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a coffee shop (also used in French for "coffee"). café au lait. coffee with milk; or a light-brown color. In medicine, it is also used to describe a birthmark that is of a light-brown color (café au lait spot). calque. a copied term/thing. canard. ( canard means " duck " in French) an unfounded rumor or anecdote.
Culture of France. 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. In the 17th century, chefs François Pierre La ...
This list of English words with dual French and Old English variations lists various English words with redundant loanwords. After the Norman invasion of England in 1066 many of the more refined English ( Old English ) words describing finished products were replaced with words borrowed from Anglo-Norman (such as "beef," a prepared food).
A typical choucroute garnie. Baeckeoffe. Carpe frites. Choucroute garnie ( sauerkraut with sausages, salt pork and potatoes) Coq au Riesling (the local Alsace variant of coq au vin) Knack / Saucisse de Strasbourg. Kouglof (traditional brioche cake with almonds baked in a special bell shaped mould) Presskopf.
List of French cheeses. This is a list of French cheeses documenting the varieties of cheeses, a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms, which are found in France. In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle asked, "How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?" [1]
English words of French origin can also be distinguished from French words and expressions used by English speakers. Although French is derived mainly from Latin, which accounts for about 60% of English vocabulary either directly or via a Romance language, it includes words from Gaulish and Germanic languages, especially Old Frankish. Since ...
Allahabadi cake — the city of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, north India. Bandel cheese — the city of Bandel, West Bengal. Bombay duck — fish dish named after the city of Bombay. Chicken Chettinad — the region of Chettinad, Tamil Nadu. Hyderabadi Biryani — the city Hyderabad and erstwhile Hyderabad State.
A mountain bike trail designed for a single line of riders. Sit-on and Sit-in. To ride behind another rider without taking a turn on the front (thus tiring the lead rider), often in preparation for an attack or sprint finish. "Sitting in the wheels" is to take an easy ride drafted by the peloton or gruppetto.