And a tradition is restored.
I make a cheesecake every year on 14 July in honour of Bastille Day. While I’m preparing it, I wear my little red “Souvenir of Château de Chenonceau” cap, and put Édith Piaf and La Marseillaise on heavy rotation.
After a three-year absence, the annual Bastille Day Commemorative Cheesecake celebration is back!
Ghosts of Cheesecakes Past
From left to right, the 2016, 2017, and 2018 Bastille Day Cheesecakes. There were no Bastille Day Cheesecakes in 2019, 2020, or 2021, for reasons that are too depressing and obvious to explain.
I liked the 2017 version the most.
An Appropriate Musical Interlude
Judy Collins sings a medley of revolutionary songs from The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade, aka Marat/Sade.
Here’s the Royal Shakespeare Company’s full film version of Marat/Sade, featuring Ian Richardson, Patrick Magee, and Glenda Jackson.
More Songs about Buildings and Food 