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Léon Isnard: Bringing the Cuisines of Africa to France
Copyright LoLa Cha. Used with permission. “It seems that the word couscous is a Gallic version of “rac keskes,” which means “crushed small.” ~ Leon Isnard Whether you think about it consciously or not,...
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“Authentic” French Food: A Real Parvenu
Spend a weekend reading Graham Robb’s The Discovery of France: A Historical Geography (2007) and you’ll end up with quite a full plate, filled with crazy peddlers, ruthless kings, slain surveyors, and...
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The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Me, Etc.
Photo credit: Christophe Chenevier Dear readers of Gherkins & Tomatoes /Cornichons & Tomates, Soon I will embark on a great adventure, doing research on France’s colonial empire at the...
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Belleville, Paris, France: II
Belleville Metro Station Photo credit: Michel Millet Photo credit: Ted Drake Photo credit: Intelligensius Anarchus & The Great Attractor Variation maraîchère (Photo credit: Somethingintheair) Filed...
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Belleville Revisited
Belleville metro (Photo credit: C. Bertelsen) The Belleville market — straddling the crossroads of Paris’s 10th, 11th, 19th, and 20th arrondissements — presents the determined photographer with a...
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