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A banquet (/ ˈ b æ ŋ k w ɪ t /; French:) is a formal large meal [1] where a number of people consume food together. Banquets are traditionally held to enhance the prestige of a host, or reinforce social bonds among joint contributors.
The banquet of Château-Rouge, held in Paris on 9 July 1847, began the campagne des banquets. The campagne des banquets (banquet campaign) were political meetings during the July Monarchy in France which destabilized the King of the French Louis-Philippe.
The staging of an elaborate entremet at the banquet of Charles V in 1378; illumination from Grandes Chroniques, late 14th century.. The word entremets, as a culinary term, first appears in line 185 of Lanval, one of the 12th century Lais of Marie de France and subsequently in La Vengeance Raguidel (early 13th century), line 315.
Following the work of Pierre Larousse on the Grand dictionnaire Universel, the Grand Dictionnaire Encyclopédique Larousse (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ diksjɔnɛːʁ ɑ̃siklɔpedik laʁus]), a ten-volume dictionary, was published in Paris between 1982 and 1985 by Éditions Larousse. [1]
Barré, Louis, Complément du Dictionnaire de l'Académie française, Paris, 1842; In 1778, the Académie attempted to compile a "historical dictionary" of the French language. The project was later abandoned, having failed to progress beyond the letter "A". The 8th edition of 1935 contained approximately 35,000 words.
Larousse Gastronomique (pronounced [laʁus ɡastʁɔnɔmik]) is an encyclopedia of gastronomy [2] first published by Éditions Larousse in Paris in 1938. The majority of the book is about French cuisine , and contains recipes for French dishes and cooking techniques.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a busy sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan, has been escorted into a New York courtroom where he pleaded ...
The Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ diksjɔnɛːʁ ynivɛʁsɛl dy diznœvjɛm sjɛkl], Great Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century), often called the Grand Larousse du dix-neuvième (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃ laʁus dy diznœvjɛm]), is a French encyclopedic dictionary.