Many a man groans and bears it when he comes home to find a TV dinner in the oven. Not Pierre Franey. The first time he found frozen dinners in his house at Valley Stream, N.Y., recalls Franey, “I was furious.” His gall was on account of Gallic upbringing. Born 46 years ago in Burgundy, Franey began an apprenticeship as a kitchen boy at 14, learned to cook at Paris’ Drouant restaurant (two Michelin stars), reached his culinary peak as chef of New York’s Pavilion (which would undoubtedly rate three stars if Michelin graded U. Read More...
There are movies that confirm your place in the world, pictures that let you know you’re on the right track, capable of resolving any puzzle put before you. And then there are those that make you feel like the tiniest speck in the cosmos, a sentient but tentative being whose learning has just begun. Jonathan Glazer’s breath-stopping picture The Zone of Interest—playing in competition here at the Cannes Film Festival—is the latter kind. Read More...
The incident happened Sunday night, April 03, 2022, at the One Paraiso luxury building at 3131 Northeast 7th Avenue in Edgewater. Miami Police officials told American reporters that officers responded to a report of a man stabbed at the building, and upon arrival they found the 27-year-old victim, who was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. A friend of Obumseli confirmed the incident, saying that Obumseli recently moved to Miami and was living with his girlfriend at the luxury high-rise where he was murdered. Read More...