PARIS UP IN ARMS OVER POTENTIAL GINGHAM SAUSAGE CUTBACKS.

The right to protest in France has been a given since the days of the Bastille. Finally we're seeing activists with something actually worth fighting for.

Vichy named itself after itself.

31st August, 2011 (Montreal)--Proof the French are leading the way in Gingham comes via Patrick, our correspondent in Le Hexagon. Anybody familiar with sausages might have heard of the brand Cochonou who feature Gingham as their raison d'être. Anybody familiar with fun French design knows of the Citroën 2CV,  and if they're at all familiar with the history of French cuisine they would have heard of sausages. If you have any idea about the history of the French Revolution or Paris in general than you would have heard of L'Arc de Triomphe and the Avenue des Champs-Élysées as recognizable icons. So in this submission from Patrick we see a combination of all this glorious Frenchness that could only be made more French by the fact the Cochonou parade's Got Gingham. Meanwhile, they still prefer to refer to it as Vichy.

As if you didn't believe that there aren't serious fans of Vichy out there, here is a stack Patrick sent to us that we've turned on its side to allow for a larger look:

This is not Photo-shopped. This is a genuine contribution from a serious Gingham Getter.

Fact: Gingham makes you live longer and food tastier.

IN THE MEANTIME: FOODIE CULTURE IS IN A GRIP OF GINGHAM EXCITEMENT. FAMOUS CHEF GORDON RAMSAY IS using this TO LURE GINGHAM GETTERS INTO HIS NEW RESTAURANT LAURIER, Montreal. [SEE HERE FOR RESERVATIONS] Thanks go to Heidy for this total steal sent to gotgingham@gmail.com