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Homemade in France

No One Can Agree on What “Homemade” Means

France’s new labeling law was doomed from the beginning.

By Marc Naimark
Home made France’s “fait maison” logo looks like a saucepan with a roof over it.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photo courtesy David McSpadden/Flickr Creative Commons.

Home Made in France

As you enjoy your coq au vin this summer in a quaint Parisian bistro, you may find the staff even surlier than usual. The reason for restaurateurs’ consternation is a law that came into effect on July 15 intended to protect “real cuisine” from the onslaught of industrial food that’s served in up to 70 percent of restaurants in France, according to some estimates.

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IWFS 2014-06-16 AGM THC

2014 AGM Mailing OCR Heads up IWFS June162014  THC Menu  An amazing dinner followed The Annual General Meeting of the International Wine & Food Society of Toronto.  The aplomb with which the Toronto Hunt and Our Marcel Bregstein carried this off is always spectacular.  The weather Gods even cooperated as we started outside over looking … Read more

IWFS Wine Rating Card 2014

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Blog Post from Sid Cross, Honorary President

Here are some recent topics featured in the Blog of our Honorary President, Sid Cross. Altogether there are 96 posts and Sid continues to add a new one every week. Also, every week Sid will answer a wine and/or food related question sent to him via e-mail in a new feature titled “Ask Sid.” Have a look, we think you will find them interesting and informative,

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Bordeaux Wine

This wine letter goes out to nearly 20.000 Bordeaux Wine Lovers all over the world!
Bonjour Wine Lover,
This edition of the Bordeaux Wine Magazine is dedicated to the Bordeaux vintage 2013. It was a challenging vintage to produce and as it turns out it’s a challenging vintage to sell as well. The wines from 2013 were the most heterogeneous lot I have ever experienced.

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