France - MUNCHIES

All I Want to Do Is Buy Groceries: The Plight of an American in Paris

Dining out in Paris, you learn that the customer is NOT always right.

8 Million Bottles of Champagne Will Never Exist, Thanks to a Freak Hailstorm

RIP 40 million mimosas.

Jelisa Castrodale

If You Think You're a Decadent Fuck, Try Feasting Like a 19th-Century Parisian

A feast might include 25 hors d’oeuvres, 15 roasts, and 28 different types of fish, all washed down with 8 bottles of wine. Per person.

Un-BRIE-Lievable! French Scientists Have Discovered a New Cheese-Ripening Trick

Many in France are not happy with the development. You could say they're feeling... bleu.

French Baker Fined $3,700 for Working Too Much

The man just can't stop baking!

Jelisa Castrodale

King Henry IV's 420-Year-Old Chicken Recipe Still Sounds Pretty Tight

Make the French monarch's 'poule-au-pot' tonight.

The Curious History of French Onion Soup, Paris's Timeless Hangover Cure

The story of the classic dish starts with King Louis XV's First World problems. A putrid cemetery with 'flesh-eating' soil also makes an appearance.

This Fish Makes People Trip Balls

"I saw the angel of death come to take me."

Sirine Azouaoui

Two Years After Deadly Attacks, the Café at Paris's Bataclan Reopens

“There are clients who cry, there are clients who confide in us, who tell us their stories, like a kind of therapy.”

Chaos Ensues After French Supermarket Reduces Price of Nutella

“It was like an orgy," one supermarket employee said of the chaos.

EU Bans Controversial Practice of ‘Pulse Fishing’

The practice, banned in most countries since the 90s, temporarily paralyzes fish by shooting a pulse of electricity through the water.

The French Butter Crisis Is Weirder than It Looks

“I think that as far as quality artisanal butter is concerned, there are very, very few of us on the market who can deliver large quantities.”