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The Nord-Pas-de-Calais cuisine is a French regional cuisine, whose specialties are largely inherited from the county of Flanders. The region has always been at an intersection of Europe, and traces of its history can be found in its specialties, such as the English influence on the Côte d'Opale , or dishes of Polish origin in the mining basin .
The pastry, round, i.e. wheel-shaped, was created in 1910 by Louis Durand, pâtissier of Maisons-Laffitte, at the request of Pierre Giffard, to commemorate the 1,200 km (750 mi) Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race he had initiated in 1891. [1]
The culture of Nord-Pas-de-Calais is a component of French culture where multiple influences intertwine. The region has always been a crossroads of Europe, experiencing a great mix of population due to the various wars it has endured and the immigration it has attracted.
A nouvelle cuisine presentation French haute cuisine presentation French wines are usually made to accompany French cuisine. French cuisine is the cooking traditions and practices from France . In the 14th century, Guillaume Tirel , a court chef known as "Taillevent", wrote Le Viandier , one of the earliest recipe collections of medieval France .
Café du Tambourin; Café Procope – has been referred to as the oldest restaurant of Paris in continuous operation [14] Café Terminus; Les Deux Magots; Le Bal Café; Le Dôme Café – beginning in the 1900s, it was renowned as an intellectual gathering place. Widely known as "the Anglo-American café."
La Varenne was the foremost member of a group of French chefs, writing for a professional audience, who codified French cuisine in the age of King Louis XIV.The others were Nicolas Bonnefon, Le Jardinier françois (1651) and Les Délices de la campagne (1654), and François Massialot, Le Cuisinier royal et bourgeois (1691), which was still being edited and modernised in the mid-18th century.
Armentières (French pronunciation: [aʁmɑ̃tjɛʁ]; West Flemish: Armentiers, Picard: Armintîre) is a commune in the Nord department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is part of the Métropole Européenne de Lille. [3] The motto of the town is Pauvre mais fière (Poor but proud).
Nizier du Puitspelu, Le Littré de la Grand'Côte, éditions Jean Honoré, 1980 Anne-Marie Gauthier, Recueil de la gastronomie lyonnaise, 80 recettes simples , éditions S.A.E.P., 1982, ISBN 2737221110