Articles tagged ‘French Food’
Most Expensive French Wines
By Jessica | June 23rd, 2008 |
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French cuisine and French wines are world-famous, there’s no denying it. And while most of us are quite content to order the house red in a Parisian cafe, knowing it’ll still be better than most bottles you could buy back home, some people have richer tastes. If you’re one of those people, and you’ve got [...]
Weirdest French Food
By Parisgirl | June 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Photo from Restaurant Moncourrier, Avenue Gambetta, Ussel/Correze)
French chefs are world famous for their mastery of sauces, desserts and their ingenious presentation, but French cooking can also offer up some surprising dishes that you may prefer to eat first and before learning the names of the animals and their organs. Here are just a [...]
French Cooking: Choucroute
By Parisgirl | March 13th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Choucroute Platter served at the Brussels Cafe, 71 Blvd. Exelmans, 75016
When it comes to ‘comfort food’, nothing does it better than ‘choucroute’ (pronounced ’shoo-croot’) or Alsatian saurkraut on a cold day in March. Accompanied with a crisp Riesling, this meal will make you completely forget the howling winds and pelting rain.
The region of [...]
Vive La Crepe!
By Parisgirl | February 21st, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Photo by Chris Card Fuller
Not only are crepes delicious, but for students in Paris (or Normandy and Brittany for that matter) going out to a creperie is an inexpensive change from normal student fare.
Depending on who’s making the crepes or galette ( a thin pancake made from Sarrazin flour similar to buckwheat) the [...]
Favorite Restaurant in Paris
By Parisgirl | December 6th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
You might discover that your favorite restaurant in Paris depends just as much on good memories as it does on good food. Depending on the occasion, I may have many ‘favorite picks’ but if you asked about my all-time favorite, it would have to be Chez Josselin on Rue Montparnasse – because of [...]
If you can’t stand the heat - get out of the kitchen
By Parisgirl | October 30th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
As I was cleaning up the dishes last night after a dinner for nine at Montparnasse, I wondered if the U. S. military should seriously begin studying French organizational skills in the kitchen.
“Technique! You lack technique,” Eric chided me. (you may remember, from a previous post, Eric and Lila who [...]
