Summer 2017 - The Lurie Language monthly newsletter... Romance languages with a cultural perspective!
Beth's Picks: FANFAN LA TULIPE (1952)

  
The perfect summer movie: A lighthearted  and fun romp  through 18th century France  starring  legendary French actor Gérard Philipe and Italian bombshell Gina Lollobrigida. How can one go wrong? Fanfan joins King Louis XV army to avoid a forced marriage and, on his way to fight in the Seven Years War,  gets entangled with Gina Lollobrigida who plays an impulsive fortune-teller. This film, a Cannes Film Festival award winner, remains one of France's best loved films. 

Eat Your Veggies Like an Italian!

Direct from the Italian lake region,   Pinzimonio-  Italian for crudités,
a Tuscan salad featuring seasonal vegetables.- delicous, especially dipped in garlicky  bagna cauda sauce. Buon appetito! 
Pinzimonio (Shaved Vegetable Salad)
Recipe courtesy of Eataly
Yield: 4-6 servings
6 cups seasonal* vegetables, thinly sliced
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, minced
Pinch of cayenne pepper
¾ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons acacia honey
Sea salt, to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper, to taste
Combine the lemon juice, thyme, and cayenne pepper in a bowl. Add the olive oil in a thin stream, while whisking constantly. Whisk in the honey and continue whisking until the honey is completely dissolved. Season generously with salt and lightly with black pepper.
Toss the vegetables with the olive oil mixture, and enjoy immediately!


Thinking of buying a Chateau in France? Some surprising facts!
For roughly the same price as a Manhattan pied-a terre, you can be the owner of a gorgeous 17th Century French chateau! What's the catch? According to a recent New York Times article, if you are looking for a "bargain", the key is to avoid the south and the Mediterranean and focus on  La Bretagne (Brittany) region. Foreigners can buy property freely in France without any special restrictions. Many of these chateaux are no longer being passed down from one generation to the next, due to the high cost of maintenance. The good news? Annual property taxes are about $3,500 a year!

Netflix: a reminder to all those who are studying a Romance language and looking for ways to fit in those precious "hidden moments" to practice! Set your Netflix audio to your target language! Also set the subtitles to your target language, or, if you are feeling very ambitious and are working on more than one  language,set it to a different language. It's fun to hear the dialogue in Italan, for example, and read the subtitles in Spanish. A great challenge!
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