Word: bistro
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...filmmaker in Paris! Every morning you step out the door into the greatest standing set in the world. It's not just the places all of us tourists know - the Tuileries, the Eiffel Tower, the Latin Quarter - it's the anonymous streets where the food in the humblest bistro makes your mouth water, the women are always pert and smartly dressed, the men rueful and wise. Everything and everyone merely awaits further transformation by the cinematographer's glamorizing light. Even a sad story does not seem quite so doleful in this context...
...people, and with playful cartoons drawn by Reynaud's close friend, José Reis de Matos. The visuals complement the chatty, engaging voice of the author as he introduces some of his accomplices: Aimé, the "prince of the art of cutting up the carcass"; Bibi, the bistro owner with a "paunch as welcoming as a soft pillow to a tired head at night"; and Pompon, the Armagnac supplier who doubles as a "learned professor...
Payard is a third-generation pastry chef whose New York City bistro and patisserie is a place of pilgrimage for chocolate lovers. But the chef also caters some of the city's swankiest cocktail parties, and this book adapts some of his favorite recipes for the home cook. Although they can be a little complicated, his signature dishes--crispy polenta with pesto, parmesan eggplant and goat-cheese tarts and microwaved foie gras terrine--are worth the effort...
...WASHINGTON - Dinner at swish American bistro CityZen - Private sushi and sake tasting at Café Mozu - Private tour of the National Gallery of Art - A commemorative U.S. flag that flew over the Capitol - Guided limousine tour of the city's landmarks (with bubbly) - Tickets to a Kennedy Center performance or a Verizon Center sports event
...city's large Italian community - is one of America's best, if least known, Little Italys; try one of the many raviolis - plump with lobster, spinach, basil - at Venda Ravioli on Atwells Avenue, vendaravioli.com. For more innovative fare, head to the Mills Tavern, an 1850s mill turned bistro on North Main Street. Sit at the bar to get bartender Ashlyn's advice and cocktails, and don't miss the side orders: the better-than-your-mom's macaroni and cheese, and the onions, laced with Roquefort and grilled until brown and sweet. The best restaurant in town is New Rivers...