Word: alain
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...Alain le Roy, head of the U.N. Peacekeeping Department, acknowledged some fear of upheaval. "What we don't know is the level of violence," he said. "We hope the government of Sudan will act responsibly to make sure that all beginnings of violence will be stopped in due time...
Adoration. Over at the St. Regis in New York, chef Alain Ducasse is offering a three-course tasting menu at Adour for $145 per person, and a five-course truffle menu for $290 per person. At his Washington, D.C., outpost, the menu is slightly less dear, with a four appetizers and four entrees to choose from for $95 per person. And you get cotton candy to top it off. Who knew that was an aphrodisiac? New York: 2 East 55th Street, 212-710-2277; Washington: 923 16th Street at K Street...
...Adieu to Alain Robbe-Grillet, 85, a founding father of the postwar nouveau roman movement who wrote the script for Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad, that ultra-chic chess game of adultery and fabulous frocks. Robbe-Grillet then channel much of his energy into filmmaking, with such kinky mystifiers as Trans-Europ Express, The Man Who Lies and the cunningly titled Progressive Slidings of Pleasure. Simon Gray, 71, wrote for the stage (where many of his tart, smart comedies were directed by Pinter) and stayed there. Fortunately, his best play, Butley, is preserved on film, along with Alan Bates...
Last-Minute Meals. If you haven't been invited to one of the inaugural balls, check OpenTable.com, the online reservation site, for dining specials at Washington D.C. restaurants. Alain Ducasse's Adour at the St. Regis and the classic Washington power-lunching spot, Old Ebbitt Grill, are still taking reservations. The local eatery Oakville Grille & Wine Bar in Bethesda is offering a special prix-fixe menu - the three-course "Red, White & Blue" meal for $30, which includes a "Blueberry Bama" or a "Very Berry Biden" martini on Inauguration...
...French commentators are viewing Caspar's arrival at Michelin as a gain for French gastronomy at Germany's expense. "I'm as thrilled they've finally named a woman as I am disinterested in her nationality - which in a globalized world where only competence counts means nothing," famed chef Alain Senderens told TIME. Adds Laurent Mariotte, a food expert who hosts cooking programs on radio's France Info and television's TF1: "French cuisine has recently begun shedding it's reputation of being stiff and stuck in its ways by opening up to new influences as great chefs in England...