(Sponsored Feature) The French capital allows visitors to immerse themselves in fashion, art and culture. Galleries, museums, and boutiques representing cultures from across the globe […]
One thing we take for granted, especially in the industrial era, is the keeping of time– and a stable, standardized way to measure its passage. […]
These France-based companies have teamed up to find out. It sounds like something straight from a sci-fi novel: scientists developing new techniques for growing edible […]
Any basic web search on the rules of French etiquette can send you down a rabbit hole of exasperated forum posts on TripAdvisor or Reddit– […]
As soon as late November or early December comes around, I find myself craving a few classic French desserts and sweet nibbles typically enjoyed around […]
It would take a 21st-century team of curators and wine experts for Bordeaux to get its Cité du Vin, a massive complex dedicated to wine […]
Lore about ghosts and haunted places doesn’t figure prominently in French culture– at least not as much as it does in places like the US, […]
In March of 2020, I made a short trip from Paris that was a long time coming. I boarded a train, then a bus, to […]
There’s something deceptively timeless about raising a toast over a glass of champagne (or some other form of sparkling white wine). It’s easy to imagine […]
My partner and I almost always have a block of salted Brittany butter in the fridge, and usually there’s a “backup” somewhere in the freezer, […]
Basque country is one of those fascinating “liminal” spaces that crosses cultural and linguistic borders. Straddling France and Spain, the area is in fact an […]
A few years ago, I spent a little under six weeks living and working in Bordeaux, as I prepared to write a local guide. Like […]
The history of the French macaron is a strange and winding one, as I first discovered during a trip to the fortified French medieval town […]
Most guides to Paris include at least a brief section on day trips– but you might be wondering whether it’s really necessary to leave the […]
