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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Il pratique la boulangerie buissonnière

English translation:

He browses (his way through) the bakeries

Added to glossary by B D Finch
May 24, 2011 09:03
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French term

Il pratique la boulangerie buissonnière

French to English Art/Literary Cooking / Culinary
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
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May 26, 2011 08:32: B D Finch Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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He browses (his way through) the bakeries

Or:
He's a bakery browser
Has buns in many ovens (parental guidance required)
A disloyal loafer
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Oh, I loved "he's a disloyal loafer," but I had already handed it in... Thanks!"
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He's a rebel among bread eaters / he's bread eaters' rebel

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

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Or, a wild card...
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He's partial to the odd loaf affair...

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

Peer comment(s):

agree David Goward : LOL!
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Many thanks!
agree Noni Gilbert Riley : Fun!
1 day 36 mins
Thanks!
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he plays the field/he shops around

Two expressions that for me capture the idea of the writer
Peer comment(s):

agree cc in nyc : he shops around
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context

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).
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