Actualités et reportages

A nice week-end in Lyon
2008 Mar 04 : Chef Patrick, on a regular bassis, invites you for a small gastronomic journey. Today, he drops you in Lyon. Make sure your stomach is not empty while reading this paper ....
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Towards the discovery of the Yoghurts
2008 Feb 01 : The yoghurt, foodstuff anchored into our national gastronomy for ages ? not soo sure ... this is the unexpected story of the yoghurt and, of course, a few recipes that come together with the story...
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The round cake for the Twelfth Night
2008 Jan 11 : This is the oldest cake in history, so in order to know more about its story and to learn how to prepare it, please find below a short report on the 'Cake of the Twelfth Night'.
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Prepare you home-made 'foie gras'
2007 Dec 15 : If you have visited our site for some time, I bet you have, one day, desired to prepare your home-made 'foie gras'.
Maybe you actually did it. Today, we deliver to you some technical advices and tricks so that you can cook this exceptional product.
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Festive menus
2007 Dec 11 : It is our great pleasure to offer to you the result of several months of work : four different menus for the celebration/party of Christmas and of the end of the year.
You will find recipes for all 'purse/wallet sizes'. Chef Patrick Asfaux is delivering exclusive and/or reinterpreted recipes that brough happiness to the clientele of his former star restaurant in Paris.
[note of the translator : in addition to thoses recipes that form consistent menus, you can find, in the A.F.Touch site, other festive recipes, including a traditional French recipe of turkey and several recipes of oysters, very recently input onto the site.]
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Opening oysters
2007 Dec 03 : Traditional activity during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the opening of oysters remains a dangerous technical gesture if not properly executed. Here are some advices to avoid accidents.
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Chef Asfaux in jail !
2007 Nov 08 : It was a September day and I had a phone conversation with Philippe Gardette, a friend of mine in the business. After having heard from my family, he then stepped into the heart of the topic ...
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The 'Madeleine' story
2007 Oct 30 : Everyone knows what a 'madeleine' is but do you know where the name of this small cake comes from ? No ? Now, next time you will prepare some madeleines, tell the story of its creation
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mixed flavoured butters
2007 Oct 27 : Mixed flavoured butters are often largely ignored by modern cooking books. However, they have multiple qualities and interest. In a few minutes and with ingredients we often keep in our kitchens, they can transform an ordinary meal into a true invitation to a pleasure of our taste.
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the omelette
2007 Oct 25 : Pretty 'scurvy' (note of the translator : omelette is a feminine word in French ...) and filled in with multiple and various preparations, the omelette is the symbol of a simple but also copious meal and appreciated by all. Omelette gives us an additional reason to demonstrate that simplicity goes not rhyme with mediocrity.
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