Cassoulet

3 November 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  7 minutes

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© JJ Georges/cc-by-sa-4.0

Cassoulet is a rich, slow-cooked stew originating in southern France. The food writer Elizabeth David described it as “that sumptuous amalgamation of haricot beans, sausage, pork, mutton and preserved goose, aromatically spiced with garlic and herbs”. It originated in the town of Castelnaudary in the Aude department in the Occitanie region. Variants of the dish are local to other towns and cities in the Aude.   read more…

Bouillons of Paris

24 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit, Paris / Île-de-France Reading Time:  < 1 minute

Bouillon Julien © G.Garitan/cc-by-sa-4.0

Bouillon Julien © G.Garitan/cc-by-sa-4.0

In France, a bouillon (French: bouillir, English: to boil) is a traditional (late 19th or early 20th century), spacious restaurant that usually serves traditional French cuisine, in particular a bouillon, which has provided the name for this class of restaurants.   read more…

Shepherd’s pie

20 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Acabashi/cc-by-sa-4.0

Shepherd’s pie, cottage pie, or in French cuisine hachis Parmentier, is a savoury dish of cooked minced meat topped with mashed potato and baked, also called Sanders or Saunders. The meat used may be either previously cooked or freshly minced. The usual meats are beef or lamb. The terms shepherd’s pie and cottage pie have been used interchangeably since they came into use in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, although some writers insist that a shepherd’s pie should contain lamb or mutton, and a cottage pie, beef.   read more…

Lapalisse in Auvergne

2 October 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

Château de la Palice © Sabrina bl/cc-by-sa-4.0

Château de la Palice © Sabrina bl/cc-by-sa-4.0

Lapalisse is a French commune with 3,137 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2021) in the Allier department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is part of the arrondissement of Vichy and the seat of the Pays de Lapalisse municipal association. The municipality is located on the Besbre, about 20 kilometers northeast of Vichy. The townscape is dominated by Lapalisse Castle.   read more…

Banyuls-sur-Mer in Occitania

26 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© flickr.com – Jorge Franganillo/cc-by-2.0

Banyuls-sur-Mer (Catalan: Banyuls de la Marenda) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. It was first settled by Greeks starting in 400 BCE. Banyuls-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La Côte Vermeille and in the arrondissement of Céret.   read more…

Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in Occitania

22 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  4 minutes

Roquefort-sur-Soulzon © Christophe.Finot/cc-by-sa-2.5

Roquefort-sur-Soulzon © Christophe.Finot/cc-by-sa-2.5

Roquefort-sur-Soulzon (Occitan: Ròcafòrt) is a commune in the Aveyron department, in the region of Occitania, southern France.   read more…

Villa Cavrois in Croix

4 September 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Architecture, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  11 minutes

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© flickr.com – Jean-Pierre Dalbéra/cc-by-2.0

Villa Cavrois in Croix is a large modernist mansion built in 1932 by French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for Paul Cavrois, an industrialist from Roubaix active in the textile industry.   read more…

La Grande-Motte in Southern France

31 August 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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© Jjoulie/cc-by-sa-3.0

La Grande-Motte (Occitan: La Mota Granda) is a commune in the Hérault département in Occitanie in southern France. It is a popular seaside resort and port near Montpellier, built in the 1960s and 1970s. La Grande-Motte is characterized by homogeneous architecture; many of the prominent buildings are pyramidal in form. With 2 million tourists per year it is one of the favorite resorts of the French.   read more…

Flammekueche

25 August 2024 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Rama/CeCill licence

Flammekueche (Alsatian), Flammkuchen (Standard German), or tarte flambée (French), is a speciality of the region of Alsace, German-speaking Moselle, Baden and the Palatinate. It is composed of bread dough rolled out very thinly in the shape of a rectangle or oval, which is covered with fromage blanc or crème fraîche, thinly sliced onions and lardons.   read more…

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