history of desserts
 | Recipes : Anglaise sauce or French Custard This custard recipe is the base of several recipes,from desserts accompaniments sauces to ice-cream mixes for chocolate ... |
 | Recipes : Spooned Biscuits Spooned biscuits were originaly round shaped. They took the name "spooned" biscuits by the fact that they were shaped an... |
 | Recipes : Confectioner's custard This custard is a basis for numerous desserts like cakes, tarts, soufflés etc... Serving for a large bowl of confecti... |
 | Recipes : Tarte Tatin This recipe, created by the Tatin sisters, at the beginning of the 20th century in their restaurant of La Motte Beuvron ... |
 French specialties : Mirabelle plum Brandy The Mirabelle plum is a small fruit typical from Lorraine whose origins are lost in the mists of time. The tradition wou... |
 French specialties : Clairette de Die The "Clairette de Die" is a semi-sparkling wine with origins which go up with Antiquity. As of 77 after JC, Pline the Ol... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
answer to Daphne
Hello Daphne In France, such bags of "sucre vanillé" contains approximately 10 grams (1/3 oz) : precisely 7.5 grams. If...
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...
Madeleine
Madeleine de Commercy is delicious! I luv french desserts and someday me and my friends r goin 2 France!...
for Sarah
On top of this page, click on "recipes" then on any of the parts of the meals (starters, meat, fish, desserts ...) you w...
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...
