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The cuisine of New Caledonia includes local Kanak, Melanesian, and traditional French cooking styles. [39] A notable local dish is bougna which is a stew composed of starches, taros, sweet potatoes, poingo bananas, yams, and is accompanied by local meat and cooked in coconut milk. [40] Seafood is also common including fish and lobster. [41]
Gratin dauphinois (a traditional regional French dish based on potatoes and crème fraîche) Quenelle (flour, butter, eggs, milk and fish, traditionally pike, mixed and poached) Raclette (the cheese is melted and served with potatoes, ham and often dried beef) Soupe à l'oignon (onion soup based on meat stock, often served gratinéed with ...
A living tradition, such as cooking, is always subject to variation and re-creation. For example, in his memoirs, the late Pierre Franey, former chef at Le Pavillon and long-time New York Times columnist, vividly recalled his trepidation when as a teenaged apprentice chef, he was ordered to prepare a simple "omelette aux fines herbes—three eggs, chervil, parsley, tarragon, chives—the first ...
Traditional French culture places a high priority on the enjoyment of food. [33] French cuisine was codified in the 20th century by Georges Auguste Escoffier to become the modern version of haute cuisine. Escoffier's major work, however, left out much of the regional character to be found in the provinces of France.
Lyonnaise cuisine refers to cooking traditions and practices centering on the area around the French city of Lyon [1] and historical Lyonnais culinary traditions. In the 16th century, Catherine de Medici brought cooks from Florence to her court and they prepared dishes from agricultural products from many regions of France. This was ...
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both from France, and Julia Child, from the United States. [1] The book was written for the American market and published by Knopf in 1961 (Volume 1) and 1970 (Volume 2).
Menu innovation. McDonald’s introduces an average of 10 new items in each European market every year—just a tip of the iceberg, Kenward said, compared to the elaborate set of items it tests.
Haute Cuisine: How the French Invented the Culinary Profession By Amy B. Trubek, University of Pennsylvania Press (December 2000), ISBN 978-0-8122-1776-6; Food culture in France By Julia Abramson, Greenwood Press (November 2006), ISBN 978-0-313-32797-1; Patrick Rambourg, Histoire de la cuisine et de la gastronomie françaises, Paris, Ed. Perrin ...