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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 ...
Tapenade

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

French specialties : Poiré
If the Cider is the traditional drink Haute like Basse-Normandie, Poiré is a less known and more contemporary drink. Fro...
Chouchen

French specialties : Chouchen
The Chouchen is the typical Breton alcohol. Obtained with a mixture of honey and of hydromel, it is a soft and voluptuou...
Kir

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. ...
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 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...
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 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...
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...
Lannemayou et fils, producers of Floc de Gascogne.

News : Lannemayou et fils, producers of Floc de Gascogne.
"Hello, for all those which are not likely yet to know Floc de Gascogne, could you explain us what is this breuvage and...
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...
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...


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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