French Cuisine

Since the sixteenth century, French cooking has been celebrated as the Western world’s finest. French cuisine features meats and fish prepared with sauces containing cream, egg yolks, sugar, brandy, flour and other starches.

Today’s emphasis on diet and health has produced a new style of French cooking – Nouvelle cuisine featuring lighter, subtler tastes and the best and freshest raw ingredients.

Did you know…

• Common on French menus, dishes prepared à la provençale are made with tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, onions, herbs and sometimes eggplant, while dishes made à la niçoise are similar but also include olives, capers, anchovies and tarragon.
• Bon Femme describes traditional or “homey” dishes garnished with small onions, bacon, and potato.

• Duck Breast with Muscadine Juice and Goat Cheese Polenta