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...there, with warm rural smiles greeting their antics; and a hypermarket is never far away for baby food or Band-Aids. There's an abundance of affordable family accommodation, too, from self-catering farmhouses to bed-and-breakfasts. And for gourmets, this is gastronomic heaven: the Dordogne is duck, foie gras and truffle country...
...aims to trump itself. A meal lasts for hours, alternating between sweet and savory, hot and cold, familiar and otherworldly: fried rabbit ears, for instance, translucently thin and tasting like pork rinds; spaghetti not topped with Parmesan but fashioned from it; carrots turned into foam, artichokes into puree, and foie gras into ice cream. For such alchemy, Adria maintains a "laboratory workshop" in nearby Barcelona, where he experiments with everything from centrifuges to cotton-candy machines. Adria sees Spain's pioneering departure from the norms set by French cuisine as only natural. "It is objectively true that Spain discovered America...
...fine replication of dishes from Alsace, a region in Eastern France. Duc, a native of France, laments that French restaurants in America are “expensive and a little pretentious,” but Mistral, in Back Bay, has “amazing food.” The Foie Gras, pan-seared and warmed duck liver, is her favorite dish there...
...against the U.S. over its illegal antidumping law, Brussels quickly warned that only days remained for the U.S. to head off separate WTO-endorsed sanctions against a $4 billion annual tax break for American firms. But the more symbolic salvo came as Washington last week banned imports of French foie gras and other processed meats, saying 11 manufacturers failed to meet health standards. Calling the measure "unjustifiable," Agriculture Minister Hervé Gaymard lobbied hard in Washington . Meanwhile, the country's wine producers met with Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin to find ways to boost the ailing industry. Exports are down...
...which has been shown to play a role in longevity--at least for one-cell organisms. Perhaps time and further research will tell whether the benefits of wine, if not the pleasure and bouquet, can be packed into a pill for people. Meanwhile, which pill will pair best with foie gras...