Nearly 60 years ago, a French town was hit by a sudden outbreak of hallucinations, which left five people dead and many seriously ill. For years it was blamed on bread contaminated with a psychedelic ...

In southern France near Avignon was a quiet village on the Rhone called Pont Saint-Esprit where two bakeries tended to the inhabitants’ daily need for bread. The summer of 1951 was unusually wet, and ...

18th century parisien building with contemporary classic decor; 1 min from Saint-Sulpice church, two from the Odeon metro stop. A block from Saint-Sulpice, two from the Odeon metro stop, around the ...

In 1895, in the heart of Paris, the visionary journalist Marthe Distel founded Le Cordon Bleu, inspired by the tradition of the Order of the Holy Spirit (l'Ordre du Saint-Esprit) — whose blue ribbon ...