31 March: The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated, and a bowl of French Onion Soup
Gustave Eiffel raised the French flag at the top of his tower on 31 March 1889, after two years, two months and five days of building. We toast Paris with France's best-known soup abroad: onion soup under a lid of bubbling cheese.
Soup of the day
French Onion Soup
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French onion soup turns the humblest vegetable into something luxurious. A mountain of sliced onions is cooked slowly in butter for most of an hour until they become soft, sweet and deep mahogany brown.
Read about French Onion Soup and get the recipe →What happened
Gustave Eiffel inaugurates his tower, raising the French flag at the top.
Why this soup
A Paris landmark, so France's most famous soup.
Sources
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