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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.
A réveillon (French: [ʁevɛjɔ̃] ⓘ) is a long dinner held in the evening preceding Christmas Day and New Year's Eve.Its name descends from the word réveil (meaning "waking"), because participation involves staying awake until morning, as the meal finishes.
The word derives from the early 19th century, taken from the French word restaurer 'provide meat for', literally 'restore to a former state' [2] and, being the present participle of the verb, [3] the term restaurant may have been used in 1507 as a "restorative beverage", and in correspondence in 1521 to mean 'that which restores the strength, a fortifying food or remedy'.
Wedding banquet may refer to: The Wedding Banquet, a 1993 Taiwanese-American film; the actual banquet (meal) at a wedding. This may include: rehearsal dinner, a pre-wedding ceremony in North American tradition; wedding breakfast, in English tradition; wedding reception, a party held after the completion of a marriage ceremony
University of Chicago, The ARTFL Project, Dictionnaires d'autrefois, Full text, searchable French dictionaries of the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.Includes: Dictionnaire de L'Académie française: 1st (1694), 4th (1762), 5th (1798), 6th (1835), and 8th (1932–5) editions; Jean Nicot's Thresor de la langue française (1606), Jean-François Féraud's Dictionaire critique de la langue ...
" (French: [viv lə ke.bɛk libʁ], 'Long live free Quebec!') was a phrase in a speech delivered by French President Charles de Gaulle in Montreal, Quebec on July 24, 1967, during an official visit to Canada for the Expo 67 world's fair.
Bouquet garni of thyme, bay leaves, and sage, tied with a string A bouquet garni in cranberry sauce. The bouquet garni (French for "garnished bouquet"; pronounced [bukɛ ɡaʁni] [1] [2]) is a bundle of herbs usually tied with string and mainly used to prepare soup, stock, casseroles and various stews.