French Culture
Bicycle Gourmet’s 2021 New Years
Bicycle Gourmet’s 2021 New Years – was not the same as all the others enjoyed by your French Cycling Gourmet. There were two big differences in this 2021 New Years for Da BG. And all the resident froggies as well. Happily, neither were related to shortages of Champagne,fois gras, truffles, and all those other staples […]
1Jan2021 | Bicycle Gourmet | 11 comments | Continued
French Christmas Confidental
The French Christmas Fiesta Confidental.. Like most of us, the French don’t like to be cold. So, when vines become grapeless skeletons, terrace lunches are only for polar bear club members, and it’s dark by four thirty; those that can afford it head to the sun. Typically, Morroco, Tunisia, or the French isles of Guadeloupe and […]
6Dec2019 | Bicycle Gourmet | 10 comments | Continued
Paul Cezanne – Impressionist Influencer
French Country Travel Life Artist. Monet. Sisley. Pissarro. Francoise Cariou. And, of course, Cezanne. While all French Artists had a singular contribution to make, Paul Cezanne’s was one of the most unique and significant; in that he was the bridge between Impressionisim and the Post-Impressionists. So great was his influence on other artists that Picasso and […]
26Dec2017 | Bicycle Gourmet | 21 comments | Continued