Chrissie McClatchie

Chrissie McClatchie

Hailing from Sydney, Australia, Chrissie McClatchie has lived in France for nearly two decades. Her work has appeared in BBC Travel, National Geographic Travel and Travel + Leisure, and she is also a Lonely Planet guidebook author to France.

More than just a place to eat, many French country bistros offer lodgings and sell local produce. But the transactions of greatest value are the social ones, in which locals come together over a meal or a drink to discuss everything from pressing politics to idle gossip. 

Will the Bistro Save France's Rural Villages?

Because these social hubs are the glue holding communities together, a growing movement seeks to protect them on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list

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