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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
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extrait tiré
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encourage and develop the
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très la Fédération
fêter ses 2 ans.
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«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. »
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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 :
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