December 2010
19 posts
Jacqueline de Romilly, Studied Greek Culture, Dies at 97
Ms. de Romilly, who in 1973 became the first woman named a professor at the Collège de France, embraced the culture of ancient Athens with an almost romantic fervor and spent much of her life championing the humanities, in particular Greek and Latin, whose waning role in the French education system distressed her greatly. via NYTimes
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“In theory, the lowliest grand cru or even village wine should always be better...”
– Alluring Burgundies in Low Places by Eric Asimov in The New York Times (via thefoodoffrance) 