How To Cook Perfect Fried Eggs  This technique for perfect fried eggs has been adapted from the ultra-meticulous French chef Fernand Point (1897-1955).  His approach involves very gently and slowly cooking … Continued

  When properly made, the Perfect Hollandaise Sauce is light, billowy, lemony, and rich with butter and eggs.   Making Perfect Hollandaise Sauce uses butter and egg yolks as a … Continued

  This wonderful Provencal Orange and Honey Fruit Salad would make an outstanding first course for your dinner party. It is really more of a technique than an actual recipe, … Continued

During fresh raspberry season, this Raspberry Creme Brulee recipe is a big hit with my family and friends!   This is a very simple and elegant creme brulee that is … Continued

  Ratatouille (pronounced rat-uh-TOO-ee) is a very healthy and low fat summer vegetable stew.  It is a great way to use up the abundant roundup of fresh summer vegetables from … Continued

    Salade De Menthe is very light, delicious, and refreshing summer salad using fresh mint leaves and Bibb lettuce.  Adding fresh mint leaves to salads makes the salad more … Continued

Salmon Rillettes, also know as Rillettes aux Deux Saumons, are a perfect make-ahead classic French dish to serve as an appetizer or a first course before dinner.  The combination of … Continued

Pasta Risotto – Absorption Method to Cook Pasta   This is an unusual method for cooking spaghetti.  To make this dish, the pasta is broken up in bits and is put … Continued

Strawberries Pernod Recipe is an extremely simple and delicious boozy strawberry dessert!   Especially great for your summer dinner party – could be used as a first course or even served … Continued

Alsatian Bacon and Onion Pizza Tarte Flambee is to the Northern region of France what pizza is to southern Italy.  Known as flammekueche in Alsatian and flammkuchen in German, Tarte … Continued

  Photo from Grand Hotel du Lion d’O   Tarte Tatin (tart tah-TAN) – A famous French upside-down apple tart (actually a sweet upside-down cake) made by covering the bottom … Continued

  Truffled Mashed Potatoes are pure perfection and so elegant to serve!  In France, holiday time means it is truffle time.  As far as I know, there is no better … Continued

  Viennese Chocolate Sable or Sabl au Chocolat cookies are a classic French cookie originating in Normandy.  The word Sable is French for “sand,” which refers to the sandy crumbly texture … Continued