Lectures tagged "France"

Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy
Paula Butturini
March 2, 2010
00:59:57
Journalist Paula Butturini talks about her new memoir Keeping the Feast: One Couple's Story of Love, Food, and Healing in Italy. Paula and John met in Italy, fell in love, and four years later, married in Rome. But less than a month after the wedding, tragedy struck.
Elizabeth Kostova: The Swan Thieves
Elizabeth Kostova
January 19, 2010
00:40:44
Bestselling novelist Elizabeth Kostova reads from her second book, The Swan Thieves.
Lidia Bastianich and Judith Jones on Cooking
Lidia Bastianich
November 9, 2009
00:51:20
Cooking gurus Lidia Bastianich and Judith Jones discuss their works of literary and culinary arts. In Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy, Lidia Bastianich translates recipes from regions across Italy to the American kitchen, and shows the rich variety of Italian cooking.
Didier Rousselet: From Paris to Berlin
Didier Rousselet
April 30, 2009
01:21:14
Didier Rousselet describes, with support of photographs he took along the way, his 2007 walk from Paris to Berlin to celebrate the 62-year-old peace between France and Germany. He addresses the history and relationship between the two countries and the state of Europe today.
Three Generations of Southern Cooking
Virginia Willis
November 19, 2008
01:02:17
Fellow Les Dames D'Escoffier members Gena Berry and Virginia Willis talk about Willis' book, Bon Appétit, Y’all! Three Generations of Southern Cooking. French-trained chef Willis shares her recipes and culinary tricks.
Russell Shorto: Descartes' Bones
Russell Shorto
October 21, 2008
00:50:34
Russell Shorto, author of Decartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason, discusses the new intellectual detective story. It examines how the skull of the 17th century French thinker became separated from the rest of his remains and where it is today.
French Architecture in America
Ronald Katz
October 3, 2008
00:53:09
Ronald Katz discusses his book, written with Arielle la Tour d'Auvergne, French America: French Architecture From Colonalization To The Birth Of A Nation.
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France, Turkey, and the United States
Andre Teissier-duCros
June 25, 2008
00:39:09
Andre Teissier-duCros shares his insight on trilateral relations between the US, France, and Turkey. This event was hosted by the Istanbul Center of Atlanta.