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...complex stews, bold flavors, unusual ingredients and intricate cooking techniques, the area has long attracted gourmets from around the world (the most daring will munch on chapulines - fried grasshoppers). Cabrera began offering lessons after getting repeated requests for recipes from travelers who ate in her family's restaurant, La Olla. But what began seven years ago as an occasional class has turned into a semiweekly event often sold out a month ahead in high season, from December to March. Across town, chef Iliana de la Vega has had similar success with the courses she offers at her acclaimed restaurant...
...processing this directive] a new youth center, with a theater, concert hall, workshops and mediatheque, where kids can surf the Internet, watch movies and listen to music. The keys have just been handed over to the first of 5,000 new houses, the bulk of them moderately priced, in La Dehesa Vieja (the Old Meadow). By the time that development is complete next year, the Madrid metro will have extended its Line 10 to include three new stations in Sanse, which has become essentially an airy, upscale barrio of one of Europe's most dynamic capitals. "We have a well...
...main architect. Technical advice was provided by Ingéni, an air-systems consultancy firm based near Paris, which had designed systems for supermarkets and museums but had no experience with caves. "We proposed a system, and that's what they chose," says the firm's managing director, Michel de la Giraudière. "I don't know why they favored an active system over a passive one, but I do know not everyone was of the same opinion. They wanted a certain efficacy, and the discussion was somewhat political...
...study of Paleolithic cave art, arrived to inspect their extraordinary find. He theorized that Lascaux's broad galleries might indicate a magical or religious function for the drawings; Lascaux became known as the "Sistine Chapel of prehistory," and people clamored to see it. After the war, the La Rochefoucauld family, which owned the property, authorized work to enlarge the entrance, shunt off the water that had once cascaded through the cave and install steps and concrete flooring through much of the underground complex. As many as 1,700 visitors traipsed through Lascaux every day. But by the late 1950s...
...Mexican school system only provided free education for children through age 16, and Elena’s family did not have the resources necessary to afford “la prepaâ€â€”the Mexican equivalent of high school...