Word: provencale
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Sort of a sippin' cousin to Greek ouzo or Turkish raki, pastis is a golden thirst quencher from the south of France that combines alcohol, herbs, licorice and anise and is mixed with water; the name in Provencal dialect literally means "mess." More than 350 brands are available, but...
Dante & Beatrice. He was also ferociously ambitious for "eternal fame," and even in his teens he was recognized as an important poet in the "sweet new style" of vernacular verse imported, with some modifications, from Provence. With the Provencal style came the Provencal subject: the cult of courtly love and...
Questioners wondered just how socialist was Socialist Defferre. The answer seemed to be, not very. Defferre, who owns a yacht and bosses a prosperous newspaper, Le Provencal, would extend nationalization only to a few businesses "too much identified with the Gaullist regime," and possibly to the big, privately owned investment...
On his regular jobs, Defferre works a tight-packed, 15-hour day, both in his big, chandeliered mayor's office overlooking the old port of Marseille and at the offices of Le Provencal, where he serves as the newspaper's director. His chauffeured car is equipped with a...
The man who has emerged as De Gaulle's major rival is nearly as unusual as le grand Charles himself. In a Roman Catholic country, Defferre is a Protestant. He is a co-owner of a prosperous newspaper, Le Provencal, and though a convinced Socialist, possesses one of those...