Day 1,350:cachet, grand-mère

In other words, it sells cachet as well as food, like the many French bistros outside France that serve cuisine grand-mère at prices many actual grandmothers cannot afford.

Singapore’s unique dining style comes to Manhattan

Artwork of the day 
Cachette
Eastman Johnson
Date: 1867
Style: Realism
Genre: portrait

Word of the day 
cachet: a quality that marks someone or something as special and worth respect and admiration
grand-mère: grand mother

Quote of the day
“The point of cool is to erase your ability to say no. Saying yes buys you cool cachet, but it always ruins your life later.”
― Greg Gutfeld, Not Cool: The Hipster Elite and Their War on You