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Enjoy a traditional French Picnic in Hamilton Gardens at the
Hamilton Arts Festival on Wednesday 24th February
at 6.30pm on Governor’s Lawn. After, those who want
to see the screening of the French film Amélie will
move to the Rhododendron Lawn at 8.30pm.
If you would like to watch the film purchase tickets
separately at the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival
website.
The Alliance will provide baguettes for members at
the picnic (half a baguette per person) and we invite
you to bring along traditional fillings such as cheese,
as well as your own fruit and wine and a blanket to
make yourselves comfortable.
The picnic is free, however, in order to know the
numbers for catering, in order to know the numbers
for catering, we ask that you sign up here
or via Facebook ASAP.
A French flag will be positioned on Governor’s Lawn GL on map; use
gate 2.
A Special Trip to France
The Alliance Française de Hamilton is organising a cultural trip in the
south of France (from Nice to Bordeaux) in the northern autumn of
2016 (see page 4).
Travel will be by minibus and will be escorted by people well-known
to Tron dwellers. They are renowned organist and entertainer Chris
Hainsworth and former French lecturer Robert Scoliège.
The minimum size of the group will be seven in one minibus and the
maximum size will be 16 in two minibuses). Chris is visiting Hamilton
to give an organ concert in March (see page 6). He has received
glowing comments on previous French trips he has conducted.
The French Film Festival
The Alliance Française French Film Festival is coming soon. This
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opening night is the international première
of Julien Rappeneau’s Rosalie Blum, starring Noémie Lvovsky.
Based on the award-winning series of graphic novels by Camille
Jourdy, Julien Rappeneau’s enchanting directorial debut is a
warm, witty and impeccably performed comedy about a
random encounter that has unexpected and far-reaching
consequences. See page 5.
Hamilton
24 March – 13 April 2016
Lido Cinema Hamilton
Level 1, Centre Place
501 Victoria Street
Hamilton
Tel: (07) 838 9010
www.lidocinema.co.nz
Feb 2016 – page 2
President’s letter
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February
Chers membres,
2016
Firstly, bonne année à tous and I hope you have had a pleasant holiday
period. The Alliance has kicked off the year with a very successful French
Breakfast – it was fabulous to see such good numbers turn out on the long
weekend and to see some new faces too. As many of you will know, we
renewed the Alliance Française committee almost entirely at the last AGM,
due to a requirement by the central Alliance Française Fondation that no one
may sit on the committee for more than six years consecutively. This meant
that we had to farewell many of our most steadfast committee members and
I would like to take this opportunity to thank them once again for all the
great work they have done.
1 Upcoming!!!
2 Committee matters
3 Keep these dates
4 French trip
5 Film Festival
6 Chris Hainsworth
7 Our library, Classes
8 -10 Travel
11- 12Food
The new members of the committee are listed opposite and you are most
welcome to contact any of us with ideas for the Alliance Française
community in Hamilton. For our part, we have already initiated a number of
projects to run alongside our traditional calendar of events.
We have formed the following sub-committees along with their
corresponding chair people:
French Classes: Laura Bouchut
Membership: Anke Richmond
Events: Clare Coulson-Dalton
Student and university liaison: Robert Scoliège
Native French liaison : Florence Herisson
Technology/Website: Phil Nesbitt
Marketing: Clare Coulson-Dalton
Some of the projects that we have already initiated include new ‘taught
conversation’ classes which have already proved very popular; a training
weekend for teachers interested in examining the DELF Scolaire (Diplome
d’Etudes En Langue Française); an online booking system for events and
membership renewals; a French Picnic at Hamilton Gardens before the
showing of the film ‘Amélie’ (see p3); and… drumroll please… another Chris
Hainsworth concert on March 9th (see p6).
Plans are starting to come together for a completely revamped website in
which we hope to include a members-only area and a native French
speakers’ forum, plus the Alliance Française French Film Festival is on the
horizon (find out more on p5) and look out for more information at
www.afhamilton.org.nz and on our Facebook Page.
Très cordialment,
Clare
Le Comité de
l'Alliance Française
de Hamilton:
Présidente
Clare Coulson-Dalton
Trésorier
Phil Nesbitt
Secrétaire
Anke Richmond
Membres du Comité
Florence Herisson
Gerry Clark
Laura Bouchut
Rebecca Goodman
Représentant
enseignants
Robert Scoliège
Contact us
www.afhamilton.org.nz
alliancefrancaisehamilto
[email protected]
P.O. Box 4079,
Hamilton 3216.
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Members with ideas for events or
stories- please contact the
committee!
Keep these dates …
February
19 Friday French Tchat au Lido 6.30pm
23 Tuesday French Tchat au Café St Lazarre 2.00pm
24 Wednesday Picnic on Governor’s Lawn, Hamilton Gardens, 6.30pm, followed by:
Gardens Festival Film Amélie, Rhododendron Lawn 8.30pm
March
1 Tuesday, Closing date for deposits for the Alliance Trip to France
4 Friday French Tchat au Lido 6.30pm
5 Saturday French Breakfast at The Cook 10.00am
8 Tuesday French Tchat au Café St Lazarre 2.00pm
18 Friday French Tchat au Lido 6.30pm
22 Tuesday French Tchat au Café St Lazarre 2.00pm
24 Thursday French Film Festival begins in Hamilton
April
1 Friday French Tchat au Lido 6.30pm
2 Saturday French Breakfast at The Cook 10.00am
5 Tuesday French Tchat au Café St Lazarre 2.00pm
15 Friday French Tchat au Lido 6.30pm
19 Tuesday French Tchat au Café St Lazarre 2.00pm
Speak French on a Tuesday
afternoon!
Are you free on a Tuesday afternoon?
Are you keen to practise/use your
French over a cup of tea or coffee (or
something else) in pleasant
surroundings? Then come along to the
French Tchat every second Tuesday from
2 to 3 pm at the café St Lazarre in
Casabella Lane. This Tchat has been
going since 2014 as an alternative to the
intermediate-to-advanced level French
Tchat at the Lido on a Friday evening.
It is aimed at people who find it more
convenient to meet during the day than
in the evening and is for all levels of French – the only rule is that you must speak French. And of course
native speakers are especially welcome. If you sign up to Meetup (www.meetup.com) you will be reminded
when it is on, and find out some of the people who plan to attend. Don't be put off, though, if it appears
there will be only one or two people attending, as many of the regulars do not post a message on Meetup.
However, we do encourage people to use the Meetup site so that we can get a better idea of who will be
attending each time.
The first session of this year was held on Tuesday 9 February, with 8 people attending. A pleasant hour was
had, and thanks to Ruth Bourchier, the two new words of the day for some people were "enregistrement"
(recording) and "handicapé". Dates for the remainder of February through to April are: 23 February, 8 and
22 March, 5 and 19 April.
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AUTUMN IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE
(17 September – 8 October 2016)
The Alliance Française de Hamilton is organising a cultural trip in the south of France (from Nice to Bordeaux) in the
northern autumn of 2016.
Travel will be by minibus and will be escorted by well-known organist and entertainer Chris Hainsworth (see page 6)
and former Waikato University French lecturer Robert Scoliège.
The minimum size of the group will be 7 persons (1 minibus) and the maximum size will be 16 persons (2 minibuses).
Everything specified in the detailed itinerary will be included, i.e. all travel from Nice to Bordeaux, visits (+audio-guides
when available), accommodation in charming 3-star hotels or equivalent, double or twin rooms, all breakfasts, picnic
lunches, one specially-chosen fine restaurant dinner a day (not including drinks), tasting of regional specialties and gifts
for hosts.
From satisfied clients:
“You provide an incredible
range of experiences and do it
all for a very reasonable price.
As we describe our travels to
our friends it really becomes
clear how many different,
interesting, and even crazy
things we did.”
“We really enjoyed all of the
music. Other than the
opportunity to play so many
interesting organs, it was
great to meet your friends in
Lodeve and be part of the
From a happy client:
evenings playing and listening
to the piano music there (and
to eat Lara’s wonderful
cooking); your concert in
Nimes and the crazy dinner
with the performers after was
memorable.
“As for the more zany
activities – sitting in a French
field learning how prehistoric
people made fire, cut flints
and speared bison ...well!!!
No one believes us. But great
all the same. And the Anduze
steam railway, the projection
of Michelangelo, Raphael and
Leonardo on the walls of a
cave….
Total cost: $5,500 per person (not including air travel from New Zealand).
[Supplement for single room: $500]
A non-refundable deposit of $1,000 will be required by 1st March 2016 to
secure a place.
A further payment of $2,000 to be made by 1st July 2016.
The remainder of $2,500 should be converted into euros (approximately
€1,500 at today’s rate) and handed to Chris at the beginning of the trip.
A detailed itinerary and a map of the trip are available now.
Contact Robert Scoliège at [email protected] or (07)8563227 / 021 02254575
for more details and an enrolment form.
Payments can be made by cheque or online banking.
P.S. A special ‘French for Travellers’ course will be offered in the third term of
2016 for those needing to ‘refresh’ their French before the trip.
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Vive le film Français!
- Alliance Française French Film Festival The Alliance Française French Film Festival is returning for its 10th season. Billed as the largest French
cultural event on New Zealand’s national cultural calendar, this year the festival will play host to the
international première of Julien Rappeneau’s Rosalie Blum, starring Noémie Lvovsky. Selected as the
official Opening Night title, Rosalie Blum will kick off the 2016 Festival in each participating city. Based
on the award-winning series of graphic novels by Camille Jourdy, Julien Rappeneau’s enchanting
directorial debut is a warm, witty and impeccably performed comedy about a random encounter that
has unexpected and far-reaching consequences.
To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Marcel Carné’s death, the 2016 Festival will close with his
1939 masterpiece Daybreak. Starring the illustrious Jean Gabin, Daybreak is an iconic film, and this
brilliant restoration of the French classic is a must-see.
French-speaking actress Antonia Prebble (of Outrageous Fortune fame) is the patron of this year’s
festival and has provided notes on her top picks from the 2016 line up:
Courted (L’hermine) |Directed by Christian Vincent | Starring Fabrice Luchini, Sidse Babett Knudsen
“This film follows the proceedings of a three-day criminal trial, but it is more of a character study than
a courtroom drama. It is straightforward in terms of plot and rhythm, but rich in terms of
relationships as the characters are all both well drawn and beautifully acted. A simple yet very
satisfying film.”
Mediterranea |Directed by Jonas Carpignano | Starring Koudous Seihon, Alassane Sy, Jon Coplon “A
gritty drama that follows two refugees as they travel from Africa to Italy, hoping for a better life. The
fly-on-the-wall shooting style and raw performances give it the feel of a documentary, which serves
to make this film even more powerful.”
The Brand New Testament (Le Tout Nouveau Testament)| Directed by Jaco Van Dormael | Starring
Benoît Poelvoorde, Catherine Deneuve, Pili Groyne
“This film presents a novel, slightly screwball take on the creation story. God's daughter thinks that he
is doing a terrible job, so decides to take matters into her own hands and create, you guessed it, a
brand new testament. A cross between The Matrix and The Truman Show, but set firmly in the realm
of magical realism, this is a sweet and funny film that is well worth a look.”
The Sweet Escape (Comme un avion) | Directed by Bruno Podalydès | Starring Bruno Podalydès,
Sandrine Kiberlain, Agnès Jaoui
“This film, about a middle aged man who decides to take himself on an adventure, is the cinematic
equivalent of a stroll in the sunshine: gentle, delightful and very, very charming.”
The full festival line-up has now been announced and details are available on the festival’s website
frenchfilmfestival.co.nz. We will be sharing news of the festival as it comes to us via email and our
own website afhamilton.org.nz and Facebook Page. And, of course, we will be distributing brochures
very soon – if anyone can spare an hour in the next few weeks to deliver brochures in their local area
then please don’t hesitate to let us know.
Don’t forget that you have access to reduced price tickets for the festival of $12.50 (full adult price is
$16) when you show your membership card. And finally, if you renew your membership by the end of
February, you will go in the draw to win a pair of general admission tickets to a film of your choice*.
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Christopher Hainsworth
'French Frolics'..........Musique des pays de l'Empire napoléonien.......
avec Jean-Christophe Hainsworth à l'orgue et au piano.....
9 mars pour l’Alliance Française à la chapelle de l’université
Based in France, Christopher has become a regular visitor back to his home country of New Zealand,
performing concerts with outstanding skill and showmanship.
Chris studied organ with Ernest Jamieson (St. Mark's Church, Wellington), Maxwell Fernie
(Westminster Cathedral, Victoria University and St. Mary of the Angels, Wellington) and subsequently
with Jean Ferrard (Professor at the Conservatoire of Brussels). After specialized studies of French
Classical organ and harpsichord music (the latter with Paule van den Driessche and Scott Ross), the
symphonic organ repertoire and the fortepiano, Chris
has been free-lancing in France and around Europe
for 30 years, often travelling with his fortepiano or
harpsichord. In 2004 he was the Recitalist at the NZ
Organ Congress.
When not performing, Chris has also been Senior
Lecturer in French and, later, Associate Professor of
Music at Waikato University, Director of Béziers
Conservatoire (France), Director of Music at Hamilton
Cathedral and Organist of Béziers Cathedral (his
current position).
Chris is also keen on popular music and
accompanying silent movies. He has twice performed
at the Saint Tropez Antipodean Film Festival and, in
2008, following successful performances in London,
Paris and around New Zealand, he was invited to
accompany a New Zealand silent film at the Wroclaw
International Film Festival. He has just completed a
series of concerts performing Bach's 5th Brandenburg
Concerto with The Montpellier National Orchestra.
'Chevalier de l'ordre universel du cep et de la vigne', Chris loves French food and wine, tramping,
rugby... and music!
Ouvertures: 'Air du Te Deum' de Marc-Antoine Charpentier
'la Marche florentine' de Julius Fucik
Suite gitane: ''Gypseis’ Round' de William Byrd
'Rondo gitan' de Joseph Haydn
'Czardas' de Vittorio Monti
Une Soirée à l'Opéra : Guillaume Tell - Aïda - Carmen....
Et 'Sonate pour orgue' de Bellini
Messe à Notre-Dame: Epitaphe-Scherzetto-Carillon de Louis Vierne
et Sortie dansante: Polka pour la fin de la Messe de François Pagani
Un anniversaire: Erik Satie (né en1866): Gymnopédie I et la Messe
des Pauvres (extrait)
Une sortie outre-Manche (pas très réussie, hélas!): Tuba Tune de C.S.Lang
Marche 'On Ilkley Moor' de Noël Rawsthorne
La Fête de Saint-Patrick approche...
Guerre et Paix
- George Anderson: ‘la Bataille de
Waterloo'
- George F. Handel (1685-1759). 'La Paix'
- Chantons ensemble: 'La Française' de
Saint-Saëns
Et Chantons encore....
La Nostalgie n'est plus ce qu'elle était...des
feuilles sous le ciel de Paris et une petite
fleur à la mer....
Méditation et Sortie
Cécile Chaminade: Pastorale
Polibio Fumagalli: Marche festive
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Bienvenue à la bibliothèque! By Colin Lundy
It's the start of a new year for learning French and we have plenty of reading material for you in the
Alliance Française library. We also have a small selection of videos.
If you long to get your hands on a real book, with real paper pages, and bright covers, and just full of
French words that you can read and learn, get in touch with the library.
We have a good selection of major writers both the classics and some new. For beginners there us a
selection of useful and interesting books whose vocabulary has been reduced to 1000 to 2000 words.
You can concentrate on reading the story, rather than diving into a dictionary to decipher every
second word.
There are two easy ways to access the library:
 Come along to the French Breakfast on the first Saturday of each month at the Cook Café, in
Cook Street, next to Steele Park, Hamilton East. A small selection of the 1000 or more books in
the collection will be at the breakfast to sample.
 Order a book or DVD from the online catalogue in the French Library section on the Alliance
Française website:
www.afhamilton.org.nz and click on ‘users.actrix.co.nz/lundy’ to access the list of available
titles.
To order a book or check its availability:
 Click on a book title to open an email form.
 Add any message you would like to send in the body of the email.
 Click Send.
The email will come to me, the library minder, and I will bring your chosen book to the next monthly
breakfast at the Cook Café. You will also receive an email reply, with a phone number and my
Hamilton address from which the item can be collected, should you wish to do so.
Bonne lecture!
Good news for our French classes By Laura Bouchut
This year we have added a French conversation class, which has proved very popular. It is for people
who want to practice and improve their French through teacher-led discussion of everyday subjects
such as the economy, society, politics and culture.
We have opened six classes taught by Cherie, Leïla and new teachers Elodie, Camille and Louise. It’s a
young and dynamic team which is adapting to students’ needs.
For the first term we have a total of 47 students enrolled. It’s a real pleasure to see so many people
have an interest in French language and culture and we hope this figure will increase throughout the
rest of the year. This year we made registration easier, with a new online registrations process on our
website that makes it simple to register for a class in just a few minutes. This year each student also
automatically becomes a member of Alliance Française de Hamilton. This enables us to organise more
events for students and allows them to join our events – a good way to be included in French culture
and improve their French!
All our class take place at Wintec’s A Block in town. They are: beginners (level 1) taught by Cherie,
two classes of post-beginners (level 2) by Elodie and Leïla , intermediate (level 3) with Camille,
conversation (all levels) with Leïla and Camille.
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A visit to Paris in 1854 – Part two
By Anne Lee
With two companions, my great-great-grandfather Charles Wakefield Jackson, a builder and
contractor, travelled by train from London to Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Berlin, Prague and Vienna
in July 1854.
He was then 34 or 35 years old. Following are extracts from the diary he wrote of his time in
France. In transcribing the diary, I have tried to keep to his original spelling. I have, however,
modified his punctuation in order to make the text more readable.
Here is the second part of Charles Wakefield Jackson's account of his stay in Paris in 1854.
On our way we stopped to look into “La Morgue”, a Building open always – in which the dead
bodies found in the Seine (and I suppose they are very numerous) are deposited for recognition by
their friends. On entering the Building, a sickening sight presented itself. There lay the body of a
man apparently about 50 years old. Perfectly naked with merely a flap of thick leather laid over the
Abdomen, and over which was trickling a stream of water with a view to keep it fresh. The clothes
were hung on pegs over the body for the better recognizing it and on a number of other pegs were
hung the garments of former occupiers of the same sad place. It appears the bodies as they are
taken up are each exposed as in the present case for a definite term and if not claimed the clothes
remain for a longer period to give more opportunity for the friends of the deceased to recognise
them. The body we saw before us appears to have been long in the water and was to me a most
revolting sight; it made me sick to the heart. The heedless passer by turned in to gaze – but the
sight (being so common) seemed to affect no one. Although the lookers on were numerous, no one
seemed moved even to a degree to prompt the feeling of thank God it is not my father with the
young – my husband with the wife – or my friend with any one. All were callous while I was for a
time perfectly miserable. I could not get the subject out of my mind...
The Morgue that the travellers saw was situated at the end of the Quai du Marché-Neuf
and was built in 1804. There was an autopsy room and an exhibition room. Unclaimed
bodies were eventually transported to a cemetery in a carriage kept specially for that
purpose, according to the “Guide Général dans Paris” (Paulin et Le Chevalier 1855).
This morgue was later replaced in 1864 by a new building on the Ile de la Cité (Wikipedia).
In searching on the internet for pictures of Paris in the 1850s, I came across the engraver
Charles Méryon, but hadn't found any of his illustrations that were relevant.
Then, a few days later, looking through the programme of the Wellington Festival of Arts
2014, I saw there was a play about the same Charles Méryon. Since we were going to be
in Wellington anyway, I decided we had to see the play. During the play, mention was
made of the morgue, which prompted me to look again through his illustrations and, sure
enough,
there was one of the morgue dated 1854, the same year that my ancestor visited! Talk
about coincidences.
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We now took a walk on the Boulevards, where all seemed exceeding gay, none of the murky effects
of smoke as in London, all was bright & clear.... The constant rattle of omnibusses & conveyances
of all kinds is not more as in our own Metropolis a source of constant annoyance from the noise.
Trees are planted at the edge of the pavement and this makes the greatest noticeable difference
between the Boulevards and Regent or Oxford Street.
After resting in a café, where people were playing billiards, they returned to the hotel, where they
“had a truly French Dinner with so many dishes dressed in such numerous ways that an hour and a half was
consumed in the operation”. After dinner, strolled about till we were tired.... and took a coach for a quiet drive
along the Champs Elysee “where all the world seems congregated” up the hill to the “Arch de Triomphe”. This
is a stupendous gateway, very elaborately ornamented with sculptured scenes from the Life of
Napoleon the 1st, four colossal groups – two in each front are very spirited in design. The Archway
spans the road either way and is outside the Barrier.
This image of the Champs Élysées is available from the Brown University Library and is an
1853 illustration of the Champs-Élysées, which were illuminated on August 15th to
commemorate the Assumption of Mary.
They then alighted at the Jardin Mabille. This was opened in 1831 as a modest open-air dancing
space for students of dancing teacher Père Mabille, then transformed by his sons in 1844 into a
major public attraction which lasted until the 1870s. Some claim it to be the birthplace of the
can-can (Wikipedia). Charles compared it with London's Cremorne Gardens, popular pleasure
gardens by the side of the river Thames in Chelsea which flourished between 1845 and 1877, the
Jardin Mabille being “not so extensive but much more permanently and expensively fitted out, the
decoration being chiefly in Cast Iron, richly painted & gilt”.
We were there early and not much going on, however when the Orchistra of about 40 first rate
performers commenced, things by degrees became more animating and I to some extent shook off
my phantom of the Morgue. Various games are played in the gardens by those who do not dance,
but by far the greater number are Votarys of Terpsichore [Terpsichore was one of the nine Greek
muses and goddess of dance and dramatic chorus] and dance with a vigour quite unknown with us.
One Devotee in a sparkling green cut away, with minimum bows to his cravat, and a broad
brimmed gray Chapeau, was indefatiguable in his endeavours to outshine everything. He was here
one moment, there the next; now in your gaze, now clean gone – moving as if he had found the
Feb 2016 - Page 10
heels of Mercury and as if by a series of miracles dexterously clearing every object. He was, as he
no doubt esteemed himself, a prodigy of “light fantastic to-ed-ness.” His grey chapeau flitting
about among a hundred Black ones will long be present to my memory.
We entered a shooting gallery and one of our party must needs practice. Attendants load & reload
and you have, as was thought by my friend, only to take your stand & fire away. A multitude of
small plaster Casts are arranged on slightly projecting shelves at the bottom of the avenue with a
small round disc in the centre – our friend did take his stand accordingly and commenced practice.
At every shot down tumbled some of the plaster casts, shattered to pieces, and he was gratified by
his success. A looker on or two stood seemingly appalled and shrugged their shoulders; our friend
flattered himself they were admiring his dexterity, consequently exerted his utmost ability and
demolished the whole of the plaster without placing one shot in the little round disk. He had, he
thought, done this thing most gallantly and effectually and enquired “whats to pay”. 8 francs 50
cents was the reply and the truth flushed across his mind at once – he was to pay for all the
destruction he had made amongst the plaster while the target proper had never been touched. It
was glorious for the lookers on but the actor paid the money and was glad to begin to solace
himself on Brandy & Soda for half an hour, when at half past 10 we left the gardens to walk quietly
to our hotel along the Champs Elysee
The open air habits of the parisian people were here manifest, gaily lighted stalls in profusion,
some for playing Bagatelle, others for a Kind of lottery, where small sums of money were staked
against trifling articles which might either be bought or played for – in front of a Café was a
regular Theatre with stage scenes & all the Paraphanalia splendidly got up. A sort of conjuring
performance was going on with much gestulation [gesticulating?] and speechifying, and in front
was an audience of a thousand persons at least seated on chairs provided, I suppose, by the
proprietor of the Café. No charge was made for the performance, but each of the audience took
some slight refreshment. The whole scene was brilliantly lighted by thousands of variegated lamps
hung to the trees, and presented a sight scarcely to be seen outside of Paris, which the people
seemed to enjoy amazingly.
Charles and his friends spent only one day in Paris (though they seem to have seen a lot in that
one day) and left the next morning by train to Brussels.
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FOOD
Ann's Recipes
This will be the last recipe page I write for our magazine as it is time to welcome some new ideas. I
hope some of you have read and tried a dish from time to time.
The recipes here reflect my attitude to my kitchen when the weather is far too hot to spend much
time there. The first is a cold cucumber soup and that is followed by fish baked in individual paper
parcels. Enjoy with a favourite Riesling or a chilled white wine of choice.
Soup de Concombre
Pour 4 personnes
1 concombre de 600g
1 cuil. à café rase de sel fin
1 grosse pincé de poivre
2 cuil. à soupe de crème liquide
Le jus d'1 citron
Une douzaine de feuilles de menthe fraîche
et quelques petits bouquets pour la
décoration
Pelez et découpez le concombre en petits
dés. Placez-les dans un mixer avec le jus de
citron, le sel, le poivre et la crème liquide.
Mixez très finement pour obtenir une
consistance vraiment fluide.
Ajoutez les feuilles de menth lavées. Mixez
grossièrement la menthe. Placez au
réfrigérateur.
Servez les soupes dans petits bols et décorez de petits bouquets de menthe fraîche. Dégustez très
frais.
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Poisson en papillote au
fenouil et à l'orange
Pour 4 personnes
4 feuilles de papier sulfurisé de 40 x 30 cm
4 x 120g filets de poisson
1 citron
3 oranges
300g de fenouil
3 cuil. à soupe d'huile d'olive
4 tomates cerises
Anis vert
Sel et poivre du moulin
Découpez quatre tranches fines dans le citron et une orange. Prélevez huit suprêmes d'orange.
Pressez le reste des oranges et du citron pour obtenir leur jus et mélangez-le dans un plat creux avec
deux cuillerées à soupe d'huile d'olive et une pincée d'anis vert et de sel fin. Déposez les filets de
poisson dans la marinade, puis mettez-les au frais 30 min.
Émincez finement le fenouil et réservez l'aneth des branches pour le décor. Déposez le fenouil
émincé dans une petite casserole avec un filet d'huile d'olive et un peu d'eau. Salez et laissez cuire
doucement, à couvert, pendant 6 à 8 min. Égouttez le fenouil après la cuisson.
Préchauffez le four à 200C. Répartissez le fenouil précuit sur les feuilles de papier sulfurisé.
Déposez par-dessus les filets de poisson et arrosez avec la marinade. Décorez avec les suprêmes
d'orange, les tranches d'agrumes, l'aneth et les tomates cerises. Assaisonnez en sel et poivre puis
refermez hermétiquement les papillotes.
Placez délicatement les papillotes sur une plaque à pâtisserie. Laissez cuire pendant 12 min dans le
four bien chaud. Servez aussitôt.
Thank you Ann for the many recipes and dishes you have provided over the years for our members, guests and
readers – ed.