how did the french prepare foodo Recipes :
 | Recipes : French Beans There is the ideal way to cook French bean making sure that they keep their green and crunchy qualities: Cooking Fren... |
 | Recipes : French Fries French fries or "pomme Pont-Neuf" are probably the most popular french recipe. But, they are not always cooked properly.... |
 | Recipes : Greek style mushrooms For once, I will give the classical recipe, as the school manuals (Planche et Sylvestre) were teaching us, such a long t... |
 | Recipes : Parmentier with duck, foie gras and truffles A recipe of our menu 'special end of the year celebrations'. Cottage pie 'parmentier' (*) with duck, foie gras and bl... |
 | Recipes : Fresh cod filets with hazelnuts Fresh cod steaks/filets breaded with hazelnut powder (6 servings) : 6 fresh cod steaks/filets (1/3 to 1/2 of a pound ... |
 | Recipes : French cut Rib of Beef First of all a little reminder. First a calf is born, it is either male or female. Female: it becomes a heifer, then a... |
 | Recipes : Watermelon jam This is an adapted recipe from my friend Maloub who worked for me during numerous years. For 6-8 pots : 1 nice water... |
 | Recipes : Shortbread pastry Here is the recipe of the 'shortbread pastry' ('pâte sablée' en French), sometimes forgotten from the pastry cook books ... |
 | 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... |
 | Recipes : Nice style ratatouille This recipe of 'ratatouille' (Nice style) is a condensed version of several ones that were given to me by several chefs ... |
 | Recipes : Hot oysters in a Sauternes sabayon One recipe of our 'Special Celebration' menu. Specially fattened greenish oysters in a Sauternes sabayon sauce (8 se... |
 | Recipes : Stuffed cabbage One stuffed cabbage for six people: 1 nice green cabbage 3 carrots 3 onions 3 cloves of garlic 1 kg potatoes 200 g... |
 | Recipes : Navarin d'agneau (Lamb stew) Lamb stew with potatoes Origin of this dish: the victory of the French fleet in 1827 fighting for Greece's independen... |
 French specialties : Dijon mustard When we speak about the Capital of Burgundy, we cannot prevent ourselves from thinking of famous Dijon mustard. This app... |
 French specialties : Roquefort The Roquefort, this powerful and raced cheese, appeared at the end of the Middle Ages. Since the XVth century Charles VI... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | News : Sauerkraut ('choucroute' in French language) The French word 'choucroute' (for 'sauerkraut') derives from the Alsacian dialect 'sûrkrût' itself from the German 'saue... |
 | 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... |
 | News : Maghreb cooking After having paid a visit to our Canadian friends, we continue our gastronomic trips outside of France a little more sou... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
 | News : Asparagus Asparagus is a latin word. Asparagus had been first appreciated by the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. They then ... |
 | 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... |
 | 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 : Opening oysters Traditional activity during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the opening of oysters remains a dangerous technica... |
 | 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 ... |
 | 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 : 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 ... |
 | 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... |
 | 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... |
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...
I injoyed the food
I tasted french wine and french bread and it was very nice food from nikita...
Help me
Of course you can help you but please make your request more specific : do you need some examples of recipes (if so, in ...
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 ...
Chocolate and hazelnut brownies
Sounds Good, but it might be a bit difficult to prepare. The picture's good too. :D...
