European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Emerging image of a new 4 French government tourist office technology France is also still a land of Fine cheeses such As by Jeffrey Ulbrich associated press take a look at the France of today Patrick Baudry stepping aboard the space shuttle discovery wearing a Basque Beret and still digesting a breakfast of croissants reinforcing a timeworn image the tranquil european but the French astronaut also added Lustre to an emerging image a world Leader in space nuclear High Speed transportation and president Francois Mitterrand rejection of the offer to participate in research for president reagans strategic defense was less a matter of defense philosophy than a desire to protect european and French technological development from it has been said that France is every americans second it was the first country to recognize the new american Republic in and has remained a constant ally sometimes a Frank and argument Ive but always in the Frances roots go Back to an area known As Gaul conquered by the romans in 5851 and today it is Home for 54 million people diverse in ethnicity but its image of More recent history still holds largely True Crunchy Golden the Eiffel Tower and France remains an arbiter of fashion and a Mecca of it is also the land of nazi snooty parisian latent corsican deadening bureaucracy and smug it is a country of magnificent from the towering Alps to the rugged from the vast Grain Fields of the Beauce to the Rocky High plateau of the Massif from the Stony beaches of the Riviera to the cold Atlantic it has some of the most Beautiful cities in the world the City of Light on the Seine warm under the Mediterranean Sun the Pearl of the and stately on the but France also builds Airbus jetliners to rival it is a Leader in nuclear Power it is the worlds third largest arms it is the driving Force behind Europe ariane rocket that is challenging the space France is pushing hard for the development of a Small european version of the space and is promoting the still vague plan for a european High technology Frances nuclear Force de created by Charles de worries Moscow and costs but is a source of Pride for frenchmen and supported by All political frenchmen ride the earths fastest Frances soldiers use some of the worlds most effective its scientists have discovered conquered rabies and isolated the aids it boasts the worlds longest surviving heart transplant patient Emmanuel who at 64 has lived a near Normal life since his France has been notably successful in High technology but its achievements have been dampened by a less aggressive commercialization and slowness to adapt the new technologies to ailing traditional it is launching new promotion efforts for French particular in the United states and the French have won and lost four empires since though still a world class France has been eclipsed by the the famed foreign legion has traded its camels and Beau Geste forts for jeeps and and Sidi Bel Abbes for Louis Napoleon and Charles de Gaulle have been replaced by Valery Giscard the and Francois the France has ceded its role As the Center of the Art world to new the magnets and Picasso Are and the Victor Marcel Proust and Jeanpaul Sartre have no the Frenchman still savors truffles and Pate de foie he continues to Revere chefs Paul Michel Guerard and Pierre restaurateurs still live by the dictum of the Michelin though few would Challenge the continued Quality of Frances Fine the food is not what it once while the level of cooking is As High As standardization of food production has taken its toll on the Blue Felt Long the image of the average has become a a victim of fickle fashion and the population shift to the it is rarely seen now except on the head of an aging a photo French astronaut Patrick Baudry right with fellow Sultan bin Salman peasant or a Soldier or a proud France produces a different variety of cheese for every Day in the the four month truffle Hunt in the Dordogne Region remains an annual Winter but pigs have largely Given Way to dogs for sniffing out the Lumpy Black Chanel and Balmain Are still reigning Kings of the fashion world and their couture and ready Tower shows continue to set a Standard for what women will but the fabled names Are facing a Strong Challenge from less familiar ones in Italy and the French Are among the worlds most politicized split along right left lines from the parliament right Down to the local Domestic Tranquility is shattered weekly As the decade old Campaign by the Clandestine corsican National liberation front continues hundreds of bomb blasts Are recorded each year on the French Mediterranean with no end in and another forgotten French Island on the other Side of the world is feeling the rumblings of new Miles away in the tropical South is divided by a struggle Between native melanesian and european a Small Core of French Basque nationalists resorts to periodic disgruntled militants in Brittany surface occasionally to blow up a Power then disappear for months or there Are even minor separatist n Alsace and but France is a country proud of its its its it also is a country struggling to to maintain its position As a political and economic Power in the heart of for a land somewhat smaller than it exerts an influence in the world far exceeding its gallic by Suzy Patterson associated press a photo jets like this Airbus a310200 built in France by the european Airbus rival culture minister Jack saying French cuisine is a National has decided to treat French gastronomy As an he and agriculture minister Henri Nallet have announced the creation of a National Center for culinary known As to promote French food and French chefs at Home and abroad and a special graduate school to turn out cities All Over the world have French but not enough French we dont Export enough real French said writer and food expert Jean Berniot in a special report recently submitted to the French too Many chefs in French restaurants abroad come from Swiss or american hotel dont really understand the principles of French food and dont use As Many French agricultural products As they according to the part of this vast Mission of culinary arts is to overcome a loss of traditional French dishes to fast it seems that too Many burgers Are ruining French childrens audiovisual cooking courses and other promotions will hopefully bring the kids taste Back to grandma ans Daube de for professionals there will be two main chefs graduate called in a for Ecol National Des arts one in a chateau outside Cully near Lyons will open in Early another will open in clergy outside of heading the chefs directorate will be Michel the Pioneer of cuisine and Alain who will oversee a culinary included on the Board of super chefs will be Georges Paul Alain Chapel and Roger who will advise and serve As guest wine courses will be supervised by one of Frances great Jacques Puiszis of this will our first school of this said Georges speaking from his restaurant at Vonnas in Central pupils will learn much More about now our hotel schools focus Only on cooking these schools will cover a much broader pupils at enact will pay tuition for periods lasting about six to 30 or be Able to take crash courses of a week or the schools will accept Only qualified professionals with Basic training behind the schools will have student living quarters As Well As athletic facilities such As Tennis courts and swimming pools in addition to kitchens and unlike hotel schools with age pupils of any age May attend and up to 50 percent May be admitted from Lang said at a news foreign pupils crowd into private schools like la Varenne and the cordon Bleu in but there is a real need for this said Princess Marie Blanche de who runs her own school in both Paris and if our chefs were More management minded and spoke other especially they go abroad More they would probably buy More French products in other said de the French food Export takes this View and supports the project agricultural exports Are doing Well up from billion francs billion in 1983 to billion francs billion in about percent of All French France is the second largest agricultural produce exporter after the United according to a government but the French agricultural experts feel too High a proportion of exports is in Grain and alcohol related products and that the Field could be plans to promote appreciation of French food will include a gastronomic chefs gala in Paris next september and various exhibitions concerning food and arts of the table around there will also be exhibits at harrods in in March and Richs in in september gastronomy is part of our cultural heritage and an Lang it deserves the same kind of attention Given to our fashion supporters of food promotions Hope to Start up a permanent food Hall in Paris somewhat like Faneuil Hall in Boston or new Yorks Fulton Market As a living museum of French up photo Paul Bouse one of Frances bes known with Kitchen Crew of his near Page 14 the stars and stripes August 1985 the stars and stripes Page 15