Prix ​​Goncourt to Kamel Daoud – A boon for France’s spiritual state

France’s most important literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, goes to the Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud.

The “Drouant” restaurant in the second arrondissement of Paris is not one of those places you go to to experience something new. It looks exactly how people from abroad or from the provinces imagine a middle-class restaurant in Paris would, and serves up surprise-free home cooking at upscale prices. This week the weekly menu includes Poireaux Vinaigrette as a starter, a leek dish that my grandmother still knew, which was then completely forgotten and is now experiencing a renaissance.