Thanks to ThePolskiBlog’s blogroll, I have today found a fantastic French food blog based in Austin, Texas of all places! Called The French Fork, it’s the blog-child of Laetitia Bertrand, a French native with a no-nonsense approach to French gastronomy. Because I can’t say it any better myself, here’s Laetitia’s blog profile:
Laetitia Bertrand was born in [...]
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Fantastic French Food – from a kitchen in Austin, Texas
Posted in French diet, French food, French products, French recipes, tagged French food, French cooking, Laetitia Bertrand, The French Fork, The Polski Blog, La Vache Qui Rit, Laughing cow cheese, Gratin Dauphinois, Potatoes dauphinoises, Potato recipes, Zucchini soup recipe, French kitchens, French recipes on October 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gesiers confits de canard du Sud-Ouest
Posted in French food, French recipes, French supermarkets, tagged French food, gesiers de canard, duck gizzards, recipes, French cooking, French salads, salads, light dinners, French supermarkets on August 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I may have mentioned here that I love duck. French duck. All parts of the duck, except maybe the beak and feet. To my utter horror, I recently found that I have been particularly enjoying duck gizzards, or gésiers de canard. Mon Dieu. Gizzards? Really? Luckily for me, instead of rushing to the nearest loo [...]
Une Salade Perigourdine
Posted in Dordogne, France, French Holidays, French food, French recipes, Restaurants - France, Travel, tagged Travel, French food, French restaurants, recipe, Salade Perigourdine, perigourdine salad, duck salad, magret de canard fume, smoked duck breast, Perigord, duck giblets, gesiers de canard, Toulouse, Wilson Square, salade terroir, Borough Market, Sauternes, fig chutney, French recipe on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ll never forget the day I first tried a Salade Périgourdine. Monsieur and I were in Toulouse on the way to a wedding in Lot. We had stopped for lunch at a terrace restaurant on Wilson Square and I was struggling to decide what to eat. In the end, I decided to try a the [...]
