Monthly Archives: April 2011

Grand Tetons (more of a polite or correct  way “Les Grand  Seins”) The early French explorers named the mountains In Northwestern Wyoming the Grand Tetons Resemblance to large women’s breast however, who is credited for the name is unknown. For … Continue reading →

GRAND MARNIER The famous liqueur was devised by French Industrialist Marnier Lapostolle  in the 1890s According to an old story,  Lapostolle asked hotelier Cesar Ritz what he should call his  liqueur “Why Monsieur, call it after yourself,  Le Grand Marnier” … Continue reading →

Ruggiero Leoncavallo 1858-1919 Italian composer  Put on your make-up and then smear on the powder! The people pay you and they must have their laugh Laugh now Pagliacci, for the  love is gone now Cano the lead tenor, Nedda his wife … Continue reading →

Cartesian Cartesian refers to the philosophy of René Descartes 1596-1650 and his followers, deriving from Cartesius, the Latinized form of his name. The French philosopher was aneminent mathematician who based the starting point of his philosophy on famous phrase Cogito, … Continue reading →

Gourmet The first gourmet was groumet “a horse  groom.” The word changed to gourmet in French and was applied to grooms and any minor servants in a household. Among these servants were boys who tasted wine, and such  wine  tasters, … Continue reading →