Tharshan getting his baguettes ready at his bakery Au levain des Pyrénées in Paris — ©2023 The New York Times Company
MOST mornings, around 6.30, Tharshan Selvarajah arrives at the Élysée Palace, seat of the French presidency, and unloads around 30 baguettes into the security scanner.
The bread that is synonymous with France is sacred, but not to the point that it can pass unverified into President Emmanuel Macron’s mouth.
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