Table & Foraging
French Summer Recipe: Salade Niçoise
Hot days and summer produce make this bistro classic work
Keith Christiansen
Leaving the US
Home Elsewhere: Two Years in France
Lessons Learned and Cultural Shifts Since Leaving the U.S.
Soundtrack
Bastille Day Anthems: Revolutionary Classics with Jazz and Reggae Revamps
Yesterday was Bastille Day, and as anthems go, the French one is pretty good
Table & Foraging
French Recipe: Verrine Appetizers and Desserts
Verrines can be simple or complicated, but they all show off fresh ingredients with bright colors
Culture
Minitel: The French had an Internet 10 years before the rest of the world
France had an internet years before the United States did: Minitel, an early, centralized information network that was hugely popular.
Soundtrack
French Music: Jacques Dutronc: "Les Playboys" 1966
Dutronc defined suave style and ironic music in an era of vapid love songs and hippie freedom songs
Table & Foraging
French Recipe: Basque Piperade
Basque version of an onion, pepper, and tomato stew you'll find in many cultures
Culture
Road Rules: Creepy Crosswalk Kids in France
These life-size bizarro children are horrifying for drivers
Soundtrack
French Music: The Droids "The Force" 1977
Influential underground Star Wars Space Disco
Table & Foraging
French Recipe: Pissaladiere, a Cheap & Easy Tart
A Classic Provençal Flatbread from Nice
Culture
WTF is going on with snap Elections in France?
Understanding the 2024 French Legislative Elections Amid Rising Far-Right Influence
Soundtrack
French Music: "Ça plane pour moi" by Plastic Bertrand, 1977
The First French Punk Song: Industry pros create a pop-punk smash hit that epitomized the era