The other trend is that Parisians, like their London counterparts, have developed an increasingly demanding taste for exotica both in alcohol and in food.
They live in a grand town house to which about a dozen women report daily to undertake the exacting labor of realizing his designs under his discerning gaze and his demanding taste.
So nobody was quite surprised when Alma, a demanding tasting-menu restaurant whose premature death downtown had just been mourned, took over the restaurant in West Hollywood's Standard hotel.
And today's TV, especially cable, is even fast enough and sensational enough to match the demanding tastes of digital natives, the first generation to grow up with the web.
The 1909 10 New York Philharmonic season was long and taxing; Mahler rehearsed and conducted 46 concerts, but his programmes were often too demanding for popular tastes.
As consumers, they can be catholic in their tastes and demanding in their standards.
Mommy, we will miss you dearly and remember always your style, keen eye, exquisite taste and demanding standards.
According to Eriksson, Dell'Olio had very expensive tastes, endlessly demanding luxury holidays and fresh bursts of redecoration.
Not long ago, it was exciting to find a well-made espresso in New York; today, demanding customers want to taste something unique.
The celibate aesthete sips and then spittoons the pinots he prizes, while his libidinous friend glugs down the tasting glass before demanding a refill.
And even when appetites are equally keen, tastes may differ, demanding different recipes, with different costs.
