Today our art of living well has evolved since antiquity in Europe to a residence in Australia through a diverse and special mix of peoples and their cultures.

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Stylist Jo Bayley Fashion Editor at The Culture Concept Circle believes anyone can be fabulous armed with the right tools shoes, hot dress and iconic handbag

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Heartbreak and happiness is part of the story of being a bibliophile. In a way surrounding myself with books has been part of my looking to value myself and to conserve my health and wellbeing for a very long time. They have also aided my life’s journey and over the years practically helped me plan many adventures, both at home and overseas.

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On our You Tube Channel you will find our mini-documentaries, which provide an insight into the evolution of art, design, music, fashion and style.

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Rosemary Penman produced the original Menu on the Run at David Jones. Her first Christmas menu is an English Traditional Turkey and Ham and a ‘cheater’s’ gravy. The second is an Australian favourite, Seafood.

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Unpretentious, warm and welcoming, the interiors of Provence today reflect the heritage of Provencal life and the Provenceur’s enjoyment of the simple pleasures of life; the sharing of good food, the local wine and the art of good conversation.

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Provence until the end of the 15th century was a group of states entirely separate from France. It had its own language, government and a sense of style, with deeply rooted ideas and philosophies first founded in strong traditions. They kept goats and ate fish, grew herbs in abundance, as well as olives which were introduced by the Greeks. With the fabled vitis vinifera grape vine for stock they made wine and became great consumers of wild boar as well as truffles. The oak forests of Provence would have been prime truffle territory then as now. The little slivers of this celestial fungus harbors many of the amusing stories of the region. They were often obtained by nefarious means or through a local truffle fair not listed in any tourist guide.

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From the cosy and informal bistro echoing back street restaurants in the turn of the twentieth century Paris to Australia during the twenty first century, surely enjoying wonderful food with those you love and care about is the penultimate celebration of life.

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From the 50′s to the 70′s as Italians flocked from Europe to Australia we began flocking too, but the other way, to Europe. and England. We were leaving in our droves wanting to explore the world as it began opening up to tourism made more possible by the magic of jet flight. Eating your way around each country region tasting the local cuisine was the best way to do it.

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Eating out up until the time when I was first married (1965) was a rare event reserved only for special occasions like a wedding. It goes without saying that I was completely overwhelmed when my boyfriend took me to the Back of the Moon Room at the Oceanic Hotel at Coogee Beach and became my fiancee. Served with roast vegetables the meal was washed down by a glass of Lindemans Sparkling Porphry Pearl, which was the ultimate in cool in 1964.

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[Entrance-La-Tour-d'Argent] ‘To be a Frenchman and a restaurateur means to fight for your country and its wine’ declared a youthful Claude Terrail (1917 – 2006), when he left his air force unit in Lyon on May 12 in the year 1940 to make a dramatic dash to help Gaston Masson, the manager of his father André’s world famous restaurant, La Tour d’Argent (The Silver Tower) at Paris, save one of the greatest wine cellars in the world.

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The Christmas pudding is the perfect finale to the Xmas festive meal. My mum’s rich Christmas Pudding in a cloth is part of an ongoing tradition in our family, dating back to my grandmother’s grandmother Margaret Cameron, who came to Australia from Scotland. This special rich Christmas treat was traditionally made at the beginning of Advent, the onset of the Christian Christmas season.

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If between the 14th November and the 24th December in 2001 you are Dining Out – Help out please by DiningSmart in Restaurants who are StreetSmart. The smiles generated will be sure to be huge this Xmas season.

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Venetian maker Jacopo Verzelini was bought to England by Huguenot Jean Carré to improve the quality of glass being produced at his London workshop. After a troubled start Verzelini acquired royal patronage in 1575 when Queen Elizabeth granted him a licence ‘to make drinking glasses in the manner of Murano, on the undertaking that he bring up in the said art and knowledge our natural subjects’.

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20th century Pop Art Prince Andy Warhol knew that works of art meet many needs, including that of the ‘artist’. He didn’t want to pay the wages of art or beauty himself but to provide the lifestyle he wanted to enjoy. He concentrated on graphic works because he knew they would exhibit more than normal significance in a world rapidly being dominated by emerging technologies.

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Join us for CLASSIC, the SECOND part of our four (4) segment course of study The Evolution of Art, Design & Style CLASSIC: ARTIST & ARTISANS Renaissance to Restoration This part of the course (Days 11 – 20) covers the periods from the rebirth of humanism in Italy during the fourteenth century to the restoration [...]

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