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It's July 14, which means it's time to appreciate the je ne sais quoi of all things French as you celebrate Bastille Day. Eating frites is one way, but there are many other events and activities today and tomorrow.

With the "new" attention on the Brooklyn dining scene, forget gatherings outside the Alliance Francaise or pockets of the East Village or Lower East Side, there newest French enclaves are in Brooklyn are confirmed by the robust culinary scene. The Daily News looked at many of Brooklyn's bons restaurants, with a focus on many neighborhoods, not just Smith Street or Park Slope: Chez Oskar in Fort Greene, brunch standby Banania on Smith Street, Park Slope Cocotte, and reason to go to Red Hook, 360 and Bay Ridge's Provence en Boite. And what's a mention of the Brooklyn food scene without Jacques Torres, whose four star pastry skills are on display at his DUMBO store.

Today is Bastille Day, but, considering the differing opinions of the US and France regarding Iraq, the festivities in NY seemed tame. The Times wondered where the French were and one middle-aged French woman said, "I think there's so many French people in New York that most of them are probably somewhere else. Maybe they're in Brooklyn."