Category: Culture

Remember her name: Laetitia Dosch, best hope of French cinema?  

Laetitia Dosch was wonderful in Jeune Femme and I can hardly wait for her next film’s arrival here in the US. – Pas de Merde

Laetitia Dosch

I learned a lot with cinema. Many, many movies. The movies of the French 90s. All Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, Noemie Lvovsky, Pierre Salvadori, the first Desplechin … All this French generation … And the American films too. Jim Jarmusch, John Waters … There is also Emir Kusturica … All the independent films actually. It wrought something. If I had not become an actress, it would have helped me anyway, to live, I think.

Read more : Remember her name: Laetitia Dosch, best hope of French cinema? – The Parisian

Health risk or national treasure? Why France is warring over wine – The Local

I live in the U.S. where there are mass shootings in schools and the government saves its  outage for climate scientists. In terms of “health risks” – I’ll trade you our GOP-led government, if you give us the Châteauneuf du Pape.

I joke, of course. I love France too much to offer her the Trump Cartel.  Read more of this in French Local story on wine, below.

– Pas de Merde


Should wine be given special treatment over other alcohols when it comes to health? France’s outspoken health minister said ‘no’, but then came the backlash.

Read More at: Health risk or national treasure? Why France is warring over wine – The Local

French Food Waste Law Changing How Grocery Stores Approach Excess Food

NPR 2/24/18
Two years ago, France introduced a law to force supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities and food banks. Skeptics called it unworkable at the time, but there are signs the effort is succeeding.

Listen at: French Food Waste Law Changing How Grocery Stores Approach Excess Food : The Salt : NPR