Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shining moment -- actually, a year -- the U.S. had once again forged ahead of Japan to become the world's business leader. But it was too good to last. Last week Japan regained the top spot in a ranking of the most competitive industrial countries compiled annually by the European Management Forum, a nonprofit foundation based in Geneva. The EMF rankings are based on a survey of 5,000 corporate officials and economists, who make assessments using such guideposts as economic dynamism, political stability and the degree of state interference...
Lauren has gone multinational, a feat that many European designers achieved decades ago but that their U.S. counterparts have never quite managed to duplicate on the same scale. In the same month that he opened his Madison Avenue mansion for business, Lauren unveiled a grand salon in Paris. Says Patrick McCarthy, editor of Women's Wear Daily: "He is the first American designer to seize the potential for the American look in Europe...
...like to make money, which I like." So says Albert Roux, who with Brother Michel owns several celebrated restaurants, including Le Gavroche in London and the Waterside Inn in nearby Bray. Both boast the Guide Michelin's top rating, three stars. The Rouxs are among a number of prestigious European chefs and restaurateurs opening branches in the U.S. Currently the brothers provide inspiration, advice and some financial backing to Michael's Waterside Inn, a superb and comfortably inviting restaurant in Santa Barbara, Calif. The inn, which opened in 1984 and is now beginning to flourish, appeals to such notables...
That open-mindedness, along with the differences between European and American ingredients, has inspired most of these newly arrived chefs to re- create their recipes. For the most part, they use domestic products and only occasionally find that they require heftier seasoning...
...Yorkers can expect even more on their plates if the plans of other European restaurateurs pan out. Alain Senderens, formerly of the three-star Archestrate and now of Lucas-Carton in Paris, expects to open on a midtown site. In addition to the fashionable Milan favorite Da Bice, other popular Italian restaurants, such as the posh El Toula chain and the sublime San Domenico in Imola, near Bologna, are seeking locations. Not all agree that New York is the only place to be. Michael Hutchings explains why he and the Roux brothers chose Santa Barbara. "This is a cosmopolitan town...