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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 ...
Tarte Tatin

Recipes : Tarte Tatin
This recipe, created by the Tatin sisters, at the beginning of the 20th century in their restaurant of La Motte Beuvron ...
Chocolate Fondant

Recipes : Chocolate Fondant
Makes 8 individual cakes 200 g of dark chocolaet, 60% 8 squares of the same chocolate 220 g of butter 160 g of cast...
Confectioner's custard

Recipes : Confectioner's custard
This custard is a basis for numerous desserts like cakes, tarts, soufflés etc... Serving for a large bowl of confecti...
Tapenade

Recipes : Tapenade
Ingredients for a bowl of 'tapenade' : 250 grams of stoned (pitted) black olives (from Nyons if you can find them - N...
Chocolate Fondue

Recipes : Chocolate Fondue
This recipe was added onto the list of our restaurant "La Campagne Lotoise" in 1994. We were serving it with "madeleines...
Provence style Tomatoes

Recipes : Provence style Tomatoes
Here is the mythical recipe of the tomatoes 'à la Provençale' (Provence style tomatoes - note of the translator : Proven...
Veal chops “Pojarski”

Recipes : Veal chops “Pojarski”
There is a cult recipe from the French gastronomy : veal chops “Pojarski”.This recipe comes in direct line from Russian ...
Beurre Blanc

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...
Chantilly cream

Recipes : Chantilly cream
We call "Chantilly cream" a fresh sugared whipped cream. Number of people have taken for granted that it has been inven...
Muscadet

French specialties : Muscadet
The Muscadet wine is a subtle wine which is coming from type of vine "Melon" of Burgundian origin, which was introduced ...
Nancy Macaroon

French specialties : Nancy Macaroon
If there is a city in Lorraine which deserves a little break, it is indeed Nancy and its splendid architectural sets. Na...
The 'Madeleine' story

News : The 'Madeleine' story
Stanislas, king of Poland used to have, as a second home, the castle of Commercy, in a small town of the Lorraine region...
The round cake for the Twelfth Night

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...
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...
The Lobster à l'américaine Story

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...
Miss Nellie and Mr Auguste

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...
Queen Tomato's paradise

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) ; ...
Opening oysters

News : Opening oysters
Traditional activity during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the opening of oysters remains a dangerous technica...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
A so nice journey

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...
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...
mixed flavoured butters

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...
the omelette

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...


origin?!
I'm doing a french project on chocolate lava cakes, but can't seem to find the origin?? Can anyone help me out here?! th...








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Mr Auguste
This is a short tribute to Auguste Escoffier, the so famous French cook . Mr Auguste
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'armoricaine" one.read more