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By Foren Clark, CNN (CNN) — The roots of French cooking run deep. The foundations of the country’s culinary empire were laid as early as the mid-1600s when chef François Pierre La Varenne penned his hugely influential “Le Cuisinier François” recipe book, which emphasized regional and seasonal ingredients and highlighted complementary flavors. “French cooking is,

By Jake McGowan, CNN (CNN) — A painting by famed Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, valued at more than $1 million, has sold for the price of a dinner in Paris. Ari Hodara was the lucky winner of the “1 Picasso for 100 euros” raffle, which offered entrants the chance to take home Picasso’s 1941 gouache

By Blane Bachelor, CNN (CNN) — When New Yorker Antoni Scarano visited Romania in 2019, the trip marked his first return to his country of birth since the 1990s. As a newborn, Scarano, now 34, was among tens of thousands of Romanian children adopted by US families following the fall of the Soviet Union in

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — This spring, it’s all about tradwife with a twist. For a recording of the “Mark and Kelly Show” in New York on Wednesday, Elle Fanning wore a girlish iridescent tutu and a buttery yellow polo shirt. From the waist down, she was dressed in her shimmering Sunday best. From

By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN Every Friday night of his childhood, Kurt Evans and his mother would order cartons of Chinese takeout, the cardboard boxes filled to the brim with classics like shrimp lo mein, egg foo young, General Tso’s chicken and beef and broccoli. After each meal the Philadelphia native, now in his late

By Terry Ward Hollywood, Florida (CNN) — On a sunny and warm late-February day at Richard’s Motel in Hollywood, Florida, guests mostly from Quebec and Ontario dipped into the swimming pool and gathered for morning coffee and conversation in a courtyard the hotel’s Quebecois owner calls the Parc de l’Amitié, or Friendship Park. The motel’s

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Experiencing the Eiffel Tower can be a crowded affair – about 7 million people visit each year – but now you can enjoy a part of this majestic French monument in your own home. A piece of the Parisian landmark’s original staircase is going up for auction in the

By Edward Russell, CNN (CNN) — Step aboard a Boeing 767 operated by United Airlines and you’ll encounter the carrier’s very latest cabin comfort experiences — a smart foyer with gray walls and the rich blue United globe logo, rows of Polaris business-class suites, a dark purple premium economy section and blue economy seats equipped

By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — In travel news this week: India’s enormous new airport, countries’ shifting citizenship rules and, as gas and jet fuel prices skyrocket, airline prices are on the rise. Paths to citizenship While some countries are reducing pathways to citizenship, others are opening up. President Donald Trump’s push to end automatic

By Vivian Song Paris (CNN) — One of the hottest restaurants in Paris right now does not boast a celebrity chef or a palatial dining room. In fact, there is no seating. Nor is the menu especially groundbreaking. But over the last few months, the French take-out fast food chain Tasty Crousty, which sells chicken

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — When we think about the quest to slow aging, perhaps no one is more monomaniacal about the pursuit than American tech entrepreneur Bryan Johnson, who reportedly spends around $2 million per year on anti-aging treatments and has become notorious online for his rigorous routine. His mission — to halt

By Salma Arafa (CNN) — As the rare sight of land appeared on the horizon, Egyptian traveler Omar Nok jumped from his narrow bunk and climbed up to the deck of the 49-foot sailboat he’d been traveling on. After weeks of being surrounded by nothing but the ocean, the sight of the Caribbean island of

By Rachel Tashjian, CNN (CNN) — When Glenn Martens became the creative director of Paris-based fashion house Maison Margiela in January 2025, he expected never to show his face again. After all, the founder of the brand, Martin Margiela, has rarely been seen. Ever. Anonymity was key to the Belgian’s conception of making clothes: rather

By Leah Dolan, CNN (CNN) — Evan Fry was born in 2003, a point in human history when many people’s back pockets held a Nokia 1100 or the Sony Ericsson T610. Mobile phones had been displaying the time on their LCD screens for almost a decade by this point — and the anxiety of how

By Lianne Kolirin, CNN (CNN) — Karl Lagerfeld, who was known to have a portfolio of lavish homes, once said: “The most beautiful house is always the next one.” Your next house could be this graceful French mansion, previously owned by both the late German designer and by European royalty. The seven-bedroom property, situated less

By Haicen Yang and Hassan Tayir, CNN (CNN) — When visiting Chongqing for the first time last November, Joshua Guvi was worried that the city he’d seen on social media couldn’t possibly be as cool in real life. Located in a mountainous area of southwestern China, this sprawling metropolis is known for its complex, multilayered