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French Beans

Recipes : French Beans
There is the ideal way to cook French bean making sure that they keep their green and crunchy qualities: Cooking Fren...
French Fries

Recipes : French Fries
French fries or "pomme Pont-Neuf" are probably the most popular french recipe. But, they are not always cooked properly....
Bäeckeofe

Recipes : Bäeckeofe
Short introduction : this typical Alsatian recipe (note of the translator : Alsace is a French province along the French...
Emmental Cheese Tarte with Apricots and Fennel

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...
String/French bean salad

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...
Beret Basque

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

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...
Veal Chops

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...
Roast Guinea Fowl Alsacian Style

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...
Cat's Mousse

Recipes : Cat's Mousse
This classic recipe created by the master chef Fernand Point has been long forgotten. Recipe for 6 people: 300g of...
Pork steak Alsatian Style

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...
Carioca coffee baked cream pots

Recipes : Carioca coffee baked cream pots
Recipe for 4 to 6 people: 75g of good coffee beans 8dl whole milk 150g dark cooking chocolate, gratted 6 egg yolks...
Chocolate Toffees

Recipes : Chocolate Toffees
Recipe for about 20 chocolate toffees: 60g dark cooking chocolate, at least 50% cocoa. 60g unsalted butter 60g caste...
Andouille de Vire

French specialties : Andouille de Vire
In the little city of Vire, at the end of Basse-Normandy, one manufactures Andouille of the same name since many centuri...
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...
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) ; ...
Asparagus

News : Asparagus
Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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. ...
Without gluten recipes

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...
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...
AVPA  2008 contest : oil, honey and dry fruit

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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Coffee, how to choose it and make it

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 ...
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...
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...


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...

answer to foodfanatic
Hello, What a strange idea to ask about cheese in a comment to strawberry sorbet ! You are right that cheese is import...

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...








2009 End of the Year Festive Menu2009 End of the Year Festive Menu
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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