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We are so excited to announce the launch of our brand new course “Get Started With French Cooking” . This course is the ultimate starting point if you ever wanted to learn french cooking, the way it is taught in French culinary schools. It is a course that has been...

Stephane

November 19, 2019

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Our New Online French Cooking School Is Now Open

Online Culinary school

A new breed of online French cooking school Access the school now We teach the art of French cuisine to the modern home cook Going out to a restaurant is great but the richest connections happen over a home cooked meal. But cooking for family and friends is intimidating and...

Stephane

November 16, 2019

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Quails with grapes in cognac sauce

Poultry dishes

When autumn arrives in France it’s all about forest produce; mushrooms, game meat, chestnuts and grapesa dn of course game meat such as quails. So, I thought I would celebrate this special time of year with a recipe that uses these seasonal foods. My very autumnal recipe this week is...

Stephane

October 26, 2019

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Cream of mushroom soup

Master mushroom cream soup making with this recipe. the cream soups in french cuisine are similar to veloute soup but use a light bechamel sauce as a base. Learning the fundamental technique of making cream soups will allow to experience with many other vegetables and make dozens of other cream...

Stephane

August 20, 2019

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Classic Escoffier French salad platter

Today we explore the several classic french dressings from the Escoffier culinary guide and recreate the classic a French salad platter using 3 of those base dressings. for this particular platter we will combine beetroots, celeriac, lettuce and tomatoes to create a delicious and colorful starter or side dish to...

Stephane

July 21, 2019

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Cervelle de canut

The cervelle de canut is a cheese specialty from Lyon (usually made by the cheese shops) made of fromage blanc en faisselle (similar to cottage cheese) mixed with creme fraiche and the addition of fresh herbs, garlic and shallots. To finish it off, it’s seasoned with salt, pepper, walnut oil...

Stephane

June 1, 2019

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How to make Poulet au vinaigre

Today we learn how to make the French bistro classic, poulet au vinaigre (creamy chicken in vinegar sauce). This is a classic recipe from city of Lyon which is known as the gastronomical capital of France. The dish consists of sauteed chicken cuts cooked in a sauce made with red...

Stephane

May 16, 2019

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How to make a garlic soup

This French garlic soup (velouté) is something you must try at least once in your life; it’s creamy, silky and flavorsome. Surprisingly, the garlic taste is not as strong as you would expect. On top of all this, it’s super healthy. According to some health pundits garlic soup is more...

Stephane

May 10, 2019

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Pan fried scallops with crème d’échalote (shallot cream sauce)

Seared scallops with crème d’échalote (shallot cream sauce) is a delicious and simple sauce. With a base of butter and cream blended with shallots, tarragon and wine reduction it’s very similar to beurre blanc. The crème d’échalote goes well with any white fish or, as shown in today’s recipe, with...

Stephane

May 3, 2019

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Mackerel escabeche

In this tutorial we learn how to make the warm marinade called escabèche and create a beautiful and tasty cold starter: Mackerel escabèche.This particular marinade is used to “cook” fish fillets and meats (although using meat with an escabeche marinade is not as common) using a wine and vinegar based...

Stephane

April 21, 2019

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Asparagus sauce Fleurette

In this recipe we will learn how to make a dish called Asperges sauce Fleurette (asparagus with a sauce Fleurette). This is one of the many derivative sauces based on a the mother sauce Hollandaise with the addition of cream to provide a silkier texture. In contrast to the Hollandaise,...

Stephane

April 18, 2019

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Tagliatelle sauce foie gras

Sauces & Stocks

In this video tutorial you will learn how to make an authentic sauce foie gras (foie gras sauce). This delicious sauce is built on a base of reduced brown chicken stock and flavored with port and Madeira wine along with cream. Once the sauce base has been reduced, foie gras...

Stephane

April 12, 2019

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Cookware essentials: what I found work best in my home kitchen

How to recipes

Cookware or more precisely pots and pans is always a difficult topic to treat and to know exactly what to buy for your kitchen can be even harder, especially when you are learning how to cook and want start to equip yourself with the best cookware. There are so many...

Stephane

January 27, 2019

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Dining Experience

Wine articles and food pairing guides

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 have travelled to France or Italy, I am sure you had a chance to eat in a restaurant and I...

Alessandro

December 26, 2018

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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 you will find most of the time in Creperies of you travel though France. However there is another type of...

Stephane

December 21, 2018

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Champagne and Sparkling Wine

Wine articles and food pairing guides

As promised this week we are going to cover a little more in depth the world of Champagne and sparkling wine. If you have not done it yet, I would highly recommend to read our Introduction to Champagne article, since it covers some of the basic knowledge useful to understand...

Alessandro

December 19, 2018

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Holiday Wine Guide

Wine articles and food pairing guides

It is finally that time of the year. The holidays are getting really close and I am sure that a lot of you are already shopping for gifts and stocking up for lunches and dinners of this last part of 2018. I know Stephane has already posted different interesting recipes...

Alessandro

December 12, 2018

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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 prepared in a centuries-old process of preservation that consists of salt curing a piece of meat (generally goose, duck, or pork) and then cooking it in its own fat. In...

Stephane

December 7, 2018

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Wine and Cheese

Wine articles and food pairing guides

Today we are talking about one of the most famous pairing that everyone loves: wine and cheese. Even without being an expert I am sure we all know and have tried how well they go together. It really is a match made in heaven. I am sure that the first...

Alessandro

December 5, 2018

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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 layer of creme Frangipane ( which is in fact an almond cream mixed with pastry cream) sandwiched between 2 layer...

Stephane

November 30, 2018

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