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Asian thirst drives demand for 2,500-euro cognac
COGNAC, France - So fine are the hand-made crystal decanters used for Remy Martin's 2,500-euro Louis XIII cognac that workers don silk gloves to fill them with the caramel-colored liquor, to avoid leaving scratches or smudgy fingerprints.
Asian thirst drives demand for 2,500-euro cognac
COGNAC, France - So fine are the hand-made crystal decanters used for Remy Martin's 2,500-euro Louis XIII cognac that workers don silk gloves to fill them with the caramel-colored liquor, to avoid leaving scratches or smudgy fingerprints.
Designer Lagerfeld calls French president "idiot" over taxes
PARIS - Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld has accused President Francois Hollande of destroying France's economy by imposing painful taxes on the rich, calling the Socialist leader an "idiot".
Tweeting pianist Say denies Turkish religious insult charge
ISTANBUL - Turkish concert pianist Fazil Say's exuberance has won him fans around the world, but it has also helped land him in court as a cause célèbre for those alarmed by Turkey's creeping Islamic conservatism.
Chefs fight flab with small portions, healthy snacks
NEW YORK - Top chefs who spend long, late hours preparing meals for others, face greater temptation than most mortals to over-eat but they say small portions, healthy snacks and drinking plenty of water can help to keep the weight off.
World Chefs: No borders for Heinz Beck in culinary world
NEW YORK - For award-winning chef Heinz Beck, who has earned three Michelin stars for his Italian restaurant La Pergola in Rome, there are no borders in the culinary world.
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Rome, as Romans do
ROME - In Rome one can still indulge in la dolce vita without breaking the bank, even in times of austerity.
Eat chocolate, win the Nobel Prize?
- Of all the chocolate research out there, the most unabashed tribute to the "dark gold" has to be a study just published in one of the world's most prestigious medical journals.
Nobel for quantum "parlor trick" that could make super computers
STOCKHOLM - A French and an American scientist won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them, which could make it possible to build a new kind of computer far more powerful than any seen before. | Video
Nobel for quantum "parlour trick" that could make super computers
STOCKHOLM - A French and an American scientist won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for finding ways to measure quantum particles without destroying them, which could make it possible to build a new kind of computer far more powerful than any seen before. | Video
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