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| Duck a L'Orange Recipe
French cuisine made its debut in America thanks in part to this famous duck a l'orange recipe for seared duck breast glazed with sweet orange sauce. This sophisticated dish is a wonderful addition to party menus and romantic dinners. The easy sauce can be prepared ahead of time and the duck seared right before serving. Bon appetit! For my personal kitchen and garden adventures, follow me on Twitter. Duck a L'Orange Photo: ©Jay Tong Duck a L'Orange Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 13:03:57. Permalink | Comment | Email this Healthy Ratatouille Recipe  This traditional vegetable stew originated as a poor man's dish in Nice, France. This version lightly caramelizes the onions and peppers before adding them to the rest of the dish, giving it a fantastic complex flavor without much additional effort. What a wonderful way to make a wholesome dish for the new year! Bon appetit! Ratatouille Photo: ©Kok Robin Healthy Ratatouille Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 10:50:10. Permalink | Comment | Email this Coquilles Saint-Jacques Recipe  This Coquilles Saint-Jacques recipe is traditionally served on little scallop shells, but ovenproof ramekins are a great substitution. It features scallops and mushrooms, sautéed in butter with seasonings, and then made even richer with a Gruyere and breadcumb topping. Coquilles Saint-Jacques is most often eaten as a first course, or appetizer, but can be used as a delicious seafood entrée. Who can resist a bubbling hot, individual casserole covered in cheese and bread crumbs? Bon appetit! Scallop Shells for Coquilles Saint-Jacques Photo: Rick Joshua Coquilles Saint-Jacques Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 09:56:00. Permalink | Comment | Email this Basic Crepes Recipe  Crepes can be enjoyed all day long, but the wheat version is traditionally served after dinner as a dessert in France. Spread with a tablespoon of strawberry preserves, a dollop of chocolate cream, and a dusting of confectioners' sugar, a crepe is a sublime experience. They are the ultimate versatile dessert, fully adaptable to your custom menu.Serve caramelized apple crepes with a sprinkle of toasted walnuts and cinnamon with an autumn chicken dinner. An elegant dinner party would be perfectly accented with mocha cream and almond crepes. If you're having trouble introducing your children to new foods, try making familiar peanut butter and jelly crepes. From whimsical to classic, there are endless combinations in crepe recipes. Learning how to make great crepes is the most important part of the equation; after that everything is pure inspiration. Photo: ©Rebecca Franklin, Licensed to About.com Basic Crepes Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 at 11:39:54. Permalink | Comment | Email this Truffle Fries Recipe  Truffled French fries have become something of a controversy on foodie forums, igniting debates over flavor and if they live up to the culinary hype. The trick to making savory, earthy - and inexpensive - truffled fries, as featured in this easy truffle fries recipe, is to use premium quality truffle oil. Serve them with a bit of aioli on the side, for dipping. Bon appetit! Truffle Fries Photo: ©Flickr user Gudlyf Truffle Fries Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Monday, August 2nd, 2010 at 21:17:34. Permalink | Comment | Email this Empress Rice Pudding
This easy empress rice pudding recipe is the quick and simple version of the dessert named after Empress Eugenie. Flavored with kirsch and candied cherries, this creamy rice pudding has two special additions that add richness to the finished dish: whipped cream and custard. Bon appetit! For my personal kitchen and garden adventures, follow me on Twitter. Empress Rice Pudding Photo: Flickr user www.WorthTheWhisk.com Empress Rice Pudding originally appeared on About.com French Food on Monday, August 9th, 2010 at 14:02:42. Permalink | Comment | Email this Increased Web Site Traffic |
| Seasons in the sun-Le Moribond I'm following Steve's post about Terry Jacks and Nirvana very own versions of Seasons in the sun, which is originally titled Le Moribond and written by Jacques Brel, a Francophone (Belgium) singer, songwriter, poet, actor, etc, who influenced so many other artists like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and so on... To this day, there are not much artists that have this amazing theatrical side of them, sarcasim, writing skills, voice and all of this combine with elegance, drama, and to put it blunlty, BALLS... This is such a poignant song, and I remember growing up thinking how heavy it was... My wildest dream would have been to see Jacques performing Don Quixote on stage... He died way too early, leaving us with a nostalgic taste in our mouth... It's amazing the legacy he leaves behind him... (as well as Georges Brassens and others...). I feel we are all children of Jacques Brel... At least there are some footages and movies where we can really appreciate his talent. For instance he was great in My uncle Benjamin. Adieu Jacques, on t'aimait bien... Jacques Prevert On this day, in 1977, Jacques Prevert (poet, writer, screenwriter, actor, composer) left us. Anniversaire de la mort de Jacques Prevert. He wrote Les feuilles mortes/The Autumn Leaves (music by Joseph Kosma) Wrote screenplays for movies like Quai des brumes/Port of shadows and les Visiteurs du soirs/the Devil's enjoys, les enfants du paradis/Children of paradise (Director Marcel Carne, I had the privilege to meet once) A treasure, merci Jacques ! Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery Long name for a special man... Today is the 60th anniversary of the Little Prince (le Petit Prince), one of Antoine's famous novel. 60 years... You cannot think about "St Ex" and not wonder... Poet, writer, explorator, aviator, etc etc... Many lives in one body... Bon anniversaire petit Prince...You only see rightly with the heart, what matters is invisible to the eyes. the Santa Cruz band! The Santa Cruz band... Is not from Santa Cruz, not even from California, no no, not even from...the US!!!!!! They are from ... ... ... FRANCE!!! from Rennes! Yep, great americana French band! Oh man, I just discovered them on CdBaby!!! J'accuse, I accuse and the Dreyfus affair A hundred years ago, in 1906, Alfred Dreyfus was finally exonerated of the charges against him for espionage, and readmitted into the army, after his ordeal on Devil's island's prison where he was sentenced to life... Emile Zola is going to risk his career by writing J'accuse, an open letter to then France's President Felix Faure, accusing the French government of anti-semitism in the Paris daily newspaper L'aurore (the Dawn). Thank you to France Culture and the program Repliques for the enlightment. Note that actor Richard Dreyfus is said to be one of Alfred's descendant... Update: Interesting found on Liberation.fr There is currently an exhibition about the Dreyfus affair at the Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme in Paris. Aurevoir Gerard Oury French filmaker Gerard Oury dies... Merci for the good laughs! He leaves Michele Morgan and Daniele Thompson (great writer)... (I've got to say, it's so hard to come up with anything and feeling is it important considering what's happening in the middle east right now...I guess the show must go on but man, it's so hard...)... Increase Search Engine Traffic |
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