Ducasse takes cuisine to Eiffel Tower
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Alain Ducasse has already taken haute cuisine to great heights, in menus for the Concorde jet and for astronauts. But opening a restaurant in the Eiffel Tower comes with its own challenges.
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Les Halles, the legendary Paris meat market that Emile Zola called the Belly of Paris, ripped out amid protests 30 years ago, will have a distinctive new look with the use of tall glass towers if a Dutch architect gets his way.
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President Jacques Chirac has inaugurated the world&#39;s highest bridge, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer then the Champs Elysees and
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Maybe "freedom fries" taste better in France. After political squabbles over the Iraq war soured U.S.-French relations, more American tourists are visiting Paris this year, tourism officials say.
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Holiday on ice takes on new meaning when you're high above the rooftops of Paris doing figure eights inside the Eiffel Tower. During the 115 years of the Eiffel Tower's existence, it has added refreshment stands, trinket shops and fancy restaurants &#151; but nothing quite matches the skating rink in the sky that opened to the public Friday.
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Medieval Times, a dinner-theater attraction, has grown to become a theme restaurant empire.
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During his 30 years in Britain, French chef Raymond Blanc has helped to transform British attitudes towards gastronomy, with cooking inspired by his rich continental European heritage.
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Lyon's preparations to face Manchester United this week have included pulling out all the stops to secure a table for Alex Ferguson at the city's most celebrated restaurant.
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Look out Nigella (Lawson). Move over Jamie (Oliver). Young Frenchwoman Clotilde Dusoulier is on the verge of culinary diva-dom.
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Joanna Robertson is in France where the government and schools have turned healthy eating into child's play.
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In this trendy world, a French restaurant with a classic repertoire is a treasure.
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The Culinary Olympics are set to get under way in Germany. Thirty-two nations have sent their best chefs to fight it out in the city of Erfurt - the biggest number since the competition began.
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French President Jacques Chirac has inaugurated a new bridge, hailed as the tallest in the world. The bridge, celebrated as a work of art and an object of French national pride, is 1,125 feet high, making it taller than the Eiffel Tower.
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Denis Hennequin, head of McDonaldâs European division, has combined European roots and American tastes to make his unit among the companyâs most successful.
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Introducing the three star gourmet hamburger, top Spanish chef Ferran Adria thinks he has cracked the conundrum of providing fast food and quality fare simultaneously with his Fast Good restaurant just opened under the umbrella of a Madrid hotel group.
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Oktoberfest celebrations highlight German foods, drinks and culture. By Reed Hellman.
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GUYANCOURT, France  - It was hardly a conventional  move for a gastronomic French chef with a resume studded with  Michelin restaurant stars.