Alain
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Consulting |
| Occupation | French Food and Wine Consultant |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | Born and educated in France. In Chicago since 1970. American wife, a free-lance writer and journalist. Two sons and two grand-children Since my childhood during World War II in the Languedoc and Geneva, Switzerland, and especially since the late forties when my parents moved from Southern France to Reims,the capital of the Champagne producing region, where we started to eat a little more normally, I had lots of exposure to the secrets of good food and wines. My Swiss grand mother, aunts, and my mother were great ''cordons bleus''and taught me many of their cooking techniques and secrets. My father initiated me to the art of wine selecting and drinking when I was 17 and explained to me the various regional food specialties of the French provinces. And when I was old enough to accompany them to restaurants, my parents introduced me to the world, rules, and tricks of restaurant going. Since my student years in Aix-En-Provence and Paris, I never stopped trying to improve my culinary skills,to experiment with an ever growing spectrum of new wines and different types of foods from all over the world, and to conduct a non-stop search for new exciting eateries. |
| Interests | Gastronomy, Oenology, cinema, photography |
| Favorite movies | Films by directors such as: Alain Resnais, Robert Bresson, Jean-Luc Godard, Jacques Rivette, Philippe Garrel,Andre Techine, Marco Bellochio, Luchino Visconti, Nanni Moretti, Luis Bunuel, Abel Ferrara, John Cassavetes, Hou Hsiao Hsien, Wong Kar Wai, Jia Zhang-Ke, Tsai Ming Liang, Takeshi Kitano, David Cronenberg, and so many others |
| Favorite music | J. Brahms, F. Schubert, J.S. Bach, A. Vivaldi, Prokoviev, Scriabine, J. Coltrane, Th. Monk, Yves Montand, G. Brassens, L. Cohen etc. |
| Favorite books | Novels by R. Pinget, M. Proust, J. Le Carre, J.P Sartre, M. Lowry, Joyce, and any well made encyclopaedia on any subject. |