Find traditional and classic food from France, that is easy to make. With the emphasis on “Easy”! No one has time for elaborate recipes that take 3 days to prepare. So here are the quick food recipes and French meal ideas, adapted for modern times.
If you are not sure where to start, I recommend starting here:
Bon appétit!
Côtes du Rhône wines are not the fanciest French wine on the block, but they do get around. A lovely glass of wine, while lounging around in the sunny south of France, what could be better!? On either side of…
The red and white wines of the Loire Valley may not be as famous as some of the other wine regions of France but that is not to say there is not some great wine in the region. The region…
As the famous saying goes, not all wines are created equal. When it comes to wine, France is a powerhouse. The French are amongst the most knowledgeable wine growerss in the world and they’ve been producing some of the world’s…
Along with Bordeaux, the big heavy hitter amongst famous French wines is the Bourgogne (aka Burgundy) region. If you are looking for fancy (and who isn't?), Burgundy wines can go toe-to-toe with the best wines in the world. Red wines…
With some of the most popular and famous wines in the world, French wines today are the world standard. And within that high standard, France's Bordeaux is a wine region to be reckoned with. And why are Bordeaux wines so…
Beaujolais wines, and in particular the Beaujolais Nouveau, are some of the most exported French wines in the world. Every November, you will see the signs from Paris to French bars in New York: the "Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé!" (meaning…
Over the centuries, it has been it has not been easy to be a winegrower in the Alsace region. Amongst the famous and most prestigious wines of France, there are not many that are from Alsace. This is not to…
When you think of luxury and prestige, it is usually accompanied by a glass of Champagne. The most famous of French wines (yes, it counts as a wine, of the sparkling variety), has many pretenders who try to emulate its…
If you have ever walked into a wine shop and been completely perplexed as to what to get, you are not alone. With hundreds of Bordeaux, Burgundies, and even many different types of champagne, picking a good wine bottle is…
There are over 1600 types of French cheeses, but never fear, we are not going to cover them all. I'm sure none of us want to read a 20-volume encyclopedia on cheese. So to pick the cream of the crop…
As the saying goes, "Paris is a moveable feast", and that is certainly the case when it comes to desserts. And all over France for that matter. There are so many wonderful French desserts, that it is impossible to catalog…
While the French are famous for their love of cheese, wine, and bread, they’re also renowned for their picnics. The word "picnic" comes from the French word: Pique-niqueFrench-English translation: Picnic The earliest usage of the word in print is in…
French waiters have a reputation for being rude, and one of those rites of passage of any visitor is ordering a cup of coffee in French, in Paris. Unless it is a venti at Starbucks, you are bound to be…
There is nothing scarier than looking at a French recipe book where you don't understand anything. Or worse, walking into a French restaurant and looking at the menu in bafflement. French cuisine may be much-vaunted but are you accidentally going…
If you are wondering what escargots are, it is a snail. Yes, we eat snails in France, and yes they are delicious. French cuisine has some odd things in there, like triperie (organ meats) and cuisses de grenouilles (fried frog legs,…
The French tradition of having loooong dinners means that you need a way to break up the meal. And thus was born the entrée, plat, dessert (starter, main, dessert). Eating slowly, gradually building up the flavors, and tantalizing the tastebuds,…
If you enjoy sushi and sashimi, you will love salmon tartare. Known as tartare au saumon, the French recipe is gluten-free starter that features the delicate taste of fresh wild salmon with very little accompaniments, similar to the Japanese sushi.…
Soupe à l'oignon is one of those French recipes that sounds intimidating and a bit wrong. Onion topped with cheese? In a soup? Rest assured those Michelin-starred French chefs are not crazy, French onion soup is a recipe that is…
If you are tired to cooking pasta for your family every night, you have come to right place. French food that your kids will eat (without complaining) may sound like a fantasy, but actually there are plenty of recipes that…
Nothing says sumptuous abundance like a French charcuterie board. Originating from the time when Old France was known as Gaul, charcuterie (pronounced "shar-ku-trie"), it comes from the French word chair (“flesh”) and cuit (“cooked”). Today the charcuterie board is a staple of the casual…