French Fridays: Bakery Lorraine.
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Today we would like to introduce you to one of our favorite new French pastry spots in Austin. True Fren...
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- Apr 21, 2019
- 4 min
Cyrano Sunday: Poetic Forms - The Duel in Verse cont.
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Continuing our exploration of the poetic forms used in “Cyrano de Bergerac,” we were examining the “Duel...
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- Apr 19, 2019
- 1 min
French Fridays: Quiche Lorraine Recipe
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Today we have our favorite quiche recipe for you. Quiche is a staple food in France, and is truly one of...
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- Apr 5, 2019
- 1 min
French Friday: Pétanque matches with l'Alliance Française
<p style="white-space:pre-wrap;">One of our favorite events held by Alliance Française are the monthly Pétanque matches. Pétanque is a la...
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- Mar 31, 2019
- 3 min
Cyrano Sunday: Translating the Untranslatable or Impossibly Obscure.
Screenshot of Cassell's Dictionary of Slang By Jonathon Green Today’s Cyrano Sunday is all about what happens a translator runs into a...
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- Jun 17, 2018
- 4 min
Your nose is big, continued
Good evening friends, For your Cyrano Sunday this week we’ll be continuing the wonderful speech in the first act of Cyrano de Bergerac...
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- May 6, 2018
- 4 min
...and half a macaron.
Modern Macarons Reproduction 17th century Macarons courtesy of Nadia Fermigier in St. Emilion, France. It's been a crazy day full of...
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- Apr 28, 2018
- 4 min
Non Merci!
You are getting your Cyrano Sunday early this week, since I’ll be shooting a film trailer most of the day tomorrow and probably falling...
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- Apr 15, 2018
- 2 min
Ragueneau's Bakery
The Patisserie by Abraham Boss, (1602-1676) from the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon The Bakery by Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1638 –...
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- Apr 8, 2018
- 2 min
The Hôtel de Bourgogne
Facade of the theatre known as the Hôtel de Bourgogne at the time it was used by the Comédiens Italiens in the 18th century. Scan from...
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- Apr 2, 2018
- 1 min
In guise of Punchinello
Punchinello Figure by Jacques Callot. French 1616. Etching. 6.4 x 7.8 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cyrano de Bergerac - portrait of...
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- Mar 25, 2018
- 2 min
An Unlikely Package - Philippe de Champaigne and Jacques Callot
Philippe de Champaigne, self-portrait. Museum of Grenoble Portrait of Jacques Callot by Lucas Vorstermanthe Elder after Anthony van Dyck....
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- Mar 20, 2018
- 1 min
La Clorise
Here is a title page from a printed edition of Balthazar Baro's Pastoralle "La Clorise" printed by A. de Sommaville in Paris in 1634 from...
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- Mar 11, 2018
- 1 min
Pay your five sous!
French ecu coin worth 5 sous The play Cyrano de Bergerac begins with a loud argument at the door of the theater. PORTER (pursuing them):...
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