Parisians can pay for clothes by kilo
PARIS — I was at a dinner party when one of those wonderfully chic French women cooed a compliment. "I love your scarf," she said, as all eyes followed her...
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Parisians can pay for clothes by kilo
PARIS — I was at a dinner party when one of those wonderfully chic French women cooed a compliment. "I love your scarf," she said, as all eyes followed her...
A Marseille original
MARSEILLE, France — Bouillabaisse and I have a history. For years, I made this fish soup — from scratch, fish heads and all — for Christmas Eve dinner. Then, to...
A Marseille original
MARSEILLE, France — Bouillabaisse and I have a history. For years, I made this fish soup — from scratch, fish heads and all — for Christmas Eve dinner. Then, to...
Racing to lunch at State’s OTB
It's eight minutes to post time and Kimberly is standing in front of me, behind the bar, slowly drawing a Budweiser. It will cost me $3.75 for the beer, but...
A fair assessment on cream puffs
What's the next big food trend--one that weighs in with a tractor-pull worth of calories? Cream puffs. Pretty soon the county fair treat will pop up in urban shops. (Two...
HOW TO: EXPLAIN THE CROWN FOUNTAIN
Yes, it's cool. It's a fountain, well actually maybe more of a spout. And it comes out of a face. Well, the mouth of a face and the face is...
Mark your calendar (in pencil–they often change)…
Mark your calendar (in pencil--they often change) for these new movies scheduled to open in Chicago: FRI., DEC. 5 "Honey" "The Last Samurai" "Porn Theatre" FRI., DEC. 12 "Carnage" "Love...
NOVEL WRITING
Let's start with the voodoo dish. That's what Tina Jens uses at home and it's one of the writing tricks that the audience of 11 adults had come to learn...
Top tourist spots and how they rate
Navy Pier: What it is: A five-block-long entertainment zone, and the city's top tourist destination. What we found: It was a beautiful day to spend a few hours at Navy...