Today, I asked the Festive Foodies to join me in an event for Bastille Day. Bastille Day is celebrated on July 14th each year and, in France, is simply called La Fête Nationale , literally “the national celebration” or “the national party.” It might also be referred to as Le quatorze juillet , meaning ‘the fourteenth of July.” Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille and, in a very abridged and simplified explanation, the beginning of the revolution that brought the end to French feudalism. When the kids were smaller, I explained that it was sort of like Independence Day in France. I know that’s not completely accurate, but they understood it. “Do they have fireworks, too?” one of the boys asked. Yes! So, as most of our country is celebrating Independence Day with a bevy of American foods such as hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, and coleslaw, we usually head on a virtual trip, via tabletop, to France to honor their Bastille Day. The Bastille Day Li...