To outsiders, the long, crusty loaves playfully poking ... baker's skill and the shaping of the bread into its classic torpedo form. French baguettes are lean breads that use high-protein flour ...

French people have bought more US-style hamburgers than their own classic jambon-beurre sandwich for the first time in history, a study suggests. Some 1.46 billion burgers were sold last year ...

The French baguette – “250 grams of magic and perfection ... The bread, with its crusty exterior and soft middle, has remained a quintessential part of French life long after other stereotypes ...

In French, Nouvelle Maison means “new house ... regarded Needham baking company Le Petit Four, as do the long crusty baguettes with crackling crusts and airy interiors.