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Make Baguettes At Home
2008-05-03 11:13:00 The baguettes made by the boulangeries near my place are not that great, sadly. I know! I’m in France so… what the??! Anyway, I might try to make some myself. Luckily, Baker’s Banter (King Arthur Flour) recently posted a step-by-step, HOWTO make your own baguettes. Baguettes Do Try this at Home Tags: baguettes, recipes, how to, france More About: Make
Friday France Photos: Mirepoix, France (not carrots, onions and celery)
2008-05-02 17:37:00 After our excellent adventures in Carcassonne chez Patricia and Andre, we were advised to stop by the quaint medieval village of Mirepoix, in the heart of the Cathare region, on our way to Sarlat just a few weeks ago, so off we went. I’d wondered if Mirepoix was where the famous mirepoix culinary method ... More About: Photos , France , Carrots , Friday , Onions
Happy May Day! / Fête du Muguet / Fête du Travail
2008-05-01 10:19:00 How could I not join my fellow Francophile bloggers who are writing about France’s Labor Day? Bonne Fête du 1er Mai! Happy May Day! 1er Mai, Fête du Muguet (that rhymes btw) is a non-working national holiday and celebrated every May 1st in France with the fragrant and delicate Muguet (Lily of the Valley) flowers. The ... More About: Travail
Franco-American Conversations: That Lady is Totally American!
2008-04-30 20:05:00 We went out to lunch the other day to an excellent brasserie in Autun (Burgundy), which I’ll try to write about some time later this week, hopefully. The restaurant was pretty packed and for some reason, “the suits” were sitting on one side of the restaurant, everyone else scrunched over on the other side. Anyway, ... More About: American , Lady , Franco
Louis Vuitton is Suing a Darfur Fundraiser
2008-04-30 12:21:00 Not being a fan of the overrated Louis Vuitton line of luxury handbags and luggage (and in general), this is another reason for me to take my dislike up a notch. Louis Vuitton is suing a design student (Nadia Plesner) working with a Darfur fundraiser because their recent campaign called, “Simple Living” shows a refugee with ... More About: Fundraiser
French Luxury Tableware Design Turns to Sex Toys for Inspiration
2008-04-29 11:14:00 Leave it to outside-the-box thinking* French designer, Philippe Di Méo, to design tableware inspired by sex toys. The collection of erotic tableware called, Souper Fin (which is a play on words of “fine dining” and “super fine”), was designed in collaboration with renowned luxury companies Baccarat, Goyard, Cristofle and Orfèvrerie d?Anjou among others. Souper Fin ... More About: Design , Toys , Luxury , Inspiration
China Hates France
2008-04-28 10:51:00 More Chinese haters of France . In this case, it’s a taxi driver that is refusing Frenchmen and dogs. What about French women? French children? Are they turning away French poodles? Bichon Frisés? The noyve. I don’t think France cares too much if she’s hated but don’t you wonder why China is picking on France specifically - ...
France Puts Spying on French Residents On Hold - For the Moment
2008-04-27 10:02:00 From yahoo: “The French government will “suspend” the use of new software for recording the personal habits and affiliations of its citizens in a police database, following an outcry by civil rights groups. Interior Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie took the decision Tuesday to suspend trials of the Ardoise software while officials consider how to reconcile privacy rights and ... More About: France , Moment , Hold , Spying
French Ads That Could Have Worked
2008-04-26 10:19:00 Do you get this ad? It might have worked if they added a short tagline (though that would have been a bit tricky)… Here’s a hint: Manix (King Size) sells extra large condoms… More About: French
Friday France Photo: Carcassonne
2008-04-25 16:36:00 Related: Where to stay in Carcassonne Tags: carcassonne, france, photos, medieval city, aude More About: Photo , France , Friday
Perfect for Urban Gardeners: Graine de pot
2008-04-25 15:18:00 With all of the GMO (genetically modified organisms) laws being passed here and there and everywhere so the public never knows what they’re eating, gardening is becoming the new black. Why be left to wonder if you’re eating pesticides and other toxins when you can grow your own food. More and more people are turning ... More About: Urban , Perfect , Gardeners
The Revival of Musette in France, At Least in Sarlat
2008-04-24 21:44:00 There’s an old comic strip by Gary Larson’s “The Far Side” with two pictures. One shows a person receiving a harp with the caption, “Welcome to Heaven. Here’s your harp.” The other has a guy receiving an accordion with the text bubble saying, “Welcome to Hell. Here’s your accordion.” That is EXACTLY how I’ve ... More About: France , Revival
Le Grand Saut ou Le Grand Sot? 2 Years Later
2008-04-22 17:57:00 Michel Fournier is at it again. Remember two years ago? He dropped out of the stratosphere from an altitude of about 130,000 feet (40 kilometers, nearly 25 miles) above the plains of Saskatchewan, Canada. This year he hopes to do the same while breaking the sound barrier and breaking some more world records. From AFP: “64-year-old retired ... More About: Years , Grand
Earth Day 2008 France
2008-04-22 11:35:00 Commemorating Earth Day today, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the environmental movement, I thought I’d post a photo in appreciation of nature. This is a photo of the Calanques in the south of France , not far from Cassis. I never did get around to writing about the Calanques - probably because I ... More About: Earth Day , 2008
Protest Against France from China
2008-04-21 22:41:00 I know these Chinese guys didn’t mean for this to be funny and for all intents and purposes it isn’t funny, but still… They just don’t GET it. Hey, and Napoleon’s a pervert! More About: China , France , Protest
The Man of the Hour: Sébastien Tellier
2008-04-21 21:15:00 The Eurovision (the European annual talent show that has taken on a cult following)’s contestant from France is a guy named Sébastien Tellier. I like him; he’s fun and silly - though I’ve listened to the selected song and I have no idea what it’s about. So, the big scandal in France is that he’s ... More About: Hour
New PSAs Will Make You Scream Too
2008-04-20 20:28:00 There are three new public service announcement videos just released by the Ministry of Employment that are pretty creepy, albeit effective. They’re aiming to encourage people to take care of health problems like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and other repetitive strain injuries related to work before they become debilitating. All three start with an agonizingly LONG and ... More About: Scream , Make
Read & Go: New E-Newspaper / Book Reader in France
2008-04-20 16:15:00 Jumping on the e-reading bandwagon like Kindle (except without a keyboard), Orange and partners Le Monde, Le Parisien, Les Echos, L?Equipe and Télérama are joining together to offer a wireless, touch screen mobile e-newspaper reader that resembles a flat, black Etch a Sketch (sans knobs). They are still testing the product. The Read &Go has a storage ... More About: France , Reader , Book , Newspaper
Digitizing The Mona Lisa
2008-04-19 17:31:00 Lumiere Technology digitized the Mona Lisa and describes the process. Watch the video Tags: paris, france, mona lisa, louvre, art, videos, digitzing
Carrefour will offer downloadable movies
2008-04-18 20:20:00 From electronista: “France-based Carrefour Group will launch a movie download service, the world’s second biggest retailer announced at the PEVE Digital Entertainment conference in Paris on Friday. The service will allow customers to buy movies or rent movies and rent TV programs. The Group already operates supermarkets, grocery stores and convenience stores that carry DVDs in ... More About: Movies , Offer
Friday France Photo: Simply Market
2008-04-18 18:09:00 Seen near Bordeaux, France Tags: france, bordeaux, simply market, strange english, french, supermarkets More About: Photo , Market , Friday , Simply
Possible Price Cut on iPhones in France
2008-04-18 17:49:00 From macnn: “Apple is in discussions with Orange about lowering the cost of the French iPhone, Les Echos reports. The newspaper cites an inside source, who claims that Apple is putting pressure on Orange to change to a subsidized pricing model, under which the public would have to pay less for the device. At present Orange ... More About: France , Price
The Best Foie Gras Ever is from?Spain
2008-04-18 16:34:00 From Michael Ruhlman: “Eduardo Sousa, a farmer in the Extremadura region of Spain is, according to chef Dan Barber, raising geese that bear the best foie gras the chef’s tasted. The critical part of the story, though, is that Sousa does not force feed the geese. He apparently lets their inclination to gorge themselves, ...
This is What Happens When Europeans Watch Too Much American TV
2008-04-16 08:34:00 Sadly, it happened. The last several years of SATC, CSI (aka in France Les Experts), and face it, all American shows - has shaken the reason out of Europeans . What am I talking about? Take out coffee cups. You know, you see everyone with them. Everywhere. Those ridiculous disposable paper or worse, plastic cups with plastic ... More About: Watch
Pick a Car, Any Car
2008-04-15 16:21:00 This parking lot sign has two messages. In French, you simply pay for parking at the machine before getting into your car. The English version is different. It starts out nicely and politely with the “Could you…” No question mark at the end though, but anyway. THEN! Lucky Anglophones, it gets even better for you. ... More About: Pick
Sarkozy and the embarrassment quotient
2008-04-15 10:51:00 From iht: “Nearly a year into his term, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has hardly mentioned the arts or culture. In late February, he said that French cuisine should be added to the Unesco World Heritage list. De Gaulle had André Malraux at his elbow. François Mitterrand renovated the Louvre. Just before he left office, Jacques Chirac ...
Awesome B&B in Carcassonne: Aux Anges Gardiens
2008-04-14 18:59:00 It just occurred to me that the bed and breakfast where we stayed in Carcassonne (southwest France) recently, was not only the first B&B we’ve stayed in in France, but it was also a real one, in the sense that you really are staying in someone’s house. In this case, you’re chez Patricia and Andre ... More About: Awesome
Quentin Tarantino will Give a Cinema Masterclass at Next Month?s Festival d
2008-04-13 17:04:00 From the festival of cannes website: “Quentin Tarantino , who once declared having “devoted his life to cinema, his favourite obsession”, is to give the Cinema Masterclass at the coming Festival de Cannes, which takes place from May 14th to 25th 2008. Following in the footsteps of Martin Scorsese in 2007, and also Stephen Frears, Nanni Moretti, ... More About: Give
The Wii Ripoff in France via China - is called?Vii
2008-04-12 16:45:00 From kotaku: “It’s spreading. To Europe. China ’s Wii rip-off, the Vii, has apparently been reskinned for the French. This made in China machine plays six games (Tennis, Football, Boxing, Bowling, Ping Pong and Baseball) and retails for ?40. Accessories include a bat and what looks like three spoons rackets. Yes, we’re calling it the “Ouii.” Sigh.” More About: France
Friday France Photo: Giant Yellow Golf Ball Sculpture
More articles from this author:2008-04-11 18:55:00 On a lighter note, here’s today’s France photo. It’s a sculpture we saw at the entrance of a tunnel I think somewhere in the vicinity of Montpellier. It’s not particularly attractive but it does get your attention, if anything. Tags: france, sculpture, near montpellier, travel, south of france More About: Photo , Golf , Friday , Giant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
