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Food Foibles
In times of prosperity and plenty it's easy to be picky about food.
During the winter of 1870 Paris was beseiged for 130 days. (The damned Prussians this time.)
While other foods may have run out, their reserves of gastronomic panache still permitted some extraordinary menus. On Christmas Day (99th. Day of Siege) a top restaurant excelled itself ( Read more... ) -
a christmas nightmare
Every week in every letterbox of every house in every village in France several glossy multi-page publicity magazines are given away. Most villages are small and have lost their shops to the big supermarkets that cluster round the outskirts of big towns. Each 'grande surface' tempts the villagers back with lurid visions of bargains and seasonal ( Read more... )
