Le Piaf - Alliance Française de Toledo
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Le Piaf - Alliance Française de Toledo
Page 1 Bulletin bimestriel de l’Alliance Française de Toledo Bimonthly newsletter of Toledo’s French Alliance Numéro/Issue 8 Décembre/December 2009 EDITORIAL Calendar of events December 9, 2009 ? Christmas Dinner at Carranor Club in Bonnes fêtes de fin d’année Perrysburg, at 06:30 pm à toutes et à tous ! February 10, 2010 ? Board Meeting at 7pm at the AFT suite In this period of the year, it’s all about holydays and having a Travelogue (France) @ Winter 2010 good time with family and friends at the table. In November, Maumee Wines Wine tasting and Cassoulet dinner hosted the successful wine Imagine sitting down at a table with six wine glasses arrayed in an arc before tasting and flavorful cassoulet you. That was the situation when my husband Joe and I attended the cassoulet dinner. dinner and wine and cheese tasting at Maumee Wines. It was our job to identify In December, our yearly first six white wines, then six red wines. We had to guess the grape and which Christmas dinner will be held at three of six were French. We sat with Jerry and Karen and had a blast. The other Carranor Club, offering a three were better able to identify wines by grape or country, but everyone was wonderful menu. having a good time. The cassoulet and the cheeses were delicious. We Either coming from the recipe especially enjoyed the triple cream cheese. The conversation was also very in The Palate rubric or from our entertaining. Before we sat down, we enjoyed a lively conversation with Sylvia just recently released bilingual in French. I knew Jerry from the advanced French class and Karen is in the cookbook, you can prepare and CELEBRATION 2008 relaxed and friendly. We are seemed beginner class. By BASTILLE the end, DAY everyone enjoy delicious dishes. Toledo’s French Alliance celebrated Bastille Day with ‐ of course ‐ a gourmet "picnic". looking forward to the Christmas dinner! (Carolyn and Joe Kawecka) As usual, should you have any Saturday, July 12, 44 members and friends of the Alliance gathered at Un Coup de comments or suggestions, Main, near Dundee, Michigan, where Georgeann Brown maintains a cooking school. please contact Rodolphe Jamet Several folks arrived early to help Ms Brown put together a great menu, Our bilingual cookbook at [email protected]. complemented with wines from Maumee Wines. Fortified with good food, good drinks Looking for Christmas gifts? This might be a bright idea! and fine conversation, the group belted out the French National Anthem, La À bientôt ! enthusiasm than finesse. Marseillaise, with more Brigitte Odenthal and her team have produced a fine example of Franco‐ There is a little video of the event, along with the menu, on the Alliance website at American kitchen savvy. The attractive 111 page volume is bilinqual throughout http://www.aftoledo.com/BastileDay08.htm. Events like this one nourish the social life and includes detailed references. The student of French, who may struggle with of our little Francophile community. (D.B) terms in a French recipe, will find enlightenment here. PRESENTATION Copies are $18.95 at the Center, or a little more (shipping fee) if you want it by The Alliance Française of mail. For more details, see our website www.aftoledo.com (Dave Barnes) Toledo is an educational, cultural non-profit organization. Réunion annuelle 2009 de la Fédération à Chicago Le réseau des Alliances La Chorale de l’AF de L’Assemblée Générale Its objectives are to Voici un extrait tiré dula siteFrançaises du Consulat france :Providence, vient de de Chinede connaît Annuelle de encourage and develop the un22développement très la Fédération fêter ses 2 ans. Menés «Pendant les trois au 25 Octobre, a présenté des Fédération aura jours, lieu à du study and knowledge of the Depuis la première parentre Mme Duvillers, les Naples, Floride, du 22 aurapide. ateliers très importants sujet des "best practices" les chapitres, et French language and culture, ouverture à Canton en 1989, 25 choristes chantent au 26 octobre 2008. nous avons eu le plaisir d'accueillir Mme. Monique Saigal, auteur du livre, and to promote friendship il y a maintenant 10 des morceaux de la Les sujets de discussion Alliances et qui Renaissance "Les Héroïnes Françaises" qui parledont des Pékin femmes ont joué ainsi un rôle que dans la between the Francophone porteront surtout sur les Shanghai.nous Quatre autres des chansons plus changements apportés and American peoples. Résistance. À la fin des ateliers, avons célébré "Le Jazz", et l'histoire Alliances vont ouvrir afin de populaires. En Juillet, par de le gouvernement BOARD d'amour la France de avec satisfaire les grandsla musiciens de Jazz en Amérique, au curiosité ils sont allés chanter à Nicolas Sarkozy. Marci Cannon Fisher President Bistro Cyrano avec un très croissante bon dîner en plus. a été unèmegrand des Chinois pourL'Assemblée Québec pour le 400 Rodolphe Jamet Vice President la culture Française. anniversaire de la ville. succès. Thomas Reed Treasurer Dave Barnes Secretary Mimi Gregory Présidente de la Fédération des Alliances Françaises, U.S.A., Inc. » Le Piaf Page 2 ACTUALITÉS FRANCOPHONES * Doris Leuthard, femme politique suisse d’Argovie, vient d’être élue (=to À La rentrée des classes (=back to school) 2008 a eu lieu en be elected) présidente de la Confédération suisse mercredi 2 décembre France début septembre. À part (=except for) une courte grève (=strike) de certains enseignants à Paris, tous les écoliers, 2009 et exercera sa fonction (=to be in office) en 2010. À 46 ans, elle est collégiens et lycéens ont repri lesposte cours. (=to get a position), tout en la troisième femme à accéder à sce À Selon un sondage (=survey) de la SOFRES réalisé début donnant ainsi le pouvoir au Parti Démocrate‐Chrétien. septembre 2008, 80% des Français interrogés préfèrent Barack Obamles a comme futurprochaines président desannées, États-Unis.un La pnouveau lupart des réseau * Dans quinze sondés (=surveyed persons) ont d’ailleurs une bonne desen place (=transportation network) de métro automatique va opinion être mis Américains. (=to set up) dans la grande banlieue (=suburbs) de Paris. Il fera 130 À Dans le cadre (=framework) de la lutte (=fight) contre les transportera 5 kilomètres de long, desservira (=to stop at) 40 gares, et pandémies, les ministres européens de la santé, présidés par la Roselyne(=suburbs Bachelot, etinhabitants le secrétaireof d’État américain à millions Française de Franciliens Paris). La construction la santé Michael Leavitt se sont réunis (=to get together) à débutera en 2013. Angers début septembre 2008. Le but (=goal) était d’élargir (=to * Pendant la célébration 2009 de l’armistice de la guerre de 1914‐1918, expand) la coopération internationale en partageant (=sharing) les connaissances (=knowledge) surhommage les virus. to somebody), près de un hommage a été rendu (=to pay Bordeaux, aux anciens tirailleurs sénégalais (=soldiers recruited from French West Africa for the French Army) qui ont participé à cette guerre. MARC MAILLOUX, SPEAKER OF 2007 In October 2007, the ACubic Pétanque lliance Française hosted reverend Marc Mailloux, and his wife Aline, for the presentation of his book “God ves the French”. still loSète is a small city in the south of France. It is situated on Mt. About St. Clair, 25 people attended almost an island the on presentation. the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. With an enthusiastic and humorous tone, he described his life Because of this location on Mt. St. Clair, there are many steep streets es, related in the book, from his youth on the North East and experi it is enc impossible for one to play pétanque in his neighborhood. coast of the US to his actual teaching in the Antilles. There are some Sètois who are trying to address this problem. The Marc read some passages and gave more details about them, like solution? “Balls” shaped as cubes! Alain Mauran, president of the the anecdote about the Indian who gave him the bible when Marc Society of Jouteurs Frontignanais, replaced the round balls with metal went in India to find the Nirvana. Without being preachy, the cubes that was he made. The piglet cube was made of a small piece of speaker thoughtful and teasing. The anecdote about the French wood. road employees who took two hours for lunch and decided not to go back to work because the rain was starting to fall was the most The originators of this idea are Claude Combes, president of in the very “member respectful of toward the at all” the hilarious Ski Club and of Sète, and same André time Camélio, nothing employees who offered him to share the food without questions. according to him. They recounted that they were in the bar “Les Deux Through the insightful observations of the French people, Marc Rameurs” and discussed that it is impossible to entertain oneself with gave the audience some flavor of France, a land where the religious pétanque because of the steep streets. After a drink or two Claude and practice is not very significant but where God feels at home. André conceived of the obvious solution! The evening was a success and everybody went back home delighted. (R.J) The first match was played in the rue Rapide by four teams of THE PALATE Tartines françaises 1ère recette fromage de chèvre (=goat cheese), tomate, basilic, feuilles d'épinard (=spinach leaves), tranches de pain français (=slices of french bread), assez longues - toastez légèrement les tranches. - étalez le chèvre sur les tranches de pain. - coupez les tomates en rondelles (=slices) et les disposer sur le chèvre (2 à 3 rondelles). - parsemez de basilic et salez/poivrez. - passez au grill dans le four 2 à 3 minutes. - ensuite posez des feuilles d'épinard dessus et couper les tartines en 3 ou en 4. 2ème recette saumon fumé (=smoked salmon), concombre (=cucumber), citron, crème fraîche (=sour cream), tranches de pain français, assez longues - toastez légèrement les tranches. - posez du saumon fumé dessus et ensuite des rondelles très fines(=thin) de concombre. - salez legèrement et poivrez bien. - citronnez quelques gouttes dessus, déposez une cuillère à soupe de crème fraîche, et couper en 3 ou en 4. (Sylvie Deschamps) LA LANGUE Réponses (des questions dans Le Piaf #7) : Un grimpion est un arriviste, un homme ambitieux. L’expressionLAidiomatique « Tirer LANGUE le diable par... » se termine par « la est l’anagramme (mot queue », et Quellesignifie subvenir obtenuà ses par besoins. transposition des lettres difficilement friends. The “carréistes” adapted the rules of pétanque for the needs d’un autre mot) de mare ? ANNUAL MEETING 2008 of the sloping field of battle. They decided that the players were able Charade : to On bounce the 2008, cubes the walls, doors, and Fran the çaise spectators on the Éclisse (fém.): plaque June 11, 43off members of the Alliance of Toledo gathered at Mon premier ouvre portes ensemble les condition of not injuring anyone or damaging anything. As onlookers, is servant à les maintenir Georgio’s Café International in downtown Toledo for its annual meeting. Mon second se boit d’un membre brisé ; fragments it necessary that we wear leg guards? Following a brief social period, Alliance members, Bruce Hammond and Cherie Mon troisième garde les moutons synonyme d’attelle. s, entertained the gathering by singing several French songs, in French of WilliamThe competitors reported that the team of the organizers and Mon tout est aimé par Jules ex : couché dans un César lit de l’hôpital course. that of the “bars of Sète” were crowned champions. The Frontignanais militaire, le soldat Jean avait la qui suis-je ? A delightful dinner, exquisitely prepared by Georgio’s followed. Marci Cannon and the team “rest of the world” were able to content themselves with jambe droite immobilisée par les Fisher, of the Alliance, introduced the officers for the ar. the title President of vice‐champions. And we know that it is always the upcomin losers g yeAu éclisses. Québec une bébelle signifie un truc, Tom Reed, Treasurer, gave the treasurer’s report, and Popi Grecos repo rted on that are coerced to buy a drink for the winners. One doesn’t mess with une chose, un bidule. the school activities. Everyone found the evening to be most pleasant and Quelles lettres faut-il ajouter this rule. enjoyable. We hope to see you at the next annual meeting June 2009. (T.R) à carpe pour obtenir un petit tapis ? (Harold Hoffman) From Midi Libre De quelle origine est le mot cordonnier : Réponses au prochain numéro roumaine, espagnole ou hindi ? Feel free to contribute any kind of article to Le Piaf au prochain numéro Réponses Feel free to contribute any kind of article to Le Piaf ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE Arts Council Lake Erie West Common Space 1700 N Reynolds Road Toledo, OH 43615 www.aftoledo.com current address