President-elect Donald Trump has been known to favor Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald’s and the taco bowls that are whipped up in Trump Tower’s kitchen.“But he’s not the first one to like McDonald’s and Burger King and occasionally that wonderful Popeyes chicken,” said William Seale, a historian and journal editor with the White House Historical Association.
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As the French protect a precious gastronomic cultural heritage, picking your favourite cheese is all about sampling and tasting authenticity.
“Any French cheese is the result of a unique interaction between the environment, animals and human farming practices; that means a cheese originating from a particular area in France could only ever have been made in that place.
“And, you know, we French are a little bit proud of ourselves. We want to preserve our legacies.”
Read More at Source: Why is cheese such a big deal? – Khaleej Times
Chanson du Jour 12/2/2016: Carla Bruni performs La Noyée
This is a cover version of a song written by Serge Gainsbourg, appeared on Bruni’s debut album. Beautiful.
Here are a few things to argue about, if you need distraction from all the other arguments going on right now. Isabelle Huppert: great actress or world’s greatest actress? Once that is settled (in favor of the second option, of course), we can turn to more advanced Huppertiana. Is she the queen of sang-froid or the avatar of extremity? Does she freeze the screen or burn it down? Does she inspire pity or terror?
In this film by Mia Hansen-Love, Ms. Huppert plays a philosophy professor who must reassemble her life after a series of personal catastrophes [ . . . ]
Read Full Review: Review: Isabelle Huppert Is Great in ‘Things to Come.’ Discuss. – The New York Times
Pas De Merde 