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In France, there are two different professions: the bread baker is called the boulanger, and the pastry cook is called the pâtissier.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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In France, there are two different professions: the bread baker is called the boulanger, and the pastry cook is called the pâtissier.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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In France, there are two different professions: the bread baker is called the boulanger, and the pastry cook is called the pâtissier.
THE TANTE MARIE’S COOKING SCHOOL COOKBOOK MARY RISLEY 2003
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Baking powder is levain chemique, and dry yeast is levain boulanger.
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She recollected that it was to him she had promised the boulanger, the last notes of which she could hear just fading away.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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This is a fabulous opportunity to spoil your inner Francophile, learn from the very best -- a Parisian master boulanger no less!
Newstand & Bookcase 2008
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She recollected that it was to him she had promised the boulanger, the last notes of which she could hear just fading away.
Shameless KAREN ROBARDS 2010
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The devil ceases to be le rabouin, and becomes le boulanger (the baker), who puts the bread into the oven.
Les Miserables 2008
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Baking powder is levain chemique, and dry yeast is levain boulanger.
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This is a fabulous opportunity to spoil your inner Francophile, learn from the very best -- a Parisian master boulanger no less!
Seattle Bon Vivant: 2006
chained_bear commented on the word boulanger
"But the boulanger understood her—Brest was full of foreigners, and her peculiar accent roused no particular interest—and the sheer delight on her face when the man took her penny and handed her a baguette filled with cheese and olives made Jamie want to laugh and cry at the same time."
—Diana Gabaldon, An Echo in the Bone (New York: Delacorte Press, 2009), 766
December 21, 2009
yarb commented on the word boulanger
In the citation below, why not just say baker? Or why not use the French words for foreigner and accent as well? Why do writers use foreign nouns like this, indiscriminately, when there is a perfectly serviceable English translation?
December 22, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word boulanger
Not being a writer of novels, I can't answer your question. I, for one, don't know what the French word is for baker, but I could guess it if I'd read the entire paragraph. The rest of the paragraph might illuminate the writer's choice:
"He could see her heart in her throat the first time she spoke French to a real Frenchman; her pulse fluttered in the hollow of her neck like a trapped hummingbird. But the boulanger (etc., below)... at the same time.
'He understood me!' she said, clutching him by the arm as they left... 'I spoke French to him, and he kent what I said, clear as day!'"
I'd argue that the word is given here in French to give some flavor of the language, just as the dialogue of the characters (who are Scottish) also gives a flavor of their accent.
December 22, 2009
seanahan commented on the word boulanger
It can be a crutch for a writer who isn't good enough to convey the ambiance of a foreign land.
December 30, 2009