In "Black Diamond," best-selling author Martin Walker uncovers the trouble behind truffles. Before you crack open the pages of Walker's new novel, make sure and pour yourself a glass of red wine. Better have some cheese with a baguette close at hand too, because this book is deliciously good.
Plus: the two visit a children's hospital - and sneak off for a romantic boat trip together
Award-winning chef Alain Ducasse is going for a Mediterranean essence
"Jake's an incredible impersonator," says Michelle Monaghan, his costar in The Source Code
A 3D food printer sounds like something out of Star Trek, but it's not out of this world. It's up and running at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan -- and in five years, it could be in your home.
A United Nations committee added Spanish flamenco and French gastronomy to a list of "intangible heritages" that need preservation, a spokeswoman for the world body said Wednesday.
Chef Pierre Thiam is on a mission to teach New Yorkers about African cuisine.
Chef Pierre Thiam puts Senegalese cuisine at the center table in the Big Apple.
Everything will glow -- the balloons, the table cloths, the blue martinis and the party favors. The red carpet will turn blue. Even the female impersonators will be painted -- you guessed it -- blue.
Former husband and wife James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow to compete for Best Director prize
The best actress winner, for Julie & Julia, says she's often doom and gloom
The Julie & Julia star says her future husband is a model of patience
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The Jules Verne restaurant atop the Eiffel Tower reopens, managed by chef Alain Ducasse. CNN's Helena Demoura reports.
My recent travels in Burgundy have caused me to think a lot about the French. The great issues of the day seem to deal with food and wine.
When it comes to iconic baguettes, flaky croissants and melt-in-your-mouth pains au chocolat, the French capital delivers.
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You douse a key client with bouillabaisse.
An estimated 40,000 frog tasters are preparing to hop over to the small town of Vittel, in the northeastern Lorraine region of France, for the country's annual frog festival.
Americans are on the verge of becoming the world's biggest consumers of wine. And it's the French who are saying so.
As the holiday season approaches and party planning begins, the season's new cookbooks provide a variety of delectable bites that will make your family gatherings unforgettable.
Julia Child, who revolutionized cooking in the United States with her cooking school, cookbooks and television shows, has died, according to a statement from her publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. She was 91.
Food fans in Southern China are being lured to restaurants run by two of the finest French chefs in the world, as the Francophile cuisine takes off in this part of the world.
Wine or no wine, there is a limit to how much magret de canard and boeuf bourguignon any one person can eat. Certainly, there are citizens of La Republique who would rather face the guillotine than...
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As a general rule, entrepreneurs don't have much in common. Some drive pickup trucks, others Maseratis. Some treat their employees like kin, others like kindling. But all are alike in an important ...