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Bastille Day
1 Celebrate Bastille Day With French Cuisine
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2 Are You Flaky When It Comes to French Pastry Facts?
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3 Macarons Galore!
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4 Happy Hour: French Martini
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5 Inspired Side: Salad With Zucchini & Pecorino
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6 Noteworthy Nibbles — July 10-16, 2008
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7 Do You Speak Culinary French?
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9 Noteworthy Nibbles — July 14-21, 2009
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10 Food Section Sampler — July 14, 2010
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11 Happy Hour: French 75
With blue, white, and red filling the skies and the streets of France, the country celebrates its revolution on Bastille Day or La Fête Nationale today. On the July 14 holiday, Frenchmen and Frenchwomen attend parades, watch fireworks, and enjoy air shows to remember the storming of the Bastille in 1789. See more pictures from the festivities, including gorgeous fireworks over the Eiffel Tower, Read more
If you're anything like me, you're enamored with the idea of your very own boudoir space. While some favor opulence and others laid-back comfort, each of these rooms can inspire a fresh idea for your home, regardless of its size. These coveted closets are for your delight. So take a moment to celebrate La Fête Nationale with these photos of truly beautiful boudoir spaces. Read more
Happy Bastille Day! We have lots of things to thank France for — crepes, lingerie, our inferiority complex — but the French kiss is not one of them. What we call French kissing, the French call baiser avec la langue (kiss with tongue) or for slang patin (ice-skating shoe). Like a figure eight, I guess? It's unclear who coined the phrase, but France has been the unofficial romance capital of Read more
Today, the French celebrate Bastille Day — aka La Fête Nationale — and we're honoring it the best way we know how: with cute Parisian-inspired outfits. We admit our thoughts of Paris align not so much with storming the Bastille, but with visions of Coco Chanel, Yves St. Laurent and his "Le Smoking," a chic Carrie Bradshaw making her way around the city, and this dreamy Numéro editorial Read more
Currently coveting a French country kitchen? I'm not surprised! A kitchen invoking the French country feel is charming and rustic. Its mantra is "loved in and lived in." There's no better day to share the look than Bastille Day — the French National Day. Interested in the details of what makes a kitchen French country? Read more! Read more
Bastille Day is a fave celebration of mine. A little French wine, a little cheese, a baguette — what more could a gal want. Take this little quiz and see how French culture and the French paradox could affect your health for the better. Bon chance! Flickr User notfrancois Take the Quiz Read more
With their romantic accents, cultivated style, and sultry stares, Frenchmen have an extra je ne sais quoi. In honor of Bastille Day, I rounded up some of my favorite famous Frenchies so we can debate, just like the French love to do. Check them out and vote: le hottie or le nottie? Read more
Liberté, egalité, fraternité: Good morning and Happy Bastille Day! Today marks the anniversary of France's national holiday, which commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which began the French Revolution. While Parisians celebrate with fireworks and parades, I'll be starting my day off on the right foot with a pain au chocolat and a café au lait (and ending it with a glass of Burgundy or Read more
Celebrate La Fête Nationale with some wonderful French cuisine! July 14 commemorates the storming of the bastille, and what better way to pay tribute than to cook up a storm in your kitchen? Here are 10 recipes full of French flavors that are sure to prepare you for Bastille Day. Read more
Fireworks cracked over the Eiffel Tower in Paris last night. Bastille Day, celebrated every year on July 14, commemorates the storming of Bastille and the unofficial start of the French Revolution. We commemorated the event by checking out famous French hotties and learning about the origin of the French kiss. View 4 Photos › Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3 Photo 4 Read more
