“Exceptionalism”—the view that the United States has a right to impose its will because it knows more, sees farther, and lives on a higher moral plane than other nations—was to them not a platitude, but the organizing principle of daily life and global politics...
With a glance, a nod, and a few words, without consulting anyone other than the President, the brothers could mobilize the full power of the United States anywhere in the world."
Stephen Kinzer, The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles, and Their Secret World War
"The dazzling and consuming act of pride that transformed the angel of light into a prince of darkness condemned him to an insatiable, desperate to acquire. The loss of the wellspring of life gives rise to an essentially inextinguishable thirst. The entire world can not fill the emptiness. Having fallen from the eternal, Satan's desires are endless and insatiable. Having fallen from pure Being, he seeks to possess. All he takes into himself he destroys."
Denis de Rougemont, Switzerland, 1944
LE CAFÉ AMÉRICAIN
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Soupes, Potages et Bouillons
Potage traditionnel, consommé sophistiqué
Canapés et Apéritifs de la Maison
mardi et jeudi à la table du propriétaire
Salade Niçoise
English Breakfast
Gigot d'Agneau
Légumes rôtis
Coquilles St-Jacques
Fettucine Frutti di Mare
Calamari
Onglet DE BOEUF
aux champignons et pommes frites
Homard
Gâteau au Fromage
Gâteau de Rhubarbe
GÂTEAU AU CHOCOLAT FONDANT
