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what made people move to america Recipes :
Pan Fried Foie Gras

Recipes : Pan Fried Foie Gras
Pan fried foie gras recipe for 4 people: 4 Slices of foie gras of 90g (3oz) each 4 thick slices of slicepan bread 4 a...
Piperade

Recipes : Piperade
Piperade for 4 persons: 2 med. onions, finely chopped 6 ripe tomatoes, peeled, coarsely chopped épépinées 3 green pe...
Home-made Yoghurts

Recipes : Home-made Yoghurts
A very simple recipe for home-made yoghurts For 6 pots : 1 liter whole milk (whole milk is recommended to get unctuo...
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 ...
Roast andouillette in  wholegrain mustard crust

Recipes : Roast andouillette in wholegrain mustard crust
Recipe for 4 people: 4 Nice andouillettes For the crust: 30g wholegrain mustard 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 beatte...
Andouillette

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

Recipes : Ras Al-Hanout
This is a spice mix that takes its origine in North African countries. In arab it means: "the head of he shop". Which ...
Round cake for the Twelfth Night

Recipes : Round cake for the Twelfth Night
As you can see, you have several opportunities : a "dry" cake (without any stuffing)or a cake stuffed with almond cream ...
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...
Potee Lorraine

Recipes : Potee Lorraine
Potee Lorraine for 6 guests: 1 cooking sausage, weighing 450 gr 600 gr of smoked pork shoulder 300 gr of smoked pork ...
Broccoli

Recipes : Broccoli
This beautiful and versatile vegetable is very easy to prepare....
Anchoïade - anchovy paste

Recipes : Anchoïade - anchovy paste
Recipe for the anchovy paste (anchoiade)for 6 : 600 g filets of anchovy in olive oil 3 cloves of garlic, cored and fin...
Warm green asparagus

Recipes : Warm green asparagus
Warm green asparagus, salted 'Chantilly' whipped cream with turmeric, chives and chips of Parmesan cheese... 4 servin...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Asparagus

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


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...

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...

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...

Dumpling Dough?
[b]Where are you located?[/b] I live in a small town about an hour to the West of Jerusalem. I don't believe that anyo...

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 ...








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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