Reporting from Paris: July 2026 Edition
Special Report on 250 Years of Franco-American Relations
We’re pleased to send you our fourth issue of Reporting from Paris... this month focused on 250 years of Franco-American relations.
You’ll find articles and videos on:
The role played by the Marquis de Lafayette as well as French commanders Rochambeau and de Grasse in defeating British General Cornwallis at Yorktown
Benjamin Franklin as the quintessential diplomat... and fashionista!
Language: French and English and “les faux amis”
French cuisine on the high seas, with a recipe from Admiral de Grasse
Jazz as the ultimate American export to France
An introduction to other revolutionaries who have found refuge in Paris
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Shellie Karabell
Editor-in-Chief
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SPECIAL REPORT: FRANCE & AMERICA
Reporting from Paris Editor-in-Chief Shellie Karabell talks with Edith de Belleville, author, lawyer, tour guide and professor.
Lafayette, Louis XVI, and American Independence
Franco-American friendship began 250 years ago with the ambitions of a 19-year-old French aristocrat and the king he served.
Benjamin Franklin and the Power of Fashion
The Philadelphian and his plain speaking played a key role in forming the Franco-American alliance 250 years ago. What he wore made his message unmistakable.
Paris: City of Light, City of Revolution
They pushed incendiary ideas; met in cafés debating and plotting change; slept on floors, survived on breadcrusts, dodged secret police. And from the French capital, they changed the world.
France, America, and the Languages that Divide Them
France and America take drastically different approaches to their languages. One is strict, the other decidedly laid back. And both languages are crowded with “faux amis.” By Penelope Rowlands.
The Winning Ingredients: French Cuisine for the High Seas
A culinary historian ponders what the sailors in the French flotilla under Admiral de Grasse may have eaten on their transatlantic journey to help George Washington defeat the British in America.
“There has never been a better time to drink wine in France”
While the French wine industry suffers nationwide from lower demand, devastated harvests, and American tariffs, niche French vineyards are thriving and new wine bars are opening across Paris.
Columns
Paris Likes, Paris Dislikes
LA FLÂNEUSE Americans have been coming to France since the start of the Republic – and even before – and have their likes and dislikes, as anyone does. Including this longtime American in Paris…
Fireworks, Festivities, and Firemen: It’s Bastille Day!
LA VIE PARISIENNE While the Bastille Day celebrations see everyone ogling the fireworks, it’s also the time of year when it’s acceptable to ogle firemen…
Style, Greed, and the Trade in Feathers
PARIS SAUVAGE Feathers were once so fashionable that at the market’s peak, the only commodity more valuable by weight was diamonds. Then many of the birds disappeared.
