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February 2020
La Table Française
Join us today at Banner Hall, when we'll start the time with a look at the history of some French food traditions - it all traces back to Louis XIV! The Saturday group is open to all levels of French speakers and is a great time for students to practice listening and speaking skills. Fluent speakers guide the conversation. AFJ conversation groups are free and open to all members. Guests are invited to visit a few times before making a…
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La Table Française
All levels French are welcome at our Saturday conversation group.
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All levels of French are welcome at La Table Française, providing a good opportunity for students to practice what they are learning in class.
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May 2020
FRENCH WINE: AN INTRODUCTION AND TASTING TOUR
What you’re drinking when you drink French wine: An introduction and tasting tour with wine educator Jessica Green in conversation with Pamela Druckerman AFJ members are invited to this online session hosted by Pamela Druckerman via Zoom from Paris, as part of her popular Pandemonium U series of educational sessions on Zoom. The session is sponsored by the Federation of Alliances Françaises. Pamela will be talking with wine educator Jessica Green about what makes French wines special, and what you…
Find out more »Is Lyon the Birthplace of French Cooking?
Pamela Druckerman interviews chef and author Bill Buford AFJ members are invited to this free online session hosted by Pamela Druckerman via Zoom from Paris, as part of her popular Pandemonium U series of educational sessions on Zoom. The session is sponsored by the Federation of Alliances Françaises. In the 45-minute Zoom meeting, Pamela will discuss French cooking with Bill Buford, best-selling author of Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a Chef in Training, Father, and Sleuth Looking for the Secret…
Find out more »June 2020
Coping, resisting, collaborating: Artists and intellectuals in Nazi-occupied Paris with Alan Riding
Pamela Druckerman interviews Alan Riding AFJ members are invited to this free online session hosted by Pamela Druckerman via Zoom from Paris, as part of her popular Pandemonium U series of educational sessions on Zoom. The session is sponsored by the Federation of Alliances Françaises. When German tanks rolled into Paris in 1940, they took over the cultural center of the Western world. It was the era of Picasso and Piaf, Sartre and Malraux, Colette and Némirovsky. And it was…
Find out more »French Versus American Food Rules, and What That Reveals About Us
Pamela Druckerman talks with Claude Fischler and Guillemette Faure about the unspoken rules of French dinner parties, the nature of eating in each country, and why French and Americans have so many misunderstandings at the table. AFJ members are invited to this free online session hosted by Pamela Druckerman via Zoom from Paris, as part of her popular Pandemonium U series of educational sessions on Zoom. The session is sponsored by the Federation of Alliances Françaises. Pamela and her guests…
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