Il pratique la boulangerie buissonnière

English translation: He browses (his way through) the bakeries

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French term or phrase:Il pratique la boulangerie buissonnière
English translation:He browses (his way through) the bakeries
Entered by: B D Finch

09:03 May 24, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cooking / Culinary
French term or phrase: Il pratique la boulangerie buissonnière
the bipolar bread eater (kind of humorous text on bread eaters)

Un doux mélange d'authentique et d'hédoniste. Bien que foncièrement traditionaliste, il s'autorise ponctuellement à se laisser séduire par d'autres pains. Il pratique la boulangerie buissonnière. On lui conseille : de jongler entre la baguette tradi et les pains fantaisie mis en avant chaque mois par Éric Kayser
veratek
Brazil
Local time: 21:41
He browses (his way through) the bakeries
Explanation:
Or:
He's a bakery browser
Has buns in many ovens (parental guidance required)
A disloyal loafer
...
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 01:41
Grading comment
Oh, I loved "he's a disloyal loafer," but I had already handed it in... Thanks!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2He's partial to the odd loaf affair...
Colin Rowe
3 +1he plays the field/he shops around
SafeTex
3He's a rebel among bread eaters / he's bread eaters' rebel
Noni Gilbert Riley
3He browses (his way through) the bakeries
B D Finch
Summary of reference entries provided
context
writeaway

  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
He's a rebel among bread eaters / he's bread eaters' rebel


Explanation:
An idea, since I haven't succeeded in working truant into.

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-05-24 09:12:42 GMT)
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Or, a wild card...

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 01:41
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
He's partial to the odd loaf affair...


Explanation:
He's not averse to eating around / having a loaf on the side



Colin Rowe
Germany
Local time: 01:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Goward: LOL!
1 hr
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agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Fun!
1 day 36 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
He browses (his way through) the bakeries


Explanation:
Or:
He's a bakery browser
Has buns in many ovens (parental guidance required)
A disloyal loafer
...


B D Finch
France
Local time: 01:41
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 43
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Oh, I loved "he's a disloyal loafer," but I had already handed it in... Thanks!
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
he plays the field/he shops around


Explanation:
Two expressions that for me capture the idea of the writer

SafeTex
France
Local time: 01:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 5

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agree  cc in nyc: he shops around
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Reference comments


11 mins
Reference: context

Reference information:
http://www.lefigaro.fr/sortir-paris/2011/05/17/03013-2011051...

Le Bipolaire (14 % de la population). Un doux mélange d'authentique et d'hédoniste. Bien que foncièrement traditionaliste, il s'autorise ponctuellement à se laisser séduire par d'autres pains. Il pratique la boulangerie buissonnière. On lui conseille : de jongler entre la baguette tradi et les pains fantaisie mis en avant chaque mois par Éric Kayser (8, rue Monge, Ve. Tél. : 01 44 07 01 42).

writeaway
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