Aldo Moro and the Italian night

Aldo Moro and the Italian night

45 years ago, Italy lived 55 days which remain like an open wound in its history and perhaps, beyond, in the European conscience. On March 16, 1978, the very day when the Communist Party was to vote, for the first time, for confidence in a government presided over by the Christian Democrat Giulio Andreotti, we … Read more

The kitchen in trompe l’oeil

The kitchen in trompe l'oeil

A chocolate sausage. A veal tartare in the shape of Paris-Brest. A red fruit salad that looks like a beef tartare… In recent years, trompe-l’oeil dishes have been popular on social networks, especially pastries. Cédric Grolet, with his 7 million subscribers on Instagram, probably has a lot to do with it, unless he came to … Read more

Riesling from Alsace

Riesling from Alsace

Your glasses are full. The clue is this very elongated bottle, which is difficult not to notice in a blind tasting. Same shape as the pointed steeples that protrude from the landscape in this hilly region. The wines also stretch towards the sky, with the acidity of the grape variety. Who is he ? It’s … Read more

How to make children love vegetables?

How to make children love vegetables?

At the risk of being a bit reductive, we could let children’s cookbooks fall into 2 categories: -Books for children who are going to get their hands dirty, we address them in familiar terms, the recipes are easy to make under the more or less close supervision of an adult. The best seller, classic of … Read more

Where does it come from? “Money Laundering”

Where does it come from?

It was in the United States in the 1920s that the term first appeared… It’s the era of prohibition… the time when the manufacture, sale and importation of alcohol was totally prohibited in the country… no glitter vodka evening for Manon and Quentin… This federal law is obviously circumvented by the thugs… this underground economy … Read more

Jazz Bonus: Anat Fort – The Berlin Sessions

Jazz Bonus: Anat Fort - The Berlin Sessions

The global pause caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has created ruptures in established patterns and collaborations. The pianist Anat Fort found herself separated from her usual trio, made up of bassist Gary Wang and of Roland Schneider, for the first time in twenty years of existence. When the opportunity arose to reunite the trio for … Read more

France’s deficit and public debt in six crucial infographics

France's deficit and public debt in six crucial infographics

The figures published by INSEE on Tuesday morning are a little “less worse” than expected but they remain worrying. Continued growth in France has made it possible to reduce the weight of public debt and deficit in 2022, but public finances remain degraded, with debt approaching the symbolic threshold of 3,000 billion euros in absolute … Read more