French Wine – Posts about French Wine as of July 28, 2009
07/28/2009
Careers Jobs Tips >> Cooking Schools Tips >> Culinary Schools Tips Culinary Schools Tips: Culinary School Residence When looking for culinary schools, it’s important to consider residence. Assuming you’ll have to relocate (at least temporarily) while attending culinary arts school, you’re going to want to stay somewhere in relative proximity. Walking distance is great. On site residence is ideal. Culinary schools like The French Culinary Institute offer affordable apartments near the campus.
07/28/2009
Reviewer’s Note: I have tried not to give away too many of 1Q84 ’s secrets, but a review must address the content of a novel. If you’re hoping for a carta blanca Murakami experience, better bookmark this and come back in a couple years. All translations other than the quote from A Wild Sheep Chase are my own. In 1985, Murakami Haruki was hitting his stride as a writer.
07/27/2009
Mon 27 Jul 2009 Los Angeles, Dining – I was soo naughty yesterday. I broke my dairy fast to indulge at Angeleno Magazine’s 7th Annual Restaurant Awards and Chef’s Night Out. But how could I say no to all the goodies prepared by some of L.A.’s renowned chefs, most award winners featured in the magazine’s new Restaurant issue?The Fairmont Santa Monica’s front park under the beautiful, 130-year-old fig tree was the setting for this annual foodie fantasy event.
07/27/2009
Boerum Hill: Nunu Chocolates owner Justine Pringle is converting her shop into a bar this fall, serving wine and local beer. [ Fork in the Road/VV ] North Fork: The new Greenport Harbor Brewing Company is open Friday through Sunday from noon to 5 p.m., to give out free tastes and sell their hoppy suds by the glass, pint, and growler.
07/27/2009
The French may make great wine, but I have yet to see any evidence they can make a decent zombie movie. The best thing that can be said for Jean Rollin’s The Grapes of Death is that it is much better than his other undead attempt, Zombie Lake . Considering Zombie Lake is one of the worst films ever, that’s the very definition of damnation by faint praise. The other thing that can be said for it is Brigitte Lahaie naked. Of course, the woman made porn, so it’s not like this is your best chance to see that.
