[music with French lyrics]
- [Narrator] The smell of
fresh breads and croissants
is intoxicating and this
is a local gathering place
for Francophiles from
all over the world
who share the love of
language, culture, and food.
[upbeat music]
[speaks in a foreign language]
- I'm a Parisian and
I've been looking
for the genuine French croissant
since I moved to the
area and I found it here.
It's amazing.
- I learned back in Algeria,
which is my country.
You know the days I was here,
it was like an
old French bakery.
And I started thinking about it.
I said, since I have an idea,
when I was a little boy,
I worked for a bakery in
my neighborhood back home.
So I get the idea.
Instead of buying, you know,
like a perfumes or watches
or something, I just make a
cake and give it to my friends.
And then I learned, and
thanks to my friends,
they encourage me.
And here I am, you know.
I have a business and I'm
trying to grow in my business.
[patriotic music]
- [Narrator] La Marseillaise
is the French national anthem.
And French National Day is
held each year on July 14th
to commemorate the anniversary
of the storming of
the Bastille in 1789.
- It will be a special day.
We will make a game
with our customers.
We will offer a gift
basket to the winner,
but it will be a game with
questions about history,
geography, culture, literature,
and gastronomy in France.
[french instrumental music]
I have more than 3000
titles in this bookstore.
We have only
French-speaking writers
and some translated in English.
We know that there is a
large Francophone community.
We met some French
people, obviously,
but also with Lebanon,
from Lebanon, from Belgium,
Switzerland, Quebec, Haiti,
but we have also
many American people
who want to read in
French and to start again
to learn French or to read
French or to speak French.
It's a really a great
pleasure to share
this French culture
with American people.
- [Narrator] Persecuted
French Protestants,
the Huguenots first came to
North Carolina around 1690.
And we have towns today
with French names,
such as Fuquay-Varina,
Fayetteville,
Camp Lejeune, Lenoir,
Belvoir, Beaufort, Faison, Fremont, and Le Grange.
[French instrumental music]
Lunch was a delight
at Simply Crepes in
French-styled Lafayette Village.
For what else, crepes.
[French instrumental music]
After an afternoon of
browsing and shopping,
may we suggest an evening at one
of the finest French restaurants
in all of North Carolina,
Saint Jacques French Cuisine.
Chef Serge Falcoz-Vigne
prepares us a typical
and favorite French dish,
scallops vol-au-vent.
Oh, the sauce, it's a
work of tasteful art.
- You just look at that
and you want to eat it.
You know, just wow,
this is incredible.
This, the sucre is like the
flavor is part of sugar,
so this caramelized.
Fourteenth of July is
when people remember
where we come from,
remember how fragile it is
to have a republic,
to have a democracy.
Bastille Day is just a moment
whenever they come together,
share the love, share
the food, share the wine,
share the bread, and
share everything together.
Bon appetite.
[laughing]
Bon appetite!
- These fine French restaurants
and shops are in Raleigh
so check out your local
French establishments
to celebrate French
National Day.
