A unique French creation, the baguette, is a popular French bread which serves as France’s staple food.

The Baguette is a variety of bread which is noted for being crispy. It is much greater in length than width with a standard size that is about five to six centimeters wide and three or four centimeters tall. The common weight of this bread is 250 grams. It is otherwise known as French Stick or French loaf.

The inside of a properly baked Baguette is typically creamy in color and has large irregular holes. The bread has to be moist and slightly chewy and should have an almost nutty flavor.

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Baguette facts

The Baguette is a descendant of certain bread which was developed in Vienna in the middle of the 19th Century.
That city made a law somewhere in the month of October that would prevent bakers to work before 4am, thus, making it impossible to make a fresh baguette which will be done on time for breakfast.

In some areas in France, the baguette is being delivered right at the customer’s door every morning together with the traditional milk and cream. It can be bought from many bread stores in France. France considers baguette as its staple food and their veritable symbol.

A continental breakfast in France always comes with a baguette spread with jam, then dunked into a bowl of hot chocolate or a cup of coffee.

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The perfect baguette

One of the best qualities of the baguette is its hard crust which is made up of rich, dark caramel-colored bread.
Upon the appearance of strong, yellow color and tiny dots on the bread while baking it, that is the sign that it has been done to perfection.

The inside of a properly baked Baguette is typically creamy in color and has large irregular holes. The bread has to be moist and slightly chewy and should have an almost nutty flavor.

In some areas in France, the baguette is being delivered right at the customer’s door every morning together with the traditional milk and cream. It can be bought from many bread stores in France. France considers baguette as its staple food and their veritable symbol.

Apart from being one of the largest cities of the continent, Paris is also considered to be one of its most beautiful and romantic places. It teases the senses and brings them alive. Couples from all over the world come to Paris to savor love and togetherness. It is an exotic blend of the modern and the traditional, the historic and the contemporary, the old and the new.

History

During the 3rd century B.C. Paris was inhabited by Celts and was called Lutetia. The Parisii, a gaulish people, came to Paris around 250 BC. They built a bridge across the Seine and then taxed everyone who passed over and under it. Lutetia became ‘the town of the Parisii’ and then finally, Paris in the 5th century AD. The city grew throughout the middle ages and became the largest town in France. Under the Roman Empire the administrative capital was Lyon. By the 18th century, Parisian fashion, taste and style became the style that the world followed. French became the international language. Philosophers such as Voltaire, Diderot, Condorcet became the stars.

To see

• The Arc de Triomphe: This is the world’s largest traffic roundabout and the meeting point of 12 avenues. France’s national remembrance service is held here annually on Nov 11th.
• Eiffel Tower: Built in 1889, the Tour Eiffel was the world’s tallest structure at 320m until Manhattan’s Chrysler Building was completed. Three levels are open to the public and there are elevators to the top with guided tours being available to visitors.
• The Louvre: It is the world’s greatest art museum and also the most famous. The former fortress began its career as a public museum in 1793 with 2500 paintings; now some 30000 are on display. The most famous works include Michelangelo’s Slaves, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and works by Raphael, Botticelli and Titian.

Nickname

Amongst its many nicknames, Paris is most known as ‘the City of Lights’ is the most popular by which Paris is known. There are many versions to the origin of the name – some say it was named thus because it was one of the foremost paces to install street lighting, while others hold that Paris was the centre of learning and education, fashion and design and was thus aptly named ‘City of lights’.