The Kids Are Winning

  Paris loves a riot

  April 4, 2006

• Paris Loves a Riot

  France is a democracy where dissent is not only tolerated but expected

  March 28, 2006

• Letters

  January 10, 2006

• What to 'B' to Ivo & Lulu

  Every week or so in 'What to B When You BYOB' we ask a local wine store to recommend a few good wines under $20 to pair with the food at a nearby BYOB restaurant. This week, we talk to Jim Kuhner of Vestry Wines (65 Vestry Street) about what to bring to Franco-Caribbean neighborhood favorite Ivo & Lulu (558 Broome Street) a few blocks away. NV Coteau du Pizy Touraine Sec Rose, Loire Valley, France ($15) This rosé sparkling is made from the pineau d'aunis grape, which is native to the Loire Va

  April 7, 2009

• Le Combat Dans L'ile

  June 3, 2009

• The Secret of the Grain

  April 15, 2009

• MOTs Meet Friend and Foe in Being Jewish in France

  May 13, 2009

• What to 'B' to Bar Blanc on Sundays

  Every week or so in "What to B When You BYOB," we ask a local wine shop to recommend a few good wines under $20 to pair with the food at a nearby BYOB restaurant. This week, we talk to Cristiano Andrade, the general manager and buyer at Sea Grape , a West Village wine shop that specializes in well-priced boutique wines, about what to bring to nearby Bar Blanc, which has just lifted its $25 corkage fee on Sundays. Ricossa Gavi 2007, Italy ($14.99) "They have a black cod on the menu with fennel

  June 30, 2009

• What to 'B' to A Salt & Battery

  Every week or so in "What to B When You BYOB," a local wine shop recommends a few good wines under $20 to pair with the food at a nearby BYOB restaurant. This week, Lisa Schock, the director of tasting events at Chelsea Wine Vault, discusses what to bring to nearby fish and chips joint A Salt & Battery. A quick call to the restaurant revealed that, "technically, no," they don't allow BYOB, but that, "Yes, bringing a bottle should be fine." It seems to be the running theme of the BYOB experienc

  July 14, 2009

• Battlefields+Overmars

  September 1, 2009

• Joseph Leonard's Revenge

  September 8, 2009

• The USDA Gets Locavore Fever; The How-to-Stay-Regular Cookbook

  ​The USDA has launched a new campaign entitled Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food, that includes a close to $65 million handout to help connect small -- especially sustainable -- farms to people seeking local food. [NY Times] To help fight obesity, universities are posting caloric information in their dining halls, but emphasis on calorie counts can backfire and lead to disordered eating, even among students with no history of food issues. [Newsweek] The Un-Constipated Gourmet: Secrets to

  September 16, 2009

• Market Watch: Brode Galeux d'Eysines Frightens Union Square Shoppers

  ​ Underneath the glue-on peanuts, worm holes, or whatever they are, is an orange pumpkin. The French name means "embroidered with the eyes of Eysines," referring to a town in the south of France. The brode galeux d'Eysines is a pumpkin that weighs around ten pounds, and the flesh is sweet and pale; some say it's the most perfect pumpkin for pumpkin pie. The winter squash, from a family of vegetables known as cucurbits (which also includes melons and gourds), is slow-growing and considered

  October 13, 2009

• Our 10 Best Cheeses

  ​ ​Is it a piece of marble or a blue cheese? And did it make the list of Our 10 Best Cheeses? Who doesn't love cheese? A friend says she administers a cheese test to potential boyfriends. If the guy doesn't crave the coagulated milk products of cows, sheep, goats, or water buffalo, it's no dice! (Why is there no such thing as pig's milk cheese? And what about llama cheese?)

  November 6, 2009

• 3 Consulates Get Fake Anthrax, Nostalgia

  ​Autumn 2009 is making us nostalgic. First, we have a deranged Muslim killing a lot of citizens on U.S. soil. Now, we have anthrax! Or at least fake anthrax, which we also had back in the day, sonny. The New York consulates of France, Austria and Uzbekistan received anonymous packets of white powder yesterday. 25 people had sufficient contact with it that they had to be decontaminated, but initial tests suggest the powder is not anthrax. Authorities say the three envelopes came with a D

  November 10, 2009