Word: frans
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...Already a best seller in France, Pork & Sons won the Grand Prix de la Gastronomie Française and is being published in English in time for the newly dawned Year of the Pig. Part cookbook, part personal narrative, it reflects the allegiances of its author, Stéphane Reynaud, a self-taught chef who was born into the meat business. "I love the pig and like the pork," he writes. While his musings about pigs are affectionate, Reynaud, 40, avoids sentimentality by refusing to gloss over the animal's journey from pen to plate. Instead he makes a feature...
...this coming year really is to support her and all of the initiatives she intends to pursue.” Fergusson, along with the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, will preside over Faust’s installation as president, scheduled for Oct. 12. “Fran [Fergusson] will provide some really special insights and support because she was a president before,” Lee said. Fergusson, who obtained a PhD in fine arts from Harvard in 1973, could not be reached for comment yesterday. In a statement, Interim President Derek C. Bok said the University...
...photo of the children scavenging for food in Kanpur, India, reminded me of Jean-François Millet's painting The Gleaners. It was really sad to see what these children's lives are like. I hope we can create a better world full of love and hope so that the next generation will not see the conditions necessary to create another, updated version of The Gleaners. Lether Lam Hong Kong
...Hotel in Paris his home base, jetting around Europe to shake hands and put his case to anyone who would listen. Critically, labor unions weren't hostile; they had already worked with his company and knew what to expect. And Mittal won a powerful French ally early on: François Pinault, a fellow self-made billionaire whose holdings include luxury designer Gucci. Pinault was appalled by the reaction to the bid. "I didn't like the welcome he received in France, nor the xenophobic, even racist character of certain comments about 'the Indian,'" explained Pinault, who joined Mittal...
...DIED. Claude Jade, 58, French actress who shot to fame as the heroine of three of François Truffaut's best-loved films, the bittersweet, semi-autobiographical trilogy Stolen Kisses, Bed & Board and Love on the Run; of eye cancer; in Boulogne-Billancourt, France...