Whether you sway toward moules frites or croque monsieur, a solid French meal — and the perfectly chilled Provençal rose — is never far away in the Bay Area. We have a plethora of French restaurants ...

Standup comedian Jacques Silvère Bah, known as Le Magnific, played with French and African words and accents at a humor festival in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, in February. Arlette Bashizi for The New York ...