Twice a year, on President's Day and Columbus Day, the stunning Reading Room of the Library of Congress opens its door to the general public. I'd visited the Library of Congress on many occasions but had never gotten a chance to really see the main Reading Room, other than through a glass window on a second floor balcony. So last week, I decided I would cross it off my DC-to-do-list. The Library of Congress is a bibliophile's dream. The collections of the Library include more than 32 million cataloged books and other print materials in 470 languages, including some rare works like the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, a Gutenberg Bible, 1 million issues of world newspapers ...
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New Le Pain Quotidien Cookbook – Meet the Author and Founder!
Le Pain Quotidien may come from Brussels but I won't hold this against the chain of organic bakeries, cafés and food shops. After all, founder Alain Coumont sure knows how to make good bread. And how to export it around the world too. Besides, I can't really hold being Belgian against anyone given my own background ;-) I remember my excitement when Le Pain Quotidien, which already had a nice presence in New York City, finally arrived in the District. I was starved for good bread, and I missed their breakfast, the one that's just an excuse to sit at a rustic communal table and spread jams on bread and croissant. I heart my carbs! And I hearted the adorable little courtyard tucked away in the ...