Dijon

I try to keep some sort of store-bought fried shallot or crispy garlic, because I love a crispy, crunchy topping.

Dijon mustard, big for me.

That, to me, is, like, the anchor point of a lot of dressings that I'll make, or marinades.

I didn't even think that you could buy pre-crunched shallots- I have gotten those before ... and garlic.

This mast of iron gymnasium apparatus is incomplete, confused, and deformed.

Poet François Copé Dijon, France is a city located about 315 kilometers southeast of Paris.

Today, when one thinks of Dijon, they likely think sweet and savory thoughts.

It's a city known for its mustard, vinegar, charcuterie, chocolate, gingerbread, and liqueurs.

And thanks to its location nestled in the country's Burgundy region, it also boasts a mean Pinot Noir.

But centuries ago, Dijon's appeal resided a little north of the stomach.

Back in the late 18th century, it became known as an intellectual center of France, a hub to many musicians, artists, and architects.

And in 1832, two Dijon residents, a Parisian French army man named Alexandre Eiffel, and the heiress to a timber business, Catherine Meneuz, gave birth to their first child.

And I checked the footnote and it says something about a pregnant woman who was assaulted by some mercenaries and that she was so ashamed of what had been done to her that she couldn't talk about it and that she wouldn't even admit that it had happened.

And then there was this sort of half reference to a source in the archives in Dijon that I knew didn't quite make sense because One of the numbers would have put you in the 17th century, and it was supposed to be a 15th century case.

But in any case, this was during the pandemic, so I couldn't go to the archives myself.

But I had this amazing colleague in Dijon named Rudy Boulant, and so he helped me find the actual case.

The English translation rendered the two numbers that make a Roman numeral two as an 11.

So

that's why

all of the English scholars who go to the archives in Dijon and try to find any cases referenced in this book instantly end up in the 17th century and are baffled.

She currently lives and works in Paris and Korea.

the East France city of Dijon.

She's one of the co-directors of Le Consortium, a major contemporary arts center in the latter city.

FYI, the other co-curator of Up Against the Walls, who I mentioned earlier, of Franck Othereau, is also a co-director of Le Consortium.

And I was sort of muddling this over.

Now I'd, I'd worked as a brand ambassador for Gabriel Boudier, which are a fine liqueur manufacturers in Dijon in France.

And they arguably produce the best creme de cassis in the world.

I get geeky again now.

I'll leave the link for it, of course.

And it says here, born in Dijon, France on 3 January 1813, Mademoiselle Emily Saget was a 32-year-old French teacher who worked at a Latvian boarding school between 1845 and 1846.

She was described as blonde and blue-eyed, with a mild temper and a quiet but anxious disposition.

The boarding school, Pensionnat of Neuvelke, had a total of 42 students, all young girls from wealthy, noble families during the time of Saget's tenure.