How your favourite French patisseries got their names Do you know the stories behind these favourite treats?
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Five things they don’t tell you about baguettes in France The correct term for the ends and etiquette on eating it in the street, we guide you through some French bread essentials Counting my blessings helps keep my love affair with France Should France allow bread to be sold seven days a week? Group calls for “1,000 village cafés” to revive France
French bakers accused in court for working too much Two bakers from Calvados (Normandy) have been summoned before their local courts, accused of illegally selling bread through their bakery seven days per week.
French baguettes could soon be protected by Unesco Baguettes could soon be recognised as an official part of France’s cultural heritage by Unesco, as a bakery group plans to present its case.
Pain au chocolat? MPs table chocolatine amendment Is this a “ pain au chocolat ” or a “ chocolatine ”? The age-old debate just got even more serious as ten MPs from the Républicain party have tabled an amendment in favour of chocolatine .
33,000 bakeries are under threat The traditional village bakery is under threat across France, with bakers’ leaders pointing the finger at the rise of supermarket baking.
Boulanger fined €3,000 for refusing to take a day off A baker in Aube is fighting a fine of €3,000 for working too much, after his shop opened seven days a week in the summer of 2017.
Macron backs the baguette for World Heritage Status The baguette could soon be granted Unesco World Heritage Status, as President Emmanuel Macron has lent his support to a bakers’ campaign to recognise the bread as a national symbol.
Fire chief writes formal thanks for Corsica croissants An Occitanie fire chief has written a personal and formal letter of thanks to an Haute-Corse boulangerie after it refused payment from his firefighters during the August wildfires.
Support your boulangerie! French rant video goes viral If you buy your bread in the supermarket, you may want to think again, after a video of a young French baker chastising people for shunning local boulangeries has gone viral.
Costlier croissants ahead due to high butter prices A milk shortage means that trip to the boulangerie will get dearer.