Tag Archives: Nicolas Fouquet

more unjust desserts: chef with a sword

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Dave

Food need not be a mere necessity of life… …The chef’s lot has often been a hard one. These days, should rice burn or the souffle collapse, there is always something in the freezer. Not so in times past. Jean … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Gerard Depardieu, Jean Baptiste Colbert, Jean Francois Vatel, King Louis XIV, King Louis XIV France, Louis II de Bourbon-Conde, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marquise de Sevigne, Nicolas Fouquet, Roland Joffe director, Vatel movie | Leave a comment

fatal showplace

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Dave

To give a great party is a dangerous thing. A few famous balls have been enshrined in history and golden legend-none more so than the Duchess of Richmond’s in Brussels on the eve of Waterloo, remembered in the celebrated lines … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Jean de la Fontaine, Jean-Baptiste Lully, King Louis XIV, La Fontaine poet, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Moliere, Nicolas Fouquet, Nicolas Poussin, Vatel French chef, Vaux-le-Vicomte | Leave a comment

water worlds: the aqueous arts

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Dave

Water as the wine of architecture. Sparkling or still, its ability to enhance a building has been appreciated for centuries. Water is spirit to architecture’s substance; it is the wit and grace of a building; narcissistic sheets of silver for … Continue reading →