14 Ways to Please/Feed Your Inner Francophile

Made in France, multicolor set of four Laguiole spreaders. $44, levillagemarche.com.

Eat at celebrated French chef Daniel Boulud’s DBGB Kitchen & Bar (931 H St. NW, 202-695-7660). Dinner for two is $99 through Sept. 7 with TravelZoo deal: http://www.travelzoo.com/local-deals/Washington-DC/Restaurants/deals.

Yves Delorme celebrates Bastille Day (through July 18) with 20 percent off bedding, bath, accessories and more. (At last year’s sale, I got 20 percent off a chandelier at the Bethesda location on 10301 A Old Georgetown Rd). yvesdelorme.com.

Pétanque, anyone? This collection comes with eight boules in a canvas storage case. $29.99, amazon.com. Don’t forget the Pastis.

The monthly French Cinémathèque series at the Avalon Theatre, in partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, is showing a screening of the 2014 film Gemma Bovery at 8 p.m. on July 15. $8, www.theavalon.org.

Celebrate Julia Child’s birthday (Aug. 15) with a cooking class of her favorite menu items. At L’ Academie Cuisine’s Bethesda location. $85, lacademie.com.

BASTILLE DAY reminds me of my enchantment with all things Gallic, be it French cuisine, fashion, fragrance, Ines de la Fressange or Marie Antoinette. I never actually lived in France, Do two years living in nearby Brussels and taking immersion French language classes count?

No matter, to mark the fall of the fortress on July 14, 1789, here are 14 suggestions to satisfy any fellow francophile.

–Janet Kelly