Section: French

Insights into French Identity: 2012 National Commemorations in France

Every year the National Archives of France selects events of historical significance to highlight as national commemorations on the occasion of a multiple of their centennial or semicentennial, providing insights into the French national identity.

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France Commemorates 9/11 with Eiffel Tower as Backdrop

Paris, September 11, 2011. With the Eiffel Tower as backdrop behind two 80-foot replicas of the Twin Towers, an American and a French flag flying to either side, France commemorated the 10th anniversary of the [...]

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France Elevates Poet Aimé Césaire to Status of “Great Man” at Pantheon

April 6, 2011 – Little noticed and scantily attended on a warm and sunny spring day, France showed its gratitude to one of its “great men” today by solemnly awarding its highest posthumous honor to [...]

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Three Reasons to Experience a Remarkable Chef: Part 2

Symbols, stars, numbers, and other restaurant rating systems can provide a culinary relief map of a city, but they’re inadequate in revealing the particular interest of dining out in one restaurant or chez one chef [...]

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Marianne, the Face of the French Republic

From a kingdom devoted to Mary, mother of Jesus, France, after the Revolution, became a republic under the guidance of Marianne. She is the face of the French Republic, France’s Uncle Sam. Marianne leads the [...]

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A chef’s world: exploring the universe of Guy Martin

Investigated the culinary universe of Guy Martin, chef of Grand Vefour, one of the most recognizable names of high gastronomy in Paris.

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Three Reasons to Experience a Remarkable Chef: Part I

Symbols, stars, numbers, and other restaurant rating systems can provide a culinary relief map of a city, but they’re inadequate in revealing the particular interest of dining out in one restaurant or chez one chef [...]

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Olivier Dirson, WWI battlefield guide: one history leads to another

Through films, books, maps, and travels one quickly gains a sense of the sweeping movement of World War II combat. In Normandy in particular, the D-Day Landing Beaches and the sites and museums maps devoted [...]

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Teach a man to order a brownie and he’ll save you two steps?

A Dane and an American walk into a bakery in Paris, one orders a pistachio crumble, the other a brownie. The baker says… Read this sad tale of French service in which the author is berated for ordering a brownie inefficiently.

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