classic french cooking
![]() | Recipes : French Beans There is the ideal way to cook French bean making sure that they keep their green and crunchy qualities: Cooking Fren... |
![]() | Recipes : French Fries French fries or "pomme Pont-Neuf" are probably the most popular french recipe. But, they are not always cooked properly.... |
![]() | Recipes : Cat's Mousse This classic recipe created by the master chef Fernand Point has been long forgotten. Recipe for 6 people: 300g of... |
![]() | Recipes : Bäeckeofe Short introduction : this typical Alsatian recipe (note of the translator : Alsace is a French province along the French... |
![]() | Recipes : Emmental Cheese Tarte with Apricots and Fennel Recipe for 4 guests Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 35 à 40 minutes Ingredients: For the shortcut pastry... |
![]() | Recipes : Beurre Blanc It is believed that the creation of the beurre blanc sauce came from a mistake made by the excellent cook of the "Marqui... |
![]() | Recipes : Veal chops Pojarski There is a cult recipe from the French gastronomy : veal chops Pojarski.This recipe comes in direct line from Russian cu... |
![]() | Recipes : String/French bean salad This is a recipe adequate for persons suffering from type 2-diabetes String/French bean salad for 4 to 6 persons : 5... |
![]() | Recipes : Beret Basque Ingredients for the "Beret Basque" chocolate dessert: Chocolate mousse: 6 egg whites, 200g dark cooking chocolate, ... |
![]() | Recipes : Chocolate Yule Log A basic French recipe that will please children and grown ups alike. Chocolate Yule Log for 6-8 people For the spon... |
![]() | Recipes : Veal Chops "Normande" This old traditional French recipe has become out of fashion in French restaurant or at family dinner. I do not understa... |
![]() | Recipes : Roast Guinea Fowl Alsacian Style Roast guinea fowl for 8 people 2 guinea fowl, oven ready and seasoned For the sauerkraut: 2 kg of raw sauerkraut 1 f... |
![]() | Recipes : Pork steak Alsatian Style It is unfortunate, that this remarkable cut of pork "rouelle"(French for small wheel) is hardly served any more. The "ro... |
![]() French specialties : Andouillette in Vouvray wine When we speaks about Andouillette, we cannot prevent ourselves from thinking of famous Andouillette of Troyes. Neverthel... |
![]() French specialties : Smoked herring The herring has a considerable economic importance since the Middle Ages. It was called the "fish king" or, sometimes, m... |
![]() | News : Maghreb cooking After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou... |
![]() | News : The Arpajon bean fair My arrival into this fair sent me back in the years when I participated to those contests. The age coming, I was invited... |
![]() | News : Queen Tomato's paradise Most people believe that tomato is a vegetable but it is actually a fruit of an herbal american plant (solanum genus) ; ... |
![]() | News : Asparagus Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ... |
![]() | News : Prepare you home-made 'foie gras' If you have visited our site for some time, I bet you have, one day, desired to prepare your home-made 'foie gras'. May... |
![]() | News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
![]() | News : mixed flavoured butters The basic principle is the same in all cases : you must soften the butter and incorporate into it one or several flavour... |
![]() | News : The Lobster à l'américaine Story We are now nearly fully sure of the validity of the "à l'américaine" name of this recipe, to the contrary of the "à l'ar... |
![]() | News : the omelette In the Journal of Jean Heroard (1551-1628), doctor of the young future king Louis XIII, we could read : "often, in the a... |
![]() | News : Miss Nellie and Mr Auguste This is a short tribute to Auguste Escoffier, the so famous French cook who was active mainly at the turn of the XIXth c... |
![]() | News : Towards the discovery of the Yoghurts It happened in very ancient times, at the fringes of the Balkanic peninsula and of Turkey that one started to find the f... |
![]() | News : Kir Mr Félix Kir (born in 1876 in Côte d'Or, in the heart of Burgundy) was a canon, ordained as a catholic priest in 1901. ... |
![]() | News : Without gluten recipes Today we will deal with this harmful decease that is intolerance to gluten (or so called coeliac decease). In fact, this... |
![]() | News : A few days in Burgundy As usual during this calamitous August, we leave Paris under the rain to Val de Mercy. I know pretty well this region be... |
![]() | News : AVPA 2008 contest : oil, honey and dry fruit Like in 2007, Patrick Asfaux was part of the trial jury of the AVPA (Agence pour la Valorisation des Produits Agricoles ... |
![]() | News : The round cake for the Twelfth Night This is the oldest cake in history ; we now know that the first ones were made during the neolithic age. They were prepa... |
![]() | News : A nice week-end in Lyon As we do from time to time during the year, direction Lyon to pay a visit to some beloved friends. Her,'Speedy' Brigitt... |
![]() | News : Coffee, how to choose it and make it The 2009 Paris Agricultural Fair recently closed after having received over 700,000 visitors. This year, I was invited ... |
![]() | News : Festive menus The end of the year celebrations/parties are, for number of people, an opportunity to share with relatives and/or with f... |
![]() | News : A so nice journey It is true that my children and friends have had a real great idea in offring me, for my birthday anniversary, a fixed r... |
Chef Giovanni
You want be French cook, but you are not French. I have a chance my mothet was French ans my father was Italian. My Fren...
Thanks Hans
Hello Hans Many many thanks for your feedback and for sharing your experience with us : we all are very proud when we h...
answer to Jay
Hi Jay This recipe is the one of the pastry AS A BASE for some desserts. Of course, it is not intented to be eaten by i...
Homework.
Hey. If Anyone Knows Any Original French Food Can You Get In Touch Please. Got A Essay To Write And Need To Know A Bit A...
show cheese
please do an article on french cheese. not just recipes as they are not very helpful in understanding french cheese and ...













































