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'Vitelotte', also called Vitelotte noire, Négresse [1]: 150 or Truffe de Chine, [2] is a gourmet French variety of blue-violet potato. [3] It has been cultivated in France at least since the early nineteenth century.
The potato, first discovered among the Incas in present-day Peru by the Spanish conquistadors around 1537, probably arrived in France towards the end of the 16th century. . The first mention of its cultivation in France comes from the agronomist Olivier de Serres in his Théâtre d'Agriculture et mesnage des champs, which describes its cultivation and gives it as originating in Switzerland
OSS 117: From Africa with Love [3] (original French title in France: OSS 117: Alerte Rouge en Afrique Noire; lit. ' OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa ', title in Quebec: OSS 117: Bons baisers d'Afrique, [4] lit. ' OSS 117: "Warm Greetings" from Africa ') is a 2021 French spy comedy film directed by Nicolas Bedos from a screenplay by Jean ...
Reading skills for eighth-graders hit their lowest level since testing began in 1992. Levels for fourth-graders were also near record lows as educators struggle to keep students engaged in a post ...
The Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (one of the major literary prizes of Black Africa for Francophone Literature) is a literary prize presented every year by the ADELF, the Association of French Language Writers for a French original text from Sub-Saharan Africa. It was originally endowed with 2,000 french francs.
From the 15th century to the beginning of the 19th century, the site was described in various ways: La Colle Narbonne, La Colle, [1] La Colle Noire, La Colle dwelling etc. . However, it was from 1826 that the domain finally took shape, when Henri-Emmanuel Poulle (1792–1877), lawyer, first president of the Court of Aix-en-Provence and deputy of the Var region, from an old family of Montauroux ...
Louis Rodolphe Salis [1] [full citation needed] (29 May 1851 – 20 March 1897) was the creator, host and owner of the Le Chat Noir ('The Black Cat') cabaret (known briefly in 1881 at its beginning as Cabaret Artistique) in the Montmartre district of Paris.
Noir Désir (French pronunciation: [nwaʁ deziʁ], "Black Desire") was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. [6] They have been an influence on numerous French musicians including Cali, Louise Attaque and ...