Mille Feuille Crepe Cake or 20-Layer Crepe Cake What is a Mille Feuille Crepe Cake or 20-Layer Crepe Cake?  It is a decadent and elegant classic French no-bake cake consisting … Continued

The Revival of the “Green Fairy” Are you familiar with Absinthe – the “Green Fairy”?  A now legalized liquor that has long been rumored to cause madness.  No other drink has … Continued

Arpege Eggs are an amuse bouche, a palate pleaser, and/or an appetizer that is sure to please you and your guests.  It is a surprising mixture of egg, cream, sherry vinegar, and … Continued

This Authentic French bread recipe is probably the easiest bread recipe to make.  French bread is so simple and so good!  Give it a try. Your homemade French Bread may … Continued

This Baked Truffled Brie En Croute Recipe makes a beautiful and delicious appetizer to serve at your next get together with family and friends.  Brie en Croute is French for … Continued

  In France, Bechamel Sauce (bay-shah-mel) is one of the four basic sauces called “meres” or “mother sauces” from which all other sauces derive.  Bechamel Sauce is also know as … Continued

Beef Burgundy Stew, also know as Boeuf Bourguignon, is a traditional beef stew recipe served in the Burgundy area of France.  This delightful stew is considered a classic French comfort … Continued

Lyonnaise-Style Onion Soup – Soupe l’Oignon   French Onion Soup is one of my favorite winter treats –  to be honest, I can thoroughly enjoy this soup any time of the … Continued

This is an easy-to-make Blackberry Clafouti dessert using fruit suspended in a batter similar to that used for crepes.  If desired, you could substitute a pound of pitted plums, peaches, … Continued

This Brioche Bread, Braided Egg Bread, is a delicious French egg bread that will remind you more of a pastry.  Especially great for making French toast.  Broiche Bread is a … Continued

Brown Butter Madeleine cookies are also known as a French butter cake.  The special baking pan, with their scallop shell shape, gives these cookies the distinctive scalloped shell shape.  These … Continued

Burgundy Salad with Poached Egg Recipe is a classic French salad from Burgundy, France.  This is a perfect lunch salad or served as an appetizer.  Everyone you serve this delightful … Continued

Pommes Eclatees a la Vanille Burst Vanilla Apples is a dessert where the apple quarters swell and begin to collapse and then explode by some inner force.  This apple dish is … Continued

Questions and Answers – Calvados (French Apple Brandy)   Question: I am making a caramelized apple dessert.  The sauce that will be boiled and poured over the top consists of … Continued

Cauliflower Gratin with Gruyere and Hazelnuts recipe is so very easy and simple to make.  It is another of my many favorite cauliflower recipes in my personal recipe files – it … Continued