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Henri IV and the Promised Chicken

Henri IV: Monarch, ladies man, infalible chicken spotter. Image: Playing Futures: Applied Nomadology via Wikimedia Commons No, the above headline is not the title of the next long-awaited J.K. Rowling novel but an oblique historical...
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English Chard with Baked Bonaparte

And now for some unjustifiable linkage. Somewhat recently we presented our recipe for Swiss Chard Tart with Crottins de Chavignol. Here then as inedible accompaniment is a recipe of another sort: Colonel John Rouse Merriot Chard, VC (no,...
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Paname: La Fête de la musique

Special Delivery via escargot-team drawn Galapagos turtle: Impressions of the annual Parisian music festival, recorded in the 4th, 5th and 6th arrondissements on the afternoon and evening of June 21st 2012. Featuring many and sundry local...
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Work and the Frenchman

In France, work is not a virtue. It is simply work, and is, moreover, of no particular interest unless one happens to like what one does for a living, at which point work ceases to be « le travail » or « un boulot », a job, and becomes...
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Alternative Holidays in France

Offering oneself a proper vacation on a tight budget can be difficult these days, especially when one is set on authenticity and determined to shun the ever-present seaside tourist internment camps and/or ready-made package getaways which...
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A Simple Recipe for Perfection

Saint-Exupéry in 1942 Image: Wikimedia Commons « Il semble que la perfection soit atteinte non quand il n'y a plus rien à ajouter, mais quand il n'y a plus rien à retrancher. »"It seems that perfection is attained not when there is...
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Reader's Poll: Vive la République and Elephant Generals

Those without super-squinty-vision may wish to CLICK TO ENLARGE. A recent Tao de France Reader's Poll asked interested internautes to choose their preferred French monarch from a list of eight candidates and THE RESULTS ARE IN: All bipedal...
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The Top 10 French Villages of 2012

Not Disney; Lapopie! Image: Adam Baker via Wikimedia Commons Earlier this week, the second French national TV channel (the appropriately named France 2) announced this year's preferred village of the French in a program entitled (also...
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The Ephemeral Bakers of Notre Dame

The latest from Paname ... Impressions of the Fête du pain, recorded @ the Parvis Notre Dame - place Jean-Paul-II on the afternoon of May 17th 2012. More information about the festival is available from their official site (en français).
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An Inconstant Immortal

Valéry disagrees. Valéry, however, does not. Image: Wikimedia Commons « Je ne suis pas toujours de mon avis. »"I am not always of my opinion." - Paul Valéry(1871-1945)French writer, poet, philosopher & immortel
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Waiting for Hollande

The latest from Paname: Impressions of the crowds and media waiting for a glimpse of the new French president during François Hollande's inaugural visit to City Hall. Recorded @ la place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville on the afternoon of May 15th...
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If You Can Read This, You Already Speak French

... now you just need to work on your accent. Georges Clemenceau "I am not the walrus." Image: Wikimedia Commons « L'Anglais ? Ce n'est jamais que du français mal prononcé. »"English is nothing but French badly pronounced." - Georges...
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Free Carbon Neutral Blogging (or) A Tree Grows in Bretagne

Often questioning the sustainability of our daily activities and always in search for green alternatives, we at ze Tao have found a way to compensate its carbon footprint by participating in an action that grows more and more popular among...
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A Web Series Named Paris

ZIS WEEK'S EPISODE: The 2012 Fairpride Equitable Commerce Carnival. For more information (en français): http://www.fairpride.fr Presenting the latest episode of Paname, an up-close and unpredictable weekly audiovisual digest framing the...
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Ze Tao of ze French Revolving Door

Industrial Wu Wei? Image: Ouestbrouq Aujourd'hui on partage* an exhortation recently discovered at the Porte de Versailles Expo Park: "AVANCEZ SANS POUSSER / KEEP GOING DO NOT PUSH" While admittedly not quite as catchy as "Keep Calm and...
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The Only Thing We Have to Fear...

Marie understands. Image: Wikimedia Commons "Nothing in life is to be feared; everything is to be understood." « Dans la vie, rien n'est à craindre, tout est à comprendre. » - Marie Skłodowska-Curie(1867-1934)Franco-Polish chemist,...
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The Secret Identity of Cuthbert Calculus Revealed!

Auguste Piccard; inventor, deep-sea explorer, aeronaut & what else ya got? Image: Wikimedia Commons When a recent edition of the EXCELLENT weekly geopolitical program Le Dessous des Cartes* remarked on the oceanographic adventures of...
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Nice Work If You Can Get It

«Que sais-je ?» Montaigne ponders... Image: Wikimedia Commons "My job and my art is to live." « Mon métier et mon art, c'est vivre. » - Michel Eyquem de Montaigne(1533-1592)French politician, thinker, part-time hermit and inventor of...
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Swiss Chard Tart with Crottins de Chavignol

AVERTISSEMENT : Madame Ouestbrouq has graciously offered to relieve her husband of some of his scribbling duties, notably in the RECIPE and HEALTH and WELLBEING topic areas. This is most fortunate, as, unlike Monsieur Ouestbrouq, she...
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