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Cyril Lignac MesDesserts

Food & Drink and Photo & Video

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Back to school, bake off, with MesDessert, put the favourite French chef in your pocket. Cyril...

Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2615 KP) rated A Fashionably French Murder in Books

May 1, 2025 (Updated May 1, 2025)

Tabitha Must Find a Well Dressed Killer

Tabitha Knight, who grew up learning both French and English, is making some money tutoring various people in French. She’s now landed a job as a translator for a diplomat’s wife who is looking to buy an haute couture dress for her daughter’s upcoming wedding. Their first stop is Maison Lannet, where they are treated to a fabulous fashion show. But when Tabitha realizes she left her gloves behind, she finds the designer dead. Can she figure out what happened?

It was nice to be back in 1950 Paris, once again seeing what life was like for people trying to rebuild their lives after the war. Yes, Julia Child has a strong presence in this book again, so there is lots of talk about French cuisine. So expect your mouth to water. The pacing of the mystery was a bit uneven, thanks in part to a couple of subplots, but I appreciated some of the twists we got along the way. The characters are fun as always, and I am curious to see where one storyline will go in the next book. All told, anyone interested in Julia Child or life in Paris in 1950 will be glad they picked up this book.

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Macroeconomics and Development: Roberto Frenkel and the Economics of Latin America

Mario Damill, Martin Rapetti and Guillermo Rozenwurcel

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Latin American neo-structuralism is a cutting-edge, regionally focused economic theory with broad...

Dean (6927 KP) rated Walled In (2009) in Movies

Apr 30, 2019

Walled In (2009)

2009 | Horror, Mystery

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Based on a bestselling French novel apparently. I have to say I was disappointed with this. It sounded like a great setting for a horror film with a good back story. However it just slowly plods on to the conclusion, some of the dialogue was pretty bad I have to add. Not sure how Mischa Barton got talked into this.

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Erika (17789 KP) rated In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown in Books

Oct 13, 2018

I studied history in undergrad, so every once in a while, I need to go on a history book reading binge.
This most recent Philbrick book examines the complicated nature of the relationship between the French military leadership, and the struggling Continental army, lead by Washington. There were definitely aspects that I hadn't considered before, and it made for an engaging read.