The word bio is taking France by storm. But the fact that the Bio Sphère Café started out as a simply bio friendly restaurant and has now turned, almost, completely gluten free, tells that sans gluten is definitely the flood that follows the storm.
They are sensual, complicated and ultimately tragic: five French novellas about illicit affairs and doomed loves.
The mass demonstrations of 2008 organised by the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail in favour of the thirty-five hour week were a dismal failure. People simply wanted more money, not more leisure time in which to ponder ideas.
So I’m never out without my camera and everything inspires me. A chic and alluring French woman walking down the street, a lovers’ kiss, a bum sitting with his dog on the sidewalk, life in coffee bars, a demonstration (we like them), a 'brocante' day... Paris gives endless opportunities.
The title caught my attention (a famous quote by Rimbaud "Il faut réinventer l’amour") as well as the name of its protagonists: Victor Hugo, his wife Adèle and the renowned literary critic Charles Sainte-Beuve.
“I would like to be remembered for creating the school and the Bocuse d’Or,” says Bocuse, referring to the Institut Paul Bocuse – the impressive culinary and management school he created in 1990. With state of the art equipment and exceptional staff, the school attracts students from over 35 countries.
Photography inspired by a magical moment on the Pont Alexandre III when a passing thunderstorm swept through the city.
“Before then, I had no ambition to live in France, couldn’t speak French, and knew Paris only as a periodic visitor. It quickly became apparent that this was the city where I was always destined to put down roots.”
"No writer 'decides' to write. The decision is made in the genes. Talent manifests itself first in infancy as a voracious desire to read. By the time they are seven or eight, writers already know they have a special skill."
"Growing up surrounded by books has definitely influenced my creative endeavours. I started to read from a young age and had already devoured most books from Flaubert, Balzac & Zola before going to college. So I've always had this ‘dreamer’ personality and the will to invent my own reality."
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