Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (UK: / p ɑːr ˈ m ɛ n t i eɪ,-ˈ m ɒ n t-/, US: / ˌ p ɑːr m ə n ˈ t j eɪ /, [1] French: [ɑ̃twan oɡystɛ̃ paʁmɑ̃tje]; 12 August 1737 – 13 December 1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.
In modern times potatoes have grown in popularity due to their versatility and ability to be used for many different dishes of food. Today the potato is the fifth most important crop worldwide, after wheat, corn, rice and sugar cane. www.smithsonianmag.com /history /how-the-potato-changed-the-world-108470605 / [59]
The potato, first discovered among the Incas in present-day Peru by the Spanish conquistadors around 1537, probably arrived in France towards the end of the 16th century. . The first mention of its cultivation in France comes from the agronomist Olivier de Serres in his Théâtre d'Agriculture et mesnage des champs, which describes its cultivation and gives it as originating in Switzerland
The potato slices puff up into little pillows during the second frying and turn golden brown. Pommes soufflées were, according to a famous legend, discovered by chance on 24 August 1837, when Queen Marie-Amélie and other notables were delayed in their arrival for a meal at the Pavillon Henri IV [ fr ] in Yvelines after inaugurating the first ...
Thomas Jefferson had "potatoes served in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802. [23] [24] The expression "french fried potatoes" first occurred in print in English in the 1856 work Cookery for Maids of All Work by Eliza Warren: "French Fried Potatoes. – Cut new potatoes in thin slices, put them in boiling fat, and a little salt ...
Vichyssoise (/ ˌ v ɪ ʃ i ˈ s w ɑː z / VISH-ee-SWAHZ, French: ⓘ) is a soup made of cooked and puréed leeks, potatoes, onions and cream. It is served chilled and garnished with chopped chives. It was invented in the first quarter of the 20th century by Louis Diat, a French-born cook working as head chef of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York.
As part of a new marketing campaign with MythBusters co-host Grant Imahara, McDonald's released the latest video revealing how its French fries are made. What's the verdict? Yes, you are eating ...
The culinary term à la lyonnaise – in the style of Lyon – which is applied to numerous French dishes, generally means that onions are a key part of the recipe. [1] Potatoes à la lyonnaise are sautéed and served with fried onions. All five recipes mentioned below, dating from 1806 to 1970, call for the potatoes to be boiled, peeled and ...