In this issue Aug/Sep 2022


PEOPLE 60 MAURICE CHEVALIER Singer Maurice Chevalier’s legendary relationship with Moulin Rouge dancer Mistinguett was one that almost proved fatal, as Chloe Govan reveals


66 ALAIN DUCASSE The pioneering chef talks to Victoria Gibson about a more sustainable future through food


92 GUSTAVE EIFFEL


As a new movie tells the tale of Gustave’s greatest creation, we trace the Eiffel Tower’s glittering career on the silver screen


99 MAÏWENN Who is the fi lmmaker giving Johnny Depp his fi rst role following the Amber Heard defamation trial?


PLEASURE 18 JOIE DE VIVRE


From what to wear to what to eat, we bring you the very best of French cool


62 TASTE THE TERROIR In the fi rst foothills of the Alps, Dominic Rippon discovers the varied and wonderful wines of Bugey


64 BON APPÉTIT Your tasty and topical round-up of what’s cooking, plus drinks and restaurant news


68 TWO SPOONS


Food blogger Hannah Sunderani shares her super vegan and plant-based recipes for French foodies


72 À LA CARTE Alexander Lobrano fi nds that post lockdown, a new and exciting style of dining is emerging in France


135 MUSEUMS 2022 Dominic Bliss curates a fi ne selection of musées from across France, from the tiny to the vast and the magnifi cent to the downright bizarre


PLACES 30 ROUTE DES VACANCES


Caroline Mills gets her kicks on the Nationale Sept as she drives all the way from Paris to the Côte d’Azur


46 CITY FOCUS: LILLE Alison Weeks enjoys an atmospheric short break in this vibrant city in French Flanders


50 PARISIAN WALKWAYS Jeffrey T Iverson meets the entrepreneurs breathing new life into Le Sentier, the garment district in the heart of Paris


4 ❘ FRANCE TODAY Aug/Sep 2022 30 86


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