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French Fried: The Culinary Capers of an American in Paris, by Harriet Welty Rochefort, 2001. Harriet continues her attempts to demystify the French with French Fried, the saucy-sometimes spicy - and often hilarious tale of one American woman's 30-year foray into the byzantine world of French cuisine. And when it comes to food, Rochefort's experiences are anything but dull or traditional. When she first arrives in France, she dines on onion soup with her concierge. When she finally gets a decent apartment with a kitchen it turns out that there's both a shower - and a cop - in it. Buy it!

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French History This Month - August


  • Events:
    • Germany declares war (WWI) - 3.8.1914
    • End of the Second Battle of the Marne - 4.8.1918
    • Louis Philippe proclaimed French "Citizen King" (Philippe Egalité) for his support of the 1792 Revolution. - 7.8.1830
    • Côte d'Ivoire achieves independence from France - 7.8.1990
    • PLUTO (Pipe Line Under The Ocean), begins operations. - 12.8.1944
      Operating beneath the English Channel, PLUTO supplied gasoline to Allied invasion forces in France.
    • The Battle of Blenheim - 13.8.1705
      In southern Germany, Anglo-Austrian army inflects decisive defeat on the French armies.
    • Battle of Mons (Belgium) - 14.8.1678
      The French repluse William of Orange
    • Society of Jesus founded. - 15.8.1543
      Ignatius de Loyala establishes the Jesuit Order, in Paris.
    • Battle of the Spurs - 16.8.1513
      King Henry VIII and English troops defeat the French at Guinigatte, NW France
    • Battle of Smolensk - 18.8.1812
      Napoléon defeats Russian forces
    • Raid of Dieppe - 19.8.1942
      British and Canadien forces raid this French port city.
    • Battle of Saragossa - 20.8.1710
      French armies defeated by the Austrians
    • Battle of Vimiero - 21.8.1808
      French forces under General Junot, defeated by English lead by Wellington
    • Cadillac Motor Company Formed - 21.8.1901
      in Detroit, Michigan; named for French explorer Antoine Cadillac.
    • Mona Lisa Stolen - 21.8.1911
      from the Louvre in Paris. It was recovered two years later.
    • St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - 24.8.1572
      Charles IX orders the massacre of the Huguenots throughout France; thousands are killed in Paris.
    • Battle of Malaga - 24.8.1604
      The French are defeated by English and Dutch fleets.
    • Liberation of Paris - 25.8.1944
      Paris is liberated from German occupation during WWII.
  • Births:
    • Saint-Laurent, Yves - 1.8.1936 - Couturier
    • de Maupassant, Guy - 5.8.1850 - Author
    • Claudel, Paul - 6.8.1868 - Poet
    • Tissot, James - 8.8.1902 - Painter
    • Moreau, Jean Victor Marie - 11.8.1772 - Military general
    • Bonaparte, Napoléon - 15.8.1769 - Emperor
    • Chanel, Gabrielle (Coco) - 19.8.1883 - Couturier
    • Poincaré, Raymond - 20.8.1860 - Statesman
    • Cartier-Bresson, Henri - 22.8.1908 - Photographer
    • Debussy, Claude - 22.8.1862 - Impressionist composer
    • Romains, Jules - 26.8.1904 - Novelist, playwright, and poet.
    • Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique - 29.8.1780 - Painter
    • David, Jacques Louis - 30.8.1748 - Painter
    • Killy, Jean Claude - 30.8.1943 - Ski Champion
  • Deaths:
    • Louis VI - 1.8.1137 - King of France
    • Manessier, Alfred - 1.8.1993 - Painter
    • Blériot, Louis - 2.8.1936 - Aviator
    • Colette - 3.8.1954 - Novelist
    • Henry I - 4.8.1060 - King of France
    • Delacroix, Eugéne - 13.8.1863 - Painter
    • Laënnec, René - 13.8.1826 - Physician
    • Signac, Paul - 15.8.1935 - Painter
    • Léger, Fernand - 17.8.1955 - Painter
    • de Balzac, Honoré - 17.8.1850 - Novelist
    • Garnerin, André Jacques - 18.8.1823 - Balloonist
    • Pascal, Blaise - 19.8.1662 - Philosopher and mathematician
    • Bouguerau, Adolphe William - 20.8.1905 - Painter
    • Fragonard, Jean Honoré - 22.8.1806 - Painter
    • Peroni, Didier - 23.8.1987 - Racing car driver
    • de Coulomb, Charles Auguste - 23.8.1906 - Physicist
    • Carnot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi - 24.8.1832 - Physicist
    • Boyer, Charles - 26.8.1978 - Actor
    • Louis Philippe - 26.8.1850 - "Citizen King" of France
    • Le Corbusier - 27.8.1965 - Architect (Swiss born)
    • Sorel, Georges - 30.8.1922 - Socialist philosopher (Réflexions sur la violence (1908)), born in Cherbourg.
    • Baudelaire, Charles Pierre - 31.8.1867 - Poet
    • Braque, Georges - 31.8.1963 - Painter

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