Lautrec Pink garlic soup recipe
Pink garlic soup is a culinary gem hailing from the medieval walled village of Lautrec in the Tarn department, renowned for its garlic-based specialties
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Marché des Enfants Rouges – Marais
Marché des Enfants Rouges, the oldest covered market in Paris, is located in the Marais on the Rive Droite and was listed as a Historical Monument in 1982
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Galette des Rois’ origin and recipe
Galette des Rois, a traditional French pastry, consisting of puff pastry filled with frangipane, typically served on the Epiphany, which falls on the twelfth day of Christmas
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Yule Log – Bûche de Noël recipe
An easy and quick recipe for a traditional French Christmas Bûche de Noël or Yule Log based on a chocolate filled Swiss-roll
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Christmas cookies – quick and easy recipe
French Christmas cookies are baked from basic ingredients but get their unique flavour from a variety of spices including cinnamon, clove, aniseed, ginger
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Chocolate truffles recipe for Christmas
An easy-peasy recipe for home-made delicious and traditional chocolate truffles French prepare for their Christmas and New Year celebrations
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Pounti – Traditional Recipe from Cantal
Pounti, a traditional sucre-sale dish from Cantal and Aveyron in Southern Auvergne, prepared with mincemeat, chard leaves, flour, eggs, milk and prunes
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Châtaigneraie region in Cantal
The southwest of the department of Cantal is known as La Châtaigneraie, a region of rolling hills traditionally dedicated to the culture of chestnut trees
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Pastilles de Vichy – Lozenges
Pastilles de Vichy, white octagonal lozenges produced from the mineral waters of the spa town of Vichy in Auvergne and known for their digestive properties
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Vichy-Célestins mineral water source
Vichy-Célestins is a naturally carbonated mineral water that springs in the park of the former Couvent des Célestins in the spa town of Vichy in Auvergne
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Hôtel de la Païva – Champs-Elysées Avenue
The Italian Renaissance Hotel de la Païva was built in the 1850s along the Champs-Elysées by Esther Lachmann, one the most prominent courtesans of Paris
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Café de Flore in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The Café de Flore in Saint-Germain-des-Prés has attracted the Parisian intelligentsia since its opening in 1887
