French Cuisine

25 March 2020

French cuisine is considered to be the backbone of cooking for many in the Western Hemisphere.   The French eat seasonal, locally sourced food and rely heavily on the terroir (the land) as I’ve talked about in my previous blogs on charcuteries, cheese and wine.  French food has also developed extensively over the past 500 years,…

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Hunting for Wild Mushrooms

15 November 2019

Wild mushrooms, otherwise known in French as champignon sauvages have been collected for well over 10,000 years in Europe.   One of many splendid things about France is the abundance of mushrooms in the wild.  Autumn is the best season to pick mushrooms but you can find various types of mushrooms any time between April and…

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