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Harvest, Wine, and Cassoulet at Château Guilhem

Harvest, Wine, and Cassoulet at Château Guilhem

September 23, 2018
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Annual Jewish exodus from France to Israel has fallen by half, but relationship remains strained

Annual Jewish exodus from France to Israel has fallen by half, but relationship remains strained

TOULOUSE, France — After watching her parents and siblings in recent years join a wave of Jews leaving France for Israel, Annie Cohen and…
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Tolerance and Rokhaya Diallo: How the veil and race have again divided France

Tolerance and Rokhaya Diallo: How the veil and race have again divided France

During the era of Trump, many of my friends on the left have seen my escape to France as a flight to a kind of progressive utopia. In many…
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War of the words: The battle to make the French language gender-neutral

War of the words: The battle to make the French language gender-neutral

That the French language remains so central to the culture here wouldn’t surprise most people outside the country. Still, having two…
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Beurre-pocalypse: The Great French Butter Crisis of 2017

Beurre-pocalypse: The Great French Butter Crisis of 2017

TOULOUSE — A visit to the Sena Fromager at the Marché des Carmes brought more bad news. Daniel, the knowledgeable and personable fromager…
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Jupiter Descending: How Macron became more unpopular than Trump

Jupiter Descending: How Macron became more unpopular than Trump

Five months after his sweeping electoral victories, Emmanuel Macron’s approval ratings in France are lower than those of Donald Trump in…
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France’s comic book festival starts a culture war by nominating zero women for its grand prize

France’s comic book festival starts a culture war by nominating zero women for its grand prize

Clumsy slight, or evidence of the persistent bias against women in the comic book industry?
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