French Recipes

First White Peaches of the Season for Easy Peach Melba

white peaches

Peaches feel like summer so imagine our joy when we found some fragrant white peaches at a local store a few days ago.  And although they smelled like they were just picked from a… More »

Easy Creme Caramel Recipe

creme caramel

How about a crème caramel (crème caramel renversée) for dessert tonight?  We have an easy creme caramel recipe for you!  Closely related to the elegant crème brûlée, this down to earth creamy French dessert can be… More »

Cinco de Mayo Easy Guacamole

guacamole

Today, we are bringing some south of the border sunshine in the kitchen with an easy Cinco de Mayo guacamole.   Homemade guacamole is easy to make and perfect to accompany nachos, homemade tortilla… More »

Old fashion and Easy French Strawberry Dessert

strawberries

Strawberries are starting to look good and are becoming affordable. Check a favorite old fashion and oh so easy French strawberry dessert: Fraises au Vin (Macerated Strawberries in Wine).   All you will need… More »

Chicken & Goat Cheese Salade Composée

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Easy recipe for a quick salade composée (composed salad) and as always Art of the Home suggestions are included.  Enjoy and bon appétit! Goat Cheese & Chicken Salad in Sauce Vinaigrette  

Classic French Veal Stew (Ragoût de Veau)

Classic French Veal Stew

How about a veal stew for Sunday lunch this weekend?  A veal stew is a delicious Spring stew (not too heavy) that can be prepared in about 15 minutes and only needs to simmer… More »

French Recipe Journal: Mamie’s Candied Fruit Cake

French Desserts: Candied Fruit Cake

Mamie (Grandma) makes it, Papy (Grandpa) eats it!  What is it?   Grandma’s Candied Fruit Cake – the Cake aux Fruits Confits de Mamie, bien sûr (of course)!  Candied fruits are often associated with Christmas season in… More »

Turnip & Potato Soup (Potage de Navets-Pommes de Terre)

Root Soup

Our soupe du jour is a winter root soup — we are serving a turnip and potato soup (potage de navets-pommes de terre).  This root soup has a feel of winter and with its white… More »

French Menu du Jour: Comfort Food for the Weekend

French Dessert: Country Baked Apple

This week-end, let’s plan for a heart warming menu – we need it!  So today’s Menu du Jour brings us much comfort — perfect when it is so cold but also still reasonably healthy. Menu du… More »

Our Recipe Journal: Yogurt Cake (Gâteau au Yaourt)

French Dessert: Yogurt Cake

Today we are sharing a French dessert recipe from one of the Art of the Home recipe journals: Gâteau au Yaourt (Yogurt Cake).  Our cahiers de cuisine (recipe journals) are a compilation of family handwritten… More »

Potatoes Boulangere (Pommes de Terre à la Boulangère)

French Recipe: Potatoes Boulangere

Today, we’re featuring a rustic flavorful and healthy French side dish that goes very well with any white meat but also marries well with a good steak or lamb.   The potatoes boulangere side… More »

Staying In? A Parisian Bistro Valentine’s Day Menu for 2

Valentine's Day French Menu

If you decided to stay in for Valentine’s day, we have a Parisian bistro style menu for you that is delicious but that is easy enough that you can fully enjoy each other’s company… More »

Easy French Dessert: Banana Pound Cake

Banana pound cake

The quatre-quart is a classic French easy to make cake.  The idea and is that you use the same weight for the four (quatre) basic ingredients (eggs, flour, sugar, butter).  The recipe below is… More »

All about Crepes: Tip and Simple Crepe Recipe from Brittany

Crepes in France

February is the month for crepes so it’s all about crepes today as we are starting this new month.  We got 1 tip to keep your crepes warm as you are making them, a… More »

Art of the Home Readers: 10 Favorite Winter Vegetables

Parsnips

We asked the Art of the Home readers which vegetables they use the most in the winter.   What a variety Ladies!  Very impressive and inspirational as well to bring more vegetables in all… More »

Crepe Recipe for France’s Crepe Day Next Week

Creperie La Brigantine, Saint Malo, France

If you need a recipe to flip some crêpes on France’s Crepe Day (La Chandleur), we got one for you!  We just recovered from eating a few (too many) galettes des rois and now it’s… More »

Art of the Home Recipe Journal: Braised Cabbage

Recipe Journal Braised Cabbage

Today we are sharing a recipe from one of the Art of the Home recipe journals.  Our cahiers de cuisine (recipe journals) are a compilation of family handwritten recipes.  These recipes span 4 generations… More »

French Sweet Tarts: Almond Cream Pear Tart

Almond Pear Pie

We love pears in the winter!  Love them year-round really, but we enjoy them especially in the fall and winter when fruits are less bountiful.  Before eating them for dessert, we like to display… More »

French Classic Galette des Rois Recipe

Galette des Rois - Cake of the Kings

If you love delicious puff pastry almond cream cakes, France is the place to be in January.  That’s the month when no matter who you visit or when you visit, you are pretty sure… More »

Easy and Moist Salmon Quiche Loaf

Salmon Quiche Loaf - Pain de Saumon

Today, we are making a pain de saumon – a salmon quiche loaf.  Think of it as a crustless salmon quiche that you bake in a loaf pan – that’s it!  So easy to… More »