[ { "post_id": "214", "post_category_id": "23", "post_title": "Alphonse Allais, Inventeur?", "post_content_short": "Alphonse Allais, originaire de Honfleur (ville jumelle de Burlington en France), était un écrivain humoriste, honoré dans le Jardin des\nPersonnalités à Honfleur, comme l'a écrit ici<\/a> notre correspondant Philippe Grenier. Mais saviez-vous qu'il était aussi inventeur ?", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/214\/Allais-tile.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/alphonse-allais-inventeur\/", "post_date": "2026-03-25 15:26:00" }, { "post_id": "210", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Celery Root, Red Cabbage & Apple Slaw", "post_content_short": "Enjoy this crunchy winter salad made with local ingredients!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/210\/P1200254.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/patsys-kitchen\/celery-root-red-cabbage-and-apple-slaw\/", "post_date": "2026-01-30 17:24:00" }, { "post_id": "209", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Galette des rois (Kings' Cake)", "post_content_short": "Brighten your January with a traditional galette des rois (king's cake)!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/209\/P1190662.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/patsys-kitchen\/galette-des-rois-kings-cake\/", "post_date": "2025-12-30 17:44:00" }, { "post_id": "196", "post_category_id": "23", "post_title": "Reconnection Passport", "post_content_short": "Are you a French-speaking North American with ancestral roots in Normandy? A new program called Reconnection Passport invites you to trace\nyour origins in this region.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/196\/Passport-reconnexion.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/sister-cities\/reconnection-passport\/", "post_date": "2025-08-02 04:00:00" }, { "post_id": "193", "post_category_id": "13", "post_title": "Strawberry Mousse", "post_content_short": "Celebrate strawberry season with this luscious fruity mousse!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/193\/OLLI-strawberry-mousse-2-010.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/patsys-kitchen\/strawberry-mousse\/", "post_date": "2025-06-24 21:03:00" }, { "post_id": "9", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Going Off the Beaten Path in France", "post_content_short": "Pam Hunt suggests you expand your itinerary beyond the big sightseeing cities of Paris, Nice, and Bordeaux and explore some of the\nsmaller towns.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/9\/ED-Firefly-trip-to-French-village-with-map-and-guidebook-94791.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/going-off-the-beaten-path-in-france\/", "post_date": "2025-05-29 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "10", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Normandy and Brittany Bike Trip Raffle, June 21", "post_content_short": "Enter a raffle to win a tour of Normandy and Brittany!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/10\/Raffle.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/normandy-and-brittany-bike-trip-raffle-june-21\/", "post_date": "2025-05-28 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "16", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "Lafayette’s Farewell Tour of America", "post_content_short": "Peter Reilly and Alan Hoffman talk about the Marquis de Lafayette and his Farewell Tour of America in 1824-25.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/16\/Lafayete-portrait-tile.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/pause-midi\/lafayettes-farewell-tour-of-america\/", "post_date": "2025-03-19 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "32", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "“Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment,” a review by Marc Vincent", "post_content_short": "Marc Vincent reviews the 2024 exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/32\/Impressionism-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/art-and-music\/paris-1874-the-impressionist-moment\/", "post_date": "2024-12-15 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "52", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "La Mora—Guillaume le Conquérant", "post_content_short": "In 1066, Guillaume, duc de Normandie, s’embarqua à la tête d’une immense flotte pour envahir l’Angleterre. En quelques semaines, les\nenvahisseurs vainquirent le roi Harold à la bataille d’Hastings et Guillaume devint roi d’Angleterre.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/52\/La-Mora-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/sister-cities\/la-mora-guillaume-le-conquerant\/", "post_date": "2024-06-23 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "190", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "Aristides de Sousa Mendes", "post_content_short": "Denise Bérubé parle d' Aristides de Sousa Mendes, un nom dont il faut se souvenir comme ceux de Oskar Schindler et Raoul Wallenberg.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/190\/sousa-mendes.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/pause-midi\/aristedes-de-sousa-mendes\/", "post_date": "2024-06-03 12:52:00" }, { "post_id": "65", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Restoring Notre-Dame de Paris", "post_content_short": "Josh Jackson recounts how a Vermont group alled Carpenters Without Borders helped reconstruct Notre Dame de Paris.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/65\/Notre-Dame-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/restoring-notre-dame-de-paris\/", "post_date": "2024-03-01 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "70", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "Pyrénées History Detective", "post_content_short": "Meg Ostrum recounts her astonishing journey from Pyrénées hiker to history detective and author—and her process of recovering historical\nmemory. ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/70\/header-Pyrenees-header-with-mountains.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/pyrenees-history-detective-with-meg-ostrum\/", "post_date": "2024-01-02 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "71", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "The Megalithic Monuments of France", "post_content_short": "Erik Trinkaus shares his  fascination with the 4000-year old megaliths that dot the French landscape.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/71\/La-Roche-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/the-megalithic-monuments-of-france\/", "post_date": "2024-01-01 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "75", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "The Rodin Sculpture at Crown Point", "post_content_short": "Janet Biehl visited the outdoor sculpture created by  Auguste Rodin, in a campground near Lake Champlain.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/75\/Rodin-Crown-Point-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/art-and-music\/the-rodin-sculpture-at-crown-point\/", "post_date": "2023-10-11 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "78", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "Pontigny, abbaye de lumière", "post_content_short": "Terryl Kinder of Saint Michael’s College describes her decades of work studying the twelfth-century Pontigny Abbey, located in\nBurgundy, France.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/78\/Kinder-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/pontigny-abbaye-de-lumiere\/", "post_date": "2023-09-05 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "84", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "You Are What You Eat: A Visit to Three Marchés Français", "post_content_short": "Pam Hunt shares her delight in three French markets\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/84\/Pam-Hunt-story-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/patsys-kitchen\/you-are-what-you-eat-a-visit-to-three-marches-francais\/", "post_date": "2023-05-21 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "87", "post_category_id": "14", "post_title": "Allons-y! Southwest France", "post_content_short": "Several Vermonters who participated in a Road Scholar trip to Southwest France describe their experience.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/87\/Roca-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/allons-y-southwest-france-may-10\/", "post_date": "2023-05-11 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "99", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Gothic Cathedrals—Why Then, Why There?", "post_content_short": "Why were Gothic cathedrals built when and where they were?\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/99\/Amiens-cathedral.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/gothic-cathedrals-why-then-why-there\/", "post_date": "2023-02-24 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "102", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Edmundites: A French Catholic Order in Vermont", "post_content_short": "Janet Biehl reports on the history of the Edmundites at Saint Michael's College", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/102\/Edmundite-priests-at-MSM-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/edmundites-a-french-catholic-order-in-vermont\/", "post_date": "2023-02-08 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "108", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Meeting President Macron", "post_content_short": "Lise Veronneau’s account of her encounter with President Macron in Washington\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/108\/Lise-alone-header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/meeting-president-macron\/", "post_date": "2022-12-09 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "109", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "The Divisions of France", "post_content_short": "Provinces, departments, and regions\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/109\/Fr-pvcs-deps-numbered_header.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/the-divisions-of-france\/", "post_date": "2022-12-03 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "113", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Gothic Cathedrals", "post_content_short": "A summary of Robert Hand’s presentation\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/113\/PD-Photo-by-John-Towner-on-Unsplash.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/gothic-cathedrals\/", "post_date": "2022-11-15 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "115", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "Paleolithic Art and Ritual in the Dordogne", "post_content_short": "A retired paleontologist recounts work on a cave in southwestern France\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/115\/Cussac-Grand-Panneau-chevaux_USE.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/paleolithic-art-and-ritual-in-the-dordogne-2\/", "post_date": "2022-10-28 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "128", "post_category_id": "6", "post_title": "July 14: Don’t Call It Bastille Day!", "post_content_short": "It’s “La Fête Nationale Française”\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/media\/website_posts\/128\/FR-Bernard-Launay-1789.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.aflcr.org\/culture\/france\/dont-call-it-bastille-day\/", "post_date": "2022-06-30 00:00:00" } ]