We are sure you will love this pastry essentially made of butter, sugar, butter, dough, and of course, butter! Discover the recipe for the well-known Kouign-Amann of Bretagne, a flaky buttery caramelized sugar filled pastry! Read More…
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Marseille in Focus: Where Reality meets Fiction
Marseille is in the news this week. French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a multibillion-euro plan to turn Marseille into what he calls a world port city with programs to improve crime, schools and culture. Many of these same themes played out in the original NetFlix series called Marseille. See where reality meets fiction. Read More…
Discover the famous recipe of the cannelés of Bordeaux! Read More…
Are you interested in speaking French like a native? One of the ways to master your French is to learn expressions and idioms to describe situations and talk about daily life. Read More…
La Rentrée en France: A Time for New Beginnings
Early September marks a unique annual event in France – la rentrée. Summer holidays have come to an end, and it’s time for work, school and normal life. There is new stock in the shops, new TV programmes, new book releases and cultural events all over the country. Read More…
En Vadrouille 9...La Suisse Romande
Let yourself be guided during a walk to discover the French-speaking part of Switzerland, along Lake Geneva. An itinerant discovery that will take us to Vevey and Montreux. Read More…
“The illusion of an endless whole, of water with no horizon and no shore” - Claude Monet. This December, an immersive Monet exhibition is coming to San Francisco, learn more about this unique digital art exhibition already featured in Barcelona, Brussels and Turin. Read More…
Understanding French Schools from La Rentrée to Le Bac
With all of the recent Back to School (La Rentrée) activities kicking off the new school year, you may be wondering about how the French education system works. Read More…
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