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...Marie Mondesir’s Nouvelle Lune Cuisine, the multi-layered flavors of crisp, fried plantains and hearty, Creole stews tell a tale of colonization in Haiti even as they reward the tongue. Tender okra evokes West Africa, finely-sliced capsicum introduces the produce of the Americas and sautéed onions, imported to Haiti on the ships of European merchant-adventurers, are a token of the Old World. Using recipes and techniques refined by a long family tradition, Mondesir, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, proudly continues the rich culinary traditions of her island...
Entering Nouvelle Lune, an intimate and discreet restaurant tucked between a row of stores on Massachusetts Avenue, guests are greeted with an explosion of the senses that only serves to heighten the appetite. Inside the compact space, a frying pan hisses loudly from behind a wall, the soft aroma of rice lingers in the air, and the noise of the kitchen crowds the dining area to create a welcoming and homely ambience. The quaint dining area, with its simple, checkered table cloths and sparse table decoration, resembles a room in a doll house...
There are three seemingly separate menus at Nouvelle Lune, each with different selections and prices: a printed menu with explanations of dishes, a green board with white lettering hanging from the ceiling and the waiters’ own spoken menu. “What we serve daily depends upon the availability of produce,” explains Genecia Deraville, Mondesir’s daughter. “We buy our meat from the Haymarket, and they don’t have items such as goat and conch daily.” A phone call beforehand to inquire about the menu...
...have had a naked Frankenstein's creature (Monster), a naked undercover cop (Blue Surge) and naked just about everybody (Mnemonic). Edie Falco and Stanley Tucci play a full-frontal nude scene at the start of the Broadway revival of Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. (Falco covers up fairly quickly, but Tucci flounces around for another five minutes.) Now entering its third year off-Broadway is Naked Boys Singing, a musical revue that is pretty much what it sounds like. Then there's that loony off-Broadway novelty--squeamish readers might want to stop here...
...same, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune is a delightful production of a work that makes no pretense toward Art. At one point, Johnny asks Frankie to recite a monologue from a high-school performance. She balks: "You think actors just go around acting for people like that?" Sometimes, it seems, they do. Frankie and Johnny is fast-food for the theatrical set, but Burt-Kinderman and Friedland serve it up scrumptious...