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	<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s to become Mona Lisa&#8217;s new neighbor</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=257</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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&#34;French culture and American convenience will come together in December &#45; thanks to plans by the McDonald&#8217;s restaurant chain to hang its shingle in the shadow of the Louvre&#34; writes the San Diego Union Tribune. &#34;The McDonald&#8217;s will be installed in the food court of the underground mall adjoining the museum, known as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Terroirist</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;What is terroir? That is not easy to say. It is a French word, and everyone agrees that it is untranslatable. The disagreement is over whether it exists. To its defenders &#45; notably the Old World winemakers of France, Italy and Germany &#45; terroir refers to the ineffable way that soil, light, topography and microclimate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Provence Tourism Survey</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=223</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Queheille</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular surveys taken by the PACA tourism department make an optimistic assessment of this year&#8217;s tourist season: 82&#37; of those surveyed reported good results over the period from May to mid-August 2009 as compared to 81&#37; during the same period in 2008.
Having feared the worst as a result of the financial meltdown in late 2008, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Passion for Provence</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=213</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia Harris</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ We have a passion for Provence, passed on from someone who loved Provence and came to settle here himself. There is no better way to discover an area than in the company of a &#34;local&#34; and if you can speak a little French, the experience is enriched even further. My husband, Derek, and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Defense of Food: An Eater&#8217;s Manifesto</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=202</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give the game away right here at the beginning of a whole book devoted to the subject, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rosé Wine Scare Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an update to my post EU ros&#233; wine plans unacceptable to France.

&#34;It&#8217;s important that we listen to our producers when they are concerned about changes to the regulations. It&#8217;s become clear over recent weeks that a majority in our wine sector believe that ending the ban on blending could undermine the image of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Le Tourne au Verre, Cairanne</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=180</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A real gem in the wine village of Cairanne! What used to be one of those sleepy and worn places serving mainly steak and frites was transformed into a country style wine bar and restaurant by new owners in 2007. Alexandre Gilbert, a former sommelier from the 3 Michelin star restaurant Regis Marcon in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vive la différence!</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=167</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 04:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ron Queheille</dc:creator>
		
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The Economist pays tribute to the success of the formerly denigrated, interventionist, economic model of France and its statist practices.
To be sure, the French economy has been battered by the global recession like any other. Firms are cutting output and shedding jobs. Unemployment reached 8.6% in February. There have been regular mass rallies across France [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eat petite, be petite and take your time!</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=126</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 16:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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Obesity is less common in France than in the US, a result of smaller portions, many researchers believe. Much has been written about this so called &#8220;French Paradox&#8221;. Here are the French eating all this cheese, bread and other food rich in calories and they stay slim! Yes, obesity of children in France is on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Better Than Walking?</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=122</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[cars]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The &#34;Deux Chevaux&#34; or 2 CV, the 2 Horse (Powers) Citroen is probably the most ingenious example of a simple straightforward transportation piece. After encountering this example yesterday with 72 year old Monsieur Bertier in it, I thought it is time for a posting on our blog. Wonderful car  - totally uncomfortable but better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roman France -  Finding the Traces Left by an Empire</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=151</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 12:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Harrison</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Interesting story in today&#8217;s NY Times about the Roman heritage of the Provence. Elaine Sciolino, a senior correspondent of the paper&#8217;s Paris office, toured Orange, Vaison la Romaine, Glanum (St.Remy de Provence), Nîmes and Arles. She introduces here readers to the many historic sites in the Provence from this era.
The Roman presence in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OECD 2009 report: Society at a Glance (France)</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=109</link>
		<comments>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=109#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 08:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Harrison</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[French people spend more time eating and sleeping than the habitants of any other highly developed country according to a report published Monday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, writes Maia de la Baume in today&#8217;s New York Times. After reading the OECD report, I disagree a bit with the catchy headline the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Un Balcon sur la Mer (A Balcony Overlooking the Sea)</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=100</link>
		<comments>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=100#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 06:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Jung</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Shooting got underway April 14 on a Nicole Garcia film titled Un Balcon sur la Mer (&#8221;A Balcony Overlooking the Sea&#8221;). Shooting locations for the following 13 weeks are Aix en Provence, Avignon, Lavandou, l&#8217;Isle sur la Sorgue, Nice, the Verdon Gorges and finally Oran (Algeria), Nicole Garcia&#8217;s place of birth.
Here is the plot: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cannes Film Festival 2009</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=98</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 17:54:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Jung</dc:creator>
		
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May 13-24, 2009
official website: www.festival-cannes.com/en.html
&#8220;The official lineup for the 62nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which will run from May 13 to 24, 2009, has been unveiled and it promises to be one of the best line-ups in years&#8230; &#8220;,  reports Filmofilia. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got four Palme D’or winners - Quentin Tarentino, Ken Loach, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU rosé wine plans unacceptable to France</title>
		<link>http://provence-hideaway.com/news/?p=64</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Églantine Michalak</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow! This one goes against anything French wine making stands for! The EU plans to allow producers to make rosé wine by mixing red and white wine together! Wine producers and connoisseurs in France are up in arms. One can make ros&#233; by mixing red and white wine, a technique increasingly used by wine makers [...]]]></description>
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