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...your item "Foie Gras In The Mess?," about attempts to have a subsidiary of a French company barred from supplying food to U.S. Marines [NOTEBOOK, April 21]: First it was freedom fries replacing French fries and the burning of French toast. Then fine French wines and Dom Perignon bubbled down patriotic American drains. One wonders what France bashers will dream up next to replace the French kiss. Let's hope for a tongue twister. KATHERINE E. KREUTER Rancho Mirage, Calif...
...Festival, a month-long, mango-themed culinary fair (see www.singaporefoodfestival.com.sg). Singapore's food-obsessed can simultaneously enjoy the World Gourmet Summit, where some of the world's top chefs gather to discuss dining trends and to gossip about who's in and out in the cliquish world of foie gras and shark's fin soup (go to worldgourmetsummit.com...
Yeah, during that four-year period I went to [Oktoberfest] three times and Mardi Gras twice just to compare them. Mardi Gras is fun—it’s a looney bin—but in the end it didn’t hold up to Oktoberfest...
...think it’s an incredible party. It’s three weekends long. I mean, most parties are an excuse to drink. Mardi Gras is a religious holiday but it’s become a drinking party, or Saint Patrick’s Day is I guess a religious holiday that’s an excuse to drink. Oktoberfest is about beer. And the Germans for some insane reason also think it’s a good idea to set up an amusement park around the Oktoberfest. It’s the greatest combo...
...city's hallmarks are gaiety and gastronomy. At the Place du Salin, remnants of the city's 1st century Roman walls support the small, age-darkened medieval house in which St. Dominic first established his order of preaching friars, in 1215. The Wednesday and Friday (winter only) foie gras and poultry market here has dwindled over recent years to just a handful of farmers. Madame Gazel, seated at a rickety folding table, is a 32-year veteran of the market, her carefully plucked chickens stashed in blue plastic picnic coolers and her fresh eggs in a wicker basket...