In French, purchasing something on a whim, simply because you love it too much to leave without it, is called buying au coup de coeur, which translates to the sweet "by heart stroke." Xavier Antoine, ...

Today, living as we do in a post–Daft Punk world, it’s easy to forget there was a time when Americans looked askance at French-accented pop-rockers, no matter how au courant their synth-y musical ...