In the mid 1900s, if you had asked nearly any British person what a Frenchman looked like, you would have gotten this description: He wears a beret, and he rides a bike with onions hanging on the handlebars…

Margo Lestz – The Curious Rambler
Bringing History to Life
In the mid 1900s, if you had asked nearly any British person what a Frenchman looked like, you would have gotten this description: He wears a beret, and he rides a bike with onions hanging on the handlebars…
What could be more traditionally French than the baguette, that long slender loaf of bread that has become an instantly recognized symbol of France?