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Maxim's director discusses bon vivants in America
Maurice Carrere of Maxim's Paris argues Americans lack bon vivants while noting a different standard for Europe. He recalls U S attitudes toward wine and cooking and cites his plans for La Foret in the Pierre Hotel with connections to notable figures and a Parisian cafe career spanning decades.
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New York
NEA
America
Maurice Carrere
Maxim’s
Paris
Astors
James Thurber
New Yorker
M. Carrere
Carrere
Europe
Chicago
Tokyo
Maxim's
Manhattan
West Side
New la Foret
Pierre Hotel
Nix
Elizabeth
England
Windsors
Grace of
Monaco
Shah
Iran
Aga Khan
Baron Guy de Rothschild
Paolo Borghese
Marquis de Lafayette
Alex Romanoff