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Conversation tart. A conversation tart (French: tarte conversation) is a type of tart made with puff pastry that is filled with frangipane cream and topped with royal icing. [1] The recipe was created in the late 18th century to celebrate the publication of les Conversations d'Émilie by Louise d'Épinay. [2][3][4]
Le Meilleur Pâtissier (The Best Pastry Chef) is a French culinary reality show broadcast on M6 since 2012 and in Belgium on RTL-TVI 1. Adapted from the British show The Great British Bake Off, it is hosted by Marie Portolano. The jury consists of chef Cyril Lignac and culinary blogger Jacqueline Mercorelli, better known by her stage name ...
Mercotte. Jacqueline Mercorelli (née Pin), commonly known by her stage name Mercotte, is a French food critic, blogger, TV presenter and gastronome. She was born in 1942 in Aix-les-Bains. She has become famous through her participation as a judge in the television baking competition Le Meilleur pâtissier, a French adaptation of The Great ...
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille des Plaines d'Abraham, Première bataille de Québec), was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War (referred to as the French and Indian War to describe the North American theatre). The battle, which began on 13 September 1759, was fought on a plateau by ...
A vol-au-vent (pronounced [vɔlovɑ̃], French for "windblown", to describe its lightness) is a small hollow case of puff pastry. It was formerly also called a patty case. [1] How to make vol-au-vents. A vol-au-vent is typically made by cutting two circles in rolled out puff pastry, cutting a hole in one of them, then stacking the ring-shaped ...
Conticini was born on 16 August 1963 in Choisy-le-Roi (Val-de-Marne). He spent his childhood in his parents' kitchens at the Restaurant du Rocher in Vitry (Val-de-Marne), then at the Michelin-starred Restaurant du Parc in Villemomble (Seine-Saint-Denis). His apprenticeship began in 1980 at Alain Dutournier's double Michelin starred Trou Gascon ...
Occupation (s) Chef and author. Marie-Antoine Carême (French: [maʁi ɑ̃twan kaʁɛm]; 8 June 1783 or 1784 [n 1] – 12 January 1833), known as Antonin Carême, was a leading French chef of the early 19th century. Carême was born in Paris to a poor family and, when still a child, worked in a cheap restaurant. Later he became an apprentice to ...
The Plains of Abraham (French: Plaines d'Abraham) is a historic area within the Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.It was established on 17 March 1908. The land is the site of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, which took place on 13 September 1759, but hundreds of acres of the fields became used for grazing, housing, and minor industrial structures. [2]