Notre-Dame: An Interview with Witnesses to a Dazzling Restoration
During the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, few journalists were authorized to enter the cathedral more than Sophie Laurant, senior reporter at Le Pèlerin. Even fewer photographers were given access than Stéphane Compoint.
Interview : Notre-Dame, témoins clés d’une restauration éblouissante
Peu de journalistes ont été autorisés à pénétrer dans la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris pendant la période de restauration aussi souvent que Sophie Laurant, grand reporter au Pèlerin. Et encore moins de photographes ont obtenu des autorisations aussi fréquemment et aussi largement que Stéphane Compoint, photojournaliste indépendant.
Cheese: Jérôme Spruytte’s Pont l’Evêque Fermier (Pays d’Auge, Normandy)
Veering off onto the country roads of the Pays d'Auge area of Normandy, let's meet Jérôme Spuytte, one of the few remaining producers of Pont l’Evêque fermier, a farm-made raw-milk cheese.
Joséphine Baker Inducted Into the Pantheon (Video)
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) received France’s highest posthumous civil honor when she was inducted into the Pantheon in Paris on November 30, 2021.
Jeanne Barret, the first woman to circumnavigate the globe
In 1765, Jeanne Barret, a young, peasant woman left a remote corner of rural France where her impoverished family had scraped a living for generations. She set out on a journey that would take her around the world from the South American jungles and Magellan Strait to the tropical islands of the Indo-Pacific.
Interview: Sofia Falkovitch, France’s First Female Jewish Cantor
Watch the video interview in this article to understand the dual nature of Sofia Falkovitch and her work, at once alien and fully connected. Video interview filmed at the Copernic Synagogue in Paris.
Shopping: Maron Bouillie by Marie Bouillon
I keep confusing Marie Bouillon and Maron Bouillie. One is the designer with an infectious smile and the other is the brand with lilting humor.
Get Drunk with Charles Baudelaire
Advice for those who might be overthinking all this: Get Drunk, Enivrez-vous, by Charles Baudelaire, as read by Dustin Hoffman, Serge Reggiani and Isabelle Orliac.
Matrimoine in Paris: A Guide to Women Who Made French History
Cherchez la femme? Even in Paris that’s not an easy task from a historical standpoint. Psychologist, author and feminist Edith Vallée sets out to rectify that in Le Matrimoine de Paris, a new guidebook that tracks the city's female history-makers through 20 itineraries, 20 arrondissements.