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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...
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...
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...
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...
Andouillette

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

Recipes : Crécy soup
A beautiful soup ; its name comes from a village close to Meaux (40 miles east of Paris) where the best carrots used to ...
Herring Papillotes

Recipes : Herring Papillotes
“A la boulonnaise” Herring Papillotes for 6 guests : 6 fresh herrings, with their eggs 200 gr of mushrooms (champ...
Cream of  Cep mushroom Soup

Recipes : Cream of Cep mushroom Soup
Cream of Cep mushroom soup "a la Lotoise" for 6 people: 1 lt of mushroom coulis 20 g of Goose fat 300 g of Small ce...
Kebabs of Oysters and Cured Duck Magret

Recipes : Kebabs of Oysters and Cured Duck Magret
This is a very simple recipe which will put your taste buds in extasy. Oyster kebabs for 6 people: 48 Oysters 48 Pa...
Hazelnut and Chocolate Pastilla

Recipes : Hazelnut and Chocolate Pastilla
The "pastilla" recipe was originally a recipe from North Africa, mainly from Morroco, made with pigeons. I have made a ...
Batter for Fritters

Recipes : Batter for Fritters
There is a basic recipe to make fritters (recipe for 6-8 people) 250g (1/2 lb) strong flour, sifted. 5g (1/5 oz) tab...
Lentils

Recipes : Lentils
In culinary terms, a dish served with lentils is referred as "...Esau". It comes from the biblical character of Esau who...
Verdun dragee

French specialties : Verdun dragee
Lorraine is an area where people like the simple and sweetened pleasures. One of the local specialities became very quic...
Chicken from Bresse

French specialties : Chicken from Bresse
It's impossible to evoke Burgundy and more particularly the Bresse, without evoking one of the products which make the c...
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...
Chef Asfaux in jail !

News : Chef Asfaux in jail !
"Listen, I know that you are very busy but couldn't you find some availability to coach a tasting workshop in the scope ...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
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 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...
Towards the discovery of  the Yoghurts

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...
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...
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 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 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...
Opening oysters

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

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...
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...
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...


Emmental Cheese Tarte with Apricots and Fennel
Comment on recipe : [url]http://www.aftouch-cuisine.com/recipe/emmental-cheese-tarte-with-apricots-and-fennel-139.htm[/u...

answer to dakshina
The disclosed recipe is just a standard very simple asparagus soup recipe ; I do not think this is a "French" soup ; thi...

blushing
Daphne I am blushing ... fortunately, I am (also) sitting alone in front of my computer in Paris (it is lunchtime and I...

dumpling for David
Hi again David You are right : I've seen your messages on the French side, which is strange actually but no worries (I ...

Dumpling Dough
Hi David For once, let's be lazy, pragmatic and efficient : when I intend to make Chinese (or not) dumplings, I buy alr...
Wa

Restaurants :Wa -Paris
75001 8/10, rue Coquillère tél :01 40 26 40 01
Benoît

Restaurants :Benoît -PARIS
75004 20 rue St tél :01 42 72 25 76
Saudade

Restaurants :Saudade -PARIS
75001 34 rue des Bourdonnais tél :01 42 36 30 71
Reminet

Restaurants :Reminet -PARIS
75005 3 rue des Grands Degrés tél :01 44 07 04 24
Lapérouse

Restaurants :Lapérouse -PARIS
75006 51 quai des Grands Augustins tél :01 43 26 68 04
Yugaraj

Restaurants :Yugaraj -PARIS
75006 14 rue Dauphine tél :01 43 26 44 91
Allard

Restaurants :Allard -PARIS
75006 41 Rue Saint-André-des-Arts tél :01 43 26 48 23
L'Osteria

Restaurants :L'Osteria -PARIS
75004 10 rue Sévigné tél :01 42 71 37 08
Pierrot

Restaurants :Pierrot -PARIS
75002 18 rue Etienne Marcel tél :01 45 08 00 10
Lhassa

Restaurants :Lhassa -PARIS
75005 13 rue de la Montagne Ste tél :01 43 26 22 19




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cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the 100 year read more