Gastronomic
Pages
Enjoy!
("Bonne Appetit" in French)
Gastronomic products:
Foie gras (goose or duck liver based speciality)
Rillette of Le Mans
Chicken (Loué, Challand, Landes), ducks (Gers)
Smocked Salmon
Over 400 different cheeses
Salt of Guerandes
Oyster, lobster and other seafood
Wine (from September):
Bordeaux, Bourgogne, Champagne, Cotes du Rhône, Alsace, Valley of Loire river, Provence
Restaurants:
Cheap restaurants: more 200 cheap and good Parisian restaurants to discover! (costing less 15$- 100FF per person) Paris: click on the desired arrondissement (district)
1-2-3-4 - 5-6-7-8 - 9-10-11-12 - 13-14-15-16 - 17-18-19-20
Gastronomic restaurants (soon)
Understand a typical French menu (soon)
How to behave in a gastronomic restaurant? (soon)
French Cuisine:
Recipes to become very easily a genuine chief or a gourmet! (soon on this page)
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History:
the French Cuisine has been existing for 4 centuries. But at this period only the Rich could eat good products. The Renaissance has brought many new products from West Indies (Potato, Turkey…).Louis XIV (Roi Soleil) adored to eat good and much. In the Château of Versailles he used to eat 12 hour meal. It was the born of the Haute Cuisine. A good chef, Escoffier, was the author of the first recipe books known all over the worldAt the 19th century the reference cuisine was the Cuisine Bourgeoise. The dish was very rich in taste and fet.
Since the 70's, young and talented cooker have imagined new dish, with less fet and more fresh ingredients. At its beginning this cuisine was criticized because the plates were not really full and the clients were still hungry after eating: it is the Nouvelle Cuisine.
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