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...selling dreams. We are merchants of happiness," chef Bernard Loiseau once said. The ebullient Loiseau ran one of only 25 restaurants in France awarded three stars by the all-powerful Michelin guide. His Cote d'Or restaurant in Saulieu in Burgundy is a shrine to detail, to perfection on a plate. And like the other markets for dreams and happiness--films, say, or fashion or narcotics--it was a brutal pursuit. Loiseau had not taken a vacation in four years. He had planned one for this winter, but last week another French restaurant guide, GaultMillau, inexplicably reduced his ranking...
...secret that Loiseau was obsessed with the star game. Since winning his second star in 1981, he had shamelessly crusaded for a third. He went some $5 million into debt expanding the 18th century Cote d'Or building in the tiny village of Saulieu. He transformed French cooking with his cuisine a l'eau style, which uses water to bring out flavors and eschews the French penchant for cream and butter. In 1991 Michelin granted him his third star at last. Business shot...
...after the suicide, the Cote d'Or staff tried to keep the restaurant open, in the words of its website, "in the spirit of Loiseau." But after one day, the shaken crew found it could not go on. A sign over the menu in front of the restaurant, obscuring Loiseau's famous $65 frog's-legs appetizer, announced it would be closed for the week. Loiseau's spirit was, in the end, too hard to match...
worldairportguide.com A handy primer on airports in more than 50 countries. Each description includes a map of the airport terminals and other details, like how to find long-term parking near Larnaca International in Cyprus and where to hold a videoconference at Nice--Cote d'Azur Airport on the French Riviera...
Lehigh narrowed Harvard’s lead with a win in the 157-pound class, but junior Pat O’Donnell extended Harvard’s lead to 20-13 with a 4-2 win over Lehigh’s Nate Cote. Sophomore P.J. Jones lost in the 174-pound. class and the Mountain Hawks drew within four, 20-16, to set up the crucial final match...