Ham Cheese & Mushroom Savory Crepes
French savoury crepes are usually known as standard large crepes or “gallettes” which are topped up with various ingredients, folded and then served to customers. And this is actually what...
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Christmas Frangipane Almond Cake
The Frangipane is an almond filling use in France to make the famous “Galette des rois” ( translated king cake) this simple pastry item is made out of a thick...
Wine and Food Pairing Guide
A Wine Pairing Guide I am sure that at a certain point in our lives, we have all been in a situation where we had to choose from a long...
The French Pantry: essentials ingredients
French pantry: Following My live session on YouTube where I talked about what are the essential ingredient you should be stocking in your pantry if you are a French food...
Dining Experience
Today I would like to spend a few words to talk about a topic that is not often mentioned, but is in my opinion very important: dining experience. If you...
Ham Cheese & Mushroom Savory Crepes
French savoury crepes are usually known as standard large crepes or “gallettes” which are topped up with various ingredients, folded and then served to customers. And this is actually what...
Champagne and Sparkling Wine
As promised this week we are going to cover a little more in depth the world of Champagne and sparkling...
Holiday Wine Guide
It is finally that time of the year. The holidays are getting really close and I am sure that a...
How to make Duck Leg Confit at Home
While it is made across France, the duck confit it is seen as a specialty of Gascony. The confit is...
Wine and Cheese
Today we are talking about one of the most famous pairing that everyone loves: wine and cheese. Even without being...
Christmas Frangipane Almond Cake
The Frangipane is an almond filling use in France to make the famous “Galette des rois” ( translated king cake) this simple pastry item is made out of a thick...
Introduction to Champagne
This week we are talking about Champagne! As always let us start from the beginning and let us define what Champagne is. Before being a wine, Champagne is in fact...
Classic Soupe aux Choux (cabbage and pork soup)
This is a classic French version of the cabbage soup ( soupe aux choux ). Fresh cabbages are blanched, sliced...
Dolcetto and Chicken Marengo
Dolcetto and Chicken Marengo. A wine from Piedmont, Italy and a great historic French recipe from the battlefield made for...
Marengo Chicken Recipe for Napoleon
Many of you must have heard of Napoleon Bonaparte and perhaps also his victory over the Austrian army in Italy...
Financiers cakes Tutorial
Financiers (formerly known as a visitandines) are small bite size almond cake which are flavored with a beurre noisette (...
Wine Clarification
After watching Stephane’s last video on how to make a beef consommé, I thought this week could be interesting to talk a bit about wine clarification. If you think about...
Beef Consommé with Deslignac Royales
The consommé is the evolution or shall I say transformation of freshly made broth (usually beef or chicken) into a clear soup that is actually called a consommé. Consommé in...
Wine serving temperature
Wine serving temperature Article By Allessandro Menegatti Last week we started talking about how to pair wine and food, but...
Classic Pot Au Feu Recipe
It is difficult to know when the name pot-au-feu first appeared and when its meaning changed to describe the dish...
Fish Filet With Dugléré Sauce
This classic French fish recipe was a creation of Adolphe Dugléré which was renowned French head chef working at the...
Wine and Food Pairing Guide
A Wine Pairing Guide I am sure that at a certain point in our lives, we have all been in...
Trout Meuniere (with toasted almonds)
The trout Meuniere with almond ( truite aux amandes) is a classic french recipe that uses the Meuniere style of cooking, where The fish is first coated in flour then...
How To Make & Use Court bouillon
The court- bouillon is a liquid used for short cooking, by poaching , of certain fish and crustaceans composed of salt water and pepper moistened with white wine or vinegar,...