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...Facon is one of Bustamante’s nicknames, but it also refers to the Argentinian cowboy’s most prized possession, his facón, a fighting and utility knife known for its embossed metal hilt, sheath and large...
...As for “facon”, I have tried a few varieties and come to the conclusion that, in a BLT with lots of mayonnaise, I can just about settle for This Isn’t Bacon. But why settle?...
...A bit short for our liking — we’d have added an extra adjective à la façon européenne — but it’s certainly going on our Christmas present list....
...Donc de toute façon, on doit aller vers cette solution. On a des premières réponses qui ont été apportées et qui sont bonnes....
...No, he replied, it is an abbreviation of à la façon de King – whoever King was, he added, testily. My parents had invited him to dinner with Honor Wigfall, a widow....
...“This is no longer about the product, the clothes, but about the façon d’être.” Luxury continued its brand extension by producing everyday wear, such as sleepwear, casual shoes and weekend wear....
...restaurant in an undisclosed city with an undisclosed menu, for his own safety; the writer Paulo Coelho, in Geneva, announcing that he did not eat lunch, then ordering oeuf de ferme suisse cuit molle à notre façon...
...I’m glad to see these traditional accoutrements, rather than the façon Charente-Maritime – a slice of flat pork sausage called a crépinette....
...Eventually, Coelho finds a simple boiled egg on the menu – oeuf de ferme Suisse cuit molle à notre façon (egg boiled “in our own way” – although their way of boiling an egg is very much like anyone else’...
...But it appears to have worked with Heineken and Carlsberg’s advisers: Credit Suisse’s Stuart Upcraft and Bertrand Facon, and Lehman’s Adrian Fisk...
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