Heya French people! What small, US-made items are difficult to find in France that might make a nice gift? [more inside]
posted by Calicatt on Apr 11, 2013 - 12 answers

How do other developed nations home-food-preservations differ so wildly from the US? Are their methods safer? [more inside]
posted by furnace.heart on Dec 2, 2010 - 16 answers

How can I most easily and inexpensively send small holiday gifts from France to the US? [more inside]
posted by sucre on Nov 13, 2010 - 3 answers

Why does my steak taste so good? [more inside]
posted by bshort on Aug 11, 2005 - 32 answers

French Citizenship or Residence

I am a United States citizen who is looking to move to France. I am currently living in the Republic of Ireland but I am finding it harder and harder to maintain legal residence (even though, my mother is remarried to an Irishman and my ancestry is Irish) It seems you either have to be offered a contract for employment or be a student to stay here. I HEARD that requirements for French citizenship or permanent residence were more lenient. Does anyone have any information on this. I am NOT "highly skilled" in the slightest, unless you consider fixing PCs and Macs a skill.
posted by Livewire Confusion on Feb 5, 2005 - 12 answers

Un peu de perspective? I'm looking for historical/cultural background for the popular anti-french sentiment in the US. I imagine it began somewhere between when the French helped the US oust the British, and the current Iraq Feud. What's the story(ies)?
posted by Popular Ethics on Jan 20, 2005 - 26 answers

I'm flying to France from the states at the end of next month, and I'm wondering what experiences are on different carriers. [more inside]
posted by o2b on Oct 18, 2004 - 14 answers