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most famous food Recipes :
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 ...
Seafood Parillada

Recipes : Seafood Parillada
Ingredients for 4 guests: 4 sardines, 2 salmon steaks, 8 shrimp, 4 prawns, 4 mullets, 4 tomatoes, 4 mild green ...
Black Truffle Coulis

Recipes : Black Truffle Coulis
Recipe for 1/2 (1 pt) of black truffle coulis: 1/2 veal stock 20 cl white port 100g black truffle (tuber melanospor...
Tapenade

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

Recipes : Chocolate and hazelnut brownies
Chocolate and hazelnut brownies for a nice family who loves good food: 70 gr of dark chocolate (more than 50% cocoa) ...
Redberries Syllabub

Recipes : Redberries Syllabub
Recipe for 6 people : 4 Greek style, natural yoghurt 100g strawberries 100g raspberries 50g blackcurrants 100g blac...
Chocolate Fondant

Recipes : Chocolate Fondant
Makes 8 individual cakes 200 g of dark chocolaet, 60% 8 squares of the same chocolate 220 g of butter 160 g of cast...
Banana cake

Recipes : Banana cake
For 6 guests : 200 g ripe bananas 200 g of flour, sieved 200 g of caster sugar 70 g of butter 2 eggs the juice of ...
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...
Creole sented Caramelized Pineapple

Recipes : Creole sented Caramelized Pineapple
Caramelized Pineapple for 6 : 1 medium size tin of sliced pineapple 300 g of sugar 6 eggs 50 g of brown sugar Juic...
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...
Greek style mushrooms

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...
Chocolate

French specialties : Chocolate
The Cocoa broad bean comes us from South America. The cacoayer produced a fruit indeed that the old Aztec crushed to con...
Rillons de Tours

French specialties : Rillons de Tours
The pigs were often during the past centuries, one of the rare meat contributions to the food of the campaigns and the a...
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 '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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...


gastronomy
Hello Gastronomy is the highest degree of the way to appreciate and develop the sense of taste. Being a ‘gastronom’ i...

Poule au pot
it would be nice if there were pictures of the food...

I LOVE FRENCH FOOD!
i absolutly adore french food my favourite so far is ratatoille...

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...

I injoyed the food
I tasted french wine and french bread and it was very nice food from nikita...
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The Lobster à l'américaine StoryThe Lobster à l'américaine Story
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festive menu
The end of the year celebrations/parties are, for number of people, an opportunity to share with relatives and/or with friends. festive menu
cassoulet
The Cassoulet is a typical French dish. Its history would go up with the 100 year read more