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a class of women of ill repute; a fringe group or subculture. Fell out of use in the French language in the 19th century. Frenchmen still use une demi-mondaine to qualify a woman that lives (exclusively or partially) off the commerce of her charms but in a high-life style. double entendre
The word dessert as a culinary term appears as early as 1393 in the Ménagier de Paris, where "desserte" is included in three of the twenty-nine menus. [ b ] The desserte comes near the end of the meal, but before the issue (departure) of hypocras and wafers, included in ten of the menus; and before the boute-hors (sendoff) of wines and spices ...
The Cours de Civilisation Française de la Sorbonne (CCFS, the Sorbonne French language and civilisation courses) is a private French civilisation and French language institution based in Paris since 1919 and was created as a French foreign language school, or français langue étrangère (FLE).
Menu of the Café de Paris mentioning plombières ice cream (21 July 1868) Plombir, a similar dish served in post-Soviet states The origin of plombières ice cream is disputed. [ 2 ] It is unclear whether its name refers to the commune of Plombières-les-Bains .
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Mount Desert Island; Paris (for the city in France) [154] Presque Isle (from the French word "presqu'île" meaning "peninsula"--- from presque meaning "almost", and isle meaning "island". The town is surrounded on three sides by water, and therefore is "almost an island") Portage Lake; Roque Bluffs; Saint Croix Island; St. Francis River
An assortment of petit fours, which are small confectioneries.Some petit fours are also savory. Religieuse is made of two choux pastry cases filled with crème pâtissière, [5] covered in a ganache of the same flavor as the filling, and then joined/decorated with piped whipped cream.
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