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It’s not every FM interviewee who arrives with a bittersweet chocolate cake in tow. The cake in question has chocolate ganache frosting flavored with Cointreau and cognac. Thomas C. Gilmore ’06 has just made himself a very popular guy. As onlookers eagerly devour his creation, Gilmore explains his love of all things sweet. “I’ve always been slightly interested in baking and cooking,” the chef begins modestly. It wasn’t until last year, however, that Gilmore began to seriously pursue his hobby. A high...
...become politically incorrect to promote French wines." Since France exports ?1.71 billion in wine and spirits to the U.S. every year - France's most lucrative sector after automotive products and aeronautics - the plummeting sales are no laughing matter. (There has been no drop in sales for champagne or cognac, which aren't as prone to replacement by New World competitors.) No wonder the managing board of the Federation of Wine and Spirits Exporters decided that its president, Patrick Ricard, would write a discreet letter to Chirac this week. "We don't want to get in the debate about politics," says...
...been safer there than in New York City. European tourists have begun to return to Egypt, but they don't use luxury hotels and river tours to the extent that Americans do. "And when Americans dine," says Atef Goubran, an executive with Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, "they drink wine and cognac...
...restaurants and brothels, collected protection money and loan sharked. He raked in an estimated $2 million a month?small potatoes for other Asian dons, perhaps, but unheard-of wealth in Vietnam. Cam needed money to buy protection, which he did wholesale. A few times a year, he'd throw cognac-fueled parties for senior police officers, offering girls along with the snacks. He once bought a new car for a police reporter. Cam was a generous friend to those he needed...
...been safer there than in New York City. European tourists have begun to return to Egypt, but they don't use luxury hotels and river tours to the extent that Americans do. "And when Americans dine," says Atef Goubran, an executive with Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, "they drink wine and cognac...