Word: chateauful
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...style, but for her abilities as a hostess, Madame Alphand turned out a dinner that had Francophiles kissing their finger tips in joy. It was, in short, les works: a delicate jole gras from Landes, a filet de boeuf Charolais sous la cendre garni renaissance, accompanied by a profound Chateau Gruaud-Larose en magnum 1952; an unassuming little hearts-of-lettuce salad with mimosa dressing. And for a windup, poires Mona Lisa-poached pears, swaddled in hot chocolate sauce, bundled into a pastry shell-trailed by a superb Dom Perignon 1955. The Ambassador toasted President Kennedy. President Kennedy toasted President...
...your dreams." Larkin has become one of England's finest poets, but he may have deserted his mansion too soon. The second novel, A Girl in Winter, has now been published in the U.S.; and while it is no sumptuous Versailles of literature, it is an elegant chateau that any writer could be proud...
...joining forces to find the ways and means. Their latest victory, and one of the most notable of all, has just been won in the Connecticut industrial and commuting town of Norwalk. There Civil War Profiteer LeGrand Lockwood spent about $1,500,000 to build himself a 60-room chateau that is perhaps the finest example of Victorian architectural extravagance still standing...
Lockwood finished his chateau in 1867, barely in time for the financial panic of 1873, which ruined him. Sold in 1876 to Manhattan Soft-Drink Magnate Charles D. Mathews, it remained in his family until 1938, when his maiden daughter died and the city took over. The mansion soon served as an untidy office-warren for several city agencies. Voting machines jammed two rooms, old schoolbooks cluttered the marble entrance hall, and the Italian suite was stacked with city records...
...tourist attraction. But many of the country's plushest pads now belong to West Germany's top movie stars, including Curt Jürgens and Caterina Valente. After Nadja Tiller settled into a handsome hillside villa in Ticino, Actress Romy Schneider picked up a palatial lakeside chateau; not to be outdone, Romy's father bought a local café, installed a bevy of blonde waitresses and operated it for a while as a "Viennese dance hall...