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With a request for an all-organic dinner at their restaurant, Michael and Guy Rubino explore their region's purest farmland and learn a thing or two about certified organic food. The Rubinos discover that the philosophy behind organic farming and food production is not so dissimilar from their own quest for food integrity.
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Fatos, an exclusive distributor of truffles, challenges Guy to create a one-of-a-kind "truffles tasting menu."
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10 year old Celine has dreamed of becoming a prima ballerina since she can remember. She auditioned at the age of 8 for this special school. Celine attends morning classes of French, math, geography and history. Lunch is followed by dancing classes.
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Claudio, who's 10, attends the only circus school in Brazil. Mornings involve the traditional ABCs but the afternoons are devoted to the circus.
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Pasqualle is 12 and lives in snow-covered Quebec, where her father teaches computer science. This week is letter-writing week and Pasqualle collects, separates, and distributes the letters in her class. Each class is 50 minutes long, with groups of 6-8 in each class.
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Zena is 11 years old and loves history. Today the 30 members of her 6th grade class begin with French and then study Lebanese crafts.
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The Ottomans continued the theme of borrowing from, or adapting the work of their Byzantine predecessors. The two dominating buildings of historic Istanbul are the Blue Mosque and Haghia Sophia. The latter is a converted Christian cathedral, still containing the images of Jesus and Mary alongside the motifs of the early caliphs. The man mainly responsible for the conversion was the pre-eminent architect of Islam, Sinan. He was lucky enough to win the patronage of Suleiman the Magnificent, one of the richest and the most powerful of Ottoman rulers.
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Of all the major Impressionists, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) is the man who pushed Impressionism towards a totally new way of representing the world, one which shattered the artistic conventions of five centuries and more.
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Paul Gauguin's life (1848-1903) was as colorful as his painting, a rich and varied melting pot of different styles, ideas and cultures.
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The work of Pierre August Renoir (1841-1919) is the most sensual and carefree of all the Impressionists.
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What happened in Europe at the time of the renaissance and
how has it influenced modern man? This historical documentary
takes us back to one of history's most intriguing and crucial
chapters of Europe's history when doors opened to whole
new worlds; when man explored the stars, and traveled to the
ends of the earth.
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Celebrity chef Rob Feenie flies in from the west coast to join McEwan in catering a charity dinner.
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The Canadian Opera Company is unveiling their brand new, world-class facility, and McEwan's feeling the pressure as he the first caterer to break in the new venue.
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Set in Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo, Trendmakers offers a behind-the-scenes look at the work of fashion designers, makeup artists, celebrity hair stylists and photographers who are leading Asia’s fashion revolution.
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Cairo displays the glories of two of the great Islamic regimes - the Shi'ite Fatimids who swept in from the North African desert, and the Mamluks, slave soldiers who overthrew their masters to set up their own Sunni dynasty. Both have left behind impressive evidence of their strength. The program introduces a colorful cast of characters. The rebel governor Ibn Tulun spent all his tax takings on building one of the earliest and finest mosques, named after him, instead of passing the money on to his masters in Baghdad; the caliph Hakim won widespread Shi'ite admiration despite his cruel and despotic rule.
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Looks at the achievements of the first Islamic dynasty, the Umayyads, who established their capital at Damascus. Their regime spread throughout greater Syria, and they left a rich architectural heritage. This includes two of the great surviving Islamic buildings, the Great Mosque of Damascus and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. The program emphasises how the early Islamic builders and architects used ideas and materials inherited from their Byzantine predecessors.
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In many ways Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90) has become the most celebrated, and certainly the most mythologized, artist in history, who sold just one painting but whose work now commands record breaking prices.
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The top names in bridal fashion share their secrets, tips and recent collections, presenting a remarkable insight into the many aspects of running a successful bridal wear business: starting a shop, marketing their label, the conceptual and practical steps of design, material choice, and the satisfaction of creating a perfect embodiment of a bride's dream.
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Elizabeth Emmanuel describes her experience in the fashion industry of the 80s, designing for film, celebrities and royalty and transition of her label through two decades after her most famous creation, Princess Diana's wedding dress.
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An award winning bridal wear designer, talks us through the design process of his theatrical collection from concept to final stitches and draping. He demonstrates the preparations involved in setting up a runway show and the delicate hand sewing involved in a designer dress creation.
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Sarahdemonstrates her approach to digital pattern design and the process of tailoring a perfect dress for a beautiful bride one appointment at a time.
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Sassi takes us on a tour of her workshop, offering a step by step demonstration of the production stages from measuring to sewing, pressing and hemming, on to the presentation of dresses to the clients in a shop designed for a perfect customer experience.
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Stewart Parvin describes the steps involved in creating an understated chique wedding dress and talks about what it is like to design for the queen.
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Worlds of the Masters traces major developments in artistic traditions of Northern and Italian Renaissance.
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Albrecht Dürer mastered the Florentine style of painting
and spread its influence to northern Europe.
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