Sublime

His most celebrated client is Alain Ducasse, currently the most decorated chef in France with six Michelin stars. Ducasse has a restaurant in Paris (three stars), another in Monte Carlo (three stars), and more recently a third in Haute Provence, at Moustiers Sainte Marie.

He got up and went across the room to his library, a long run of floor-to-ceiling bookcases, stopping in front of the section where he kept his wine books. There, in various stages of wear and tear, were Penning-Rowsell’s The Wines of Bordeaux, Lichine’s Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits, Forest’s Monseigneur Le Vin, the current year’s Guide Hachet

In Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past,

Si Proust dans son Contre Sainte-Beuve a pu assurer qu’« un livre est le produit d’un autre moi que celui que nous manifestons dans nos habitudes, dans la société, dans nos vices

But as is so often the case with men who have made it like this, he was arrogant and self-righteous.

From his window seat, Sam took one final look at the Mediterranean as the plane turned its back on the sun and headed north. For once, he was less than exhilarated at the thought of going to Paris. Despite its occasional patches of squalor, he had found Marseille to be a fascinating and very engaging city, a city of enormous character. It had a tou

Comme elle a ses entrées auprès des professionnels qui comptent, non seulement à Bruxelles mais à Paris, elle adresse, avec un mot de recommandation, le disque « souple » de Brel (Il Pleut/Sur la place) au plus connu d’entre eux : Jacques Canetti. Il est impossible de parler de chanson, en France, dans les années 1930 à 1970, sans rencontrer en che