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