Word: chez
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...film Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis (Welcome to the Ch'tis) has sold more than 5 million tickets during its first week in the cinemas, shattering the previous roll-out box-office record of 3.9 million set in 2006 by Les Bronzés 3 - a comedy that similarly pokes fun at notorious French stereotypes. But whereas the Bronzés film was just the latest in a hugely popular series spanning back to the original 1978 film, Bienvenu chez les Ch'tis has been a bolt-from-the-blue phenomenon. Its simple, sex- and violence-free tale about normal...
...Lucques and AOC, put a plate of ripe tomatoes with basil on her list even though she didn't eat heirloom tomatoes as a kid--her dad didn't like salad, so they never had any. But those tomatoes were served at the first staff meal she ate at Chez Panisse, site of her dream job. "My meal is sort of like the edible sound track to my life," says Goin. "I chose Lang & Reed Cab Franc rather than some amazing million-dollar Burgundy, and I realize it's because it's the wine my husband and I fell...
...MIAMI In its seventh year, the South Beach Wine and Food Festival in Miami (Feb. 21-24) guarantees glamour and warm winter sunshine. Headline chefs for 2008 include Anthony Bourdain, whose revelatory tales of the kitchen have made him a star, and Alice Waters, the founder of Chez Panisse in Berkeley. One tribute evening honors Alsatian chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, another celebrates great women chefs such as Suzanne Goin of Luques in Los Angeles, and the grand finale is a Tuscan evening hosted by Jamie Oliver and Mario Batali. www.sobewineandfoodfest.com...
...really fair to say that Wally le Saharien makes the best couscous on the planet, because his is like no one else's. It was born, like Wally himself, "somewhere in the Sahara," and even though he is now encamped on the lower flanks of Paris' Montmartre, to eat chez Wally is to feast with a desert prince...
...When Sarkozy rolled up to Chez Bush 45 minutes late - a tardiness fashionable in France, but possibly rude in New England - he was without his wife Cécilia, who bowed out of the informal lunch invitation due to a sore throat. Still, here was a French president who has dedicated himself to repairing the sour atmosphere between his predecessor and the White House, presenting himself as a partner with whom the U.S. can deal in greater confidence. Even though Chirac's opposition to the Iraq war reflected the view of most world leaders - including Sarkozy - that opposition made France...