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Major La Poste outage disrupts letter and parcel services
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Calls for new ‘gilets jaunes’ protests in October on social media
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Kouign-amann in US top 40 recipes
Brittany’s classic Kouign- amann gâteau has been named in the US magazine Food and Wine all-time top 40 recipes, along with mousse au chocolat and Grand Marnier soufflé.
It comes as a survey found 20% of French restaurant meals had dessert, twice as many as in other European countries. The average bill was €12.80 with dessert, €9.80 without.