The cooking traditions of France, formally codified into technique and repertoire by chefs including Marie-Antoine Careme in the early 19th century and Auguste Escoffier at the century's end, whose systematization still underlies professional Western kitchen training. Regional traditions remain distinct beneath that codification: Provence cooking leans on olive oil, herbs and tomato; Normandy on butter, cream and apples; Burgundy and the Rhone on wine-based sauces and slow-braised meats. UNESCO added the gastronomic meal of the French to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2010.
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Signature TechniqueThe five mother sauces codified by Escoffier, slow braising, and laminated pastry doughs such as croissant dough are hallmark techniques. 1 Origin RegionFrance, drawing on regional traditions such as Burgundy, Provence and Normandy, consolidated into a codified national cuisine from the 17th through 19th centuries. 2 Connections
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Aristocratic Russian cuisine imitated French court cooking from the eighteenth century, and French chefs working in Russia, Marie Antoine Careme among them, introduced fine mincing, sauces and course sequencing.
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1. On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Harold McGee, Scribner, 2004technique discussion: sauces and pastry lamination
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Oxford Companion to Food
Alan Davidson, Oxford University Press, 2014entry: France
Larousse Gastronomique
Hamlyn, 2009- Features Dish: Coq au Vin
- Features Dish: Croissant
- Uses Ingredient: Wheat, entry: Wheat
- Uses Ingredient: Garlic, entry: Garlic
A Taste of Vietnam, from Hearty Sour Broths to Fragrantly Spiced Street Food (National Geographic)
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French cuisine
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chicken, fish and game variants are recognised in French cuisine
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Cassoulet (, also UK: ,US: ; French: [kasulɛ] ; Occitan: Cassolada) is a rich stew originating in southern France.
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Bouillabaisse ( BOO-yə-BESS, US also -BAYSS, French: [bujabɛ(ː)s] ; Provençal: bolhabaissa [ˌbuʎaˈβajsɔ, ˌbujaˈbajsɔ]) is a traditional Provençal fish soup originating in the port city of Marseille.
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Bisque or bisk (French pronunciation: [bisk] ; Occitan: Bisca) is a smooth, creamy, highly seasoned soup of French origin, classically based on a strained broth (coulis) of crustaceans.
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Lobster Thermidor is a French dish of lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed into a lobster shell and browned.
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Similar dishes exist in most other parts of the world, and in French cuisine the term usually applies to a mixture of meat and vegetables (particularly cabbage and potatoes) cooked in stock and served as a single course.
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A bombe glacée, or simply a bombe, is a French ice cream dessert frozen in a spherical mould so as to resemble a cannonball, hence the name ice cream bomb.
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A croquette (; French: [kʁɔkɛt]; Spanish: croqueta) is a deep-fried roll originating in French cuisine and most extended in Spanish cuisine consisting of a thick binder combined with a filling, which is then breaded.
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Salade niçoise (French pronunciation: [salad niswaz]; Occitan: salada niçarda, pronounced [saˈlaðo niˈsaɾðo], or salada nissarda in the Niçard dialect) is a salad that originated in the French city of Nice.
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The pan bagnat (pronounced [pɑ̃ baˈɲa]) (pan bagna, and alternatively in French as pain bagnat) is a sandwich that is a specialty of Nice, France.
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Beef bourguignon () or bœuf bourguignon (UK: , US: ; French: [bœf buʁɡiɲɔ̃]), is a French stew of beef braised in red wine, often red Burgundy, and beef stock, typically flavored with carrots, onions, garlic, and a bouquet garni, and garnished with pearl onions and mushrooms. "Bourguignon" is, since the mid-nineteenth century, a culinary term applied to various dishes prepared
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Café liégeois is a French cold dessert made from lightly sweetened coffee, coffee-flavoured ice cream and Chantilly cream.
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In French cuisine, galantine (French: [galɑ̃tin]) is a dish of boned, stuffed meat, most commonly poultry or fish, that is usually poached and served cold, often coated with aspic.
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Oeufs en meurette is a traditional dish from Burgundian cuisine based on poached eggs and meurette sauce or bourguignon sauce.
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A galette-saucisse (Breton: kaletez gant silzig) is a type of French street food item consisting of a hot sausage, traditionally grilled, wrapped in a buckwheat crepe called galette de sarrasin or Breton galette.
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Oeuf mayonnaise, sometimes shortened to oeuf mayo, is a simple French egg dish.
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Garbure (French pronunciation: [ɡaʁbyʁ]; Occitan: [ɡarˈbyɾe]) is a savoury French dish, described either as a soup or a stew.
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Baeckeoffe (English: "baker’s oven") is a casserole dish that is typical in the French region of Alsace, situated on the border with Germany.
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Cotriade (Kaoteriad in Breton) is a fish stew specialty from the French region of Brittany that is made with different kinds of fish as well as potatoes, onions, and garlic.
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Beignet ( BEN-yay, also US: bayn-YAY, ben-YAY; French: [bɛɲɛ]; lit. 'bump') is a deep-fried pastry of French origin.
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It is a part of some cuisines in the world, such as American, Colombian, Mexican, Swiss, French, and Tibetan cuisines
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Cheese and wine are a major part of the cuisine.
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Cheese and wine are a major part of the cuisine.
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France
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France
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France
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Belgium, France, Netherlands
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