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Andouillette

Recipes : Andouillette
The andouillette is spicy sausage from the Troyes region, just 150 Km southeast of Paris, in the Champagne Region. It is...
Duck Gizzards Salad

Recipes : Duck Gizzards Salad
Salad for 6 people: 300g Confit duck gizzard 18 Slices of baguette 100g Crushed walnuts 1 Clove of garlic 3 Baby g...
Milk Toffee

Recipes : Milk Toffee
I am sure that this delicious, ancient traditional recipe will please children and grown-ups alike. To know all about...
Loubia

Recipes : Loubia
Another recipe adapted from my friend Maloub who worked with/for me during numerous years. For 6 persons : 1 veal fo...
Bäckeofe

Recipes : Bäckeofe
Short introduction : this typical Alsacian recipe (note of the translator : Alsace is a French province along the French...
Duck foie gras

Recipes : Duck foie gras
A nice duck 'foie gras' for 6 servings : - a nice 1.3 pound duck raw foie gras - a bottle of Sauternes - 2 teapoons o...
Beret Basque

Recipes : Beret Basque
Ingredients for the "Beret Basque" chocolate dessert: Chocolate mousse: 6 egg whites, 200g dark cooking chocolate, ...
Lentils

Recipes : Lentils
In culinary terms, a dish served with lentils is referred as "...Esau". It comes from the biblical character of Esau who...
King size curved tiles cookies

Recipes : King size curved tiles cookies
A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. To taste with the after lunch coffee ... For 8 large ...
Veal Sweetbread

Recipes : Veal Sweetbread
This veal or lamb's offal is called thymus in anatomy. It is a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the...
Browned shells Saint-Jaques

Recipes : Browned shells Saint-Jaques
Browned shells Saint-Jacques For 4 persons : 150 g of small mushrooms 8 whole walnuts (St-Jacques) 1/2 liter of dr...
Potee Lorraine

Recipes : Potee Lorraine
Potee Lorraine for 6 guests: 1 cooking sausage, weighing 450 gr 600 gr of smoked pork shoulder 300 gr of smoked pork ...
Little Mussel Cakes

Recipes : Little Mussel Cakes
Little Mussel Cakes recipe for 8 guests: 2 lt of mussels, clean 1 large sweet onion 5 dl of dry white wine 5 dl of ...
Andouillette de Troyes

French specialties : Andouillette de Troyes
The Andouillette and the town of Troyes have a common history which is lost in very remote times. Till the IXth century,...
Andouillette in Vouvray wine

French specialties : Andouillette in Vouvray wine
When we speaks about Andouillette, we cannot prevent ourselves from thinking of famous Andouillette of Troyes. Neverthel...
Maghreb cooking

News : Maghreb cooking
After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou...
The Arpajon bean fair

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...
Prepare you home-made 'foie gras'

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...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
A few days in Burgundy

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...
A nice week-end in Lyon

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...
Sauerkraut  ('choucroute' in French language)

News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language)
The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue...


answer to BernayG
Dear BernayG No difficulty and no risk to prepare it badly. The only real care you need to take (in addition to stick t...

madeleine
Hi Trilby We try, from some time now (the translation of madeleines is quite old), into the English translations of rec...








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festive menu
The end of the year celebrations/parties are, for number of people, an opportunity to share with relatives and/or with friends. festive menu
cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the 100 year read more