When Heat Meets Haute Cuisine - Who Wins?

The answer is alarmingly easy: the heat. And by a landslide. Lyon, the proud capital of French gastronomy, is currently witnessing a spectacle that seems almost absurd. Where people would normally fight over an available table, empty chairs now stand in neat rows. The waiters are waiting. The chefs are sweating. And the guests? They have apparently decided that heatstroke is not an acceptable side dish with lunch. Who could possibly have guessed that hardly anyone would voluntarily sit on a terrace in nearly 40-degree heat to enjoy a steaming ...