France 3 offers us a feast Wednesday night, and not just any, since it is the Feast of Julie. The third channel airs the second episode of the festive and culinary adventures of Julie Andrieu. And this Wednesday night, the theme is rather pleasing, since Julie takes us to the belle époque. Happy coincidence, it is precisely the title of the film by Nicolas Bedos that comes out that same day on the screens.
So why this period, which extends roughly from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the First World War? "These are forty years of upheavals in all areas, technological, technical, it is the advent of the railroad, it is the cinematograph, it is the electricity ...", answers Julie Andrieu to Europe 1. " So it's a real revolution in society and cooking too, the cuisine comes out of the palace, it's no longer the court kitchen that sets the tone, it becomes what was later called the big kitchen bourgeoisie, which begins its process of popularization, democratization, so there was a lot to say, not only about cooking but about the time in general, about the evolution of manners, about society. "
"We can learn a lot about our history and society today"
But thanks to this "Feast of Julie", we will not only salivate in front of our small screen, we will also learn. This is at least the goal set by the journalist. "The idea is to approach the history of France by cooking, so to understand a little better our history by trying to understand how the kitchen is revealing of the time," says Julie Andrieu. "As we all eat a priori three times a day, we talk about our culture, our history, in a very intelligible, very affordable, very everyday way." Starting from a dish or two, or a book of cooking, we can learn a lot about this time, about our history, and about today's society. "
The Belle Epoque at the menu of the Feast of Julie Andrieu is the exceptional bonus of France 3 tonight ... from 21 hours.