
Art de Vivre
AOP Butter Croissant - Parisian history, French savoir‑vivre, recipe
Viennese origins - Marie‑Antoinette The croissant arrived in France with Marie‑Antoinette, daughter of the Emperor of Austria who became Queen of France. Nostalgic for Viennese treats, she is said...

A Certain Art of Living According to Queen Marie-Antoinette
Marie-Antoinette, the last queen of the Ancien Régime, embodies far more than a tragic fate: she symbolizes an art of living that is refined, playful, intelligent, free, and profoundly modern. Far ...