French Cuisine French Cuisine
French CuisineFrench Cuisine
The standard for all other cuisines…
Auguste Escoffier1846-1935 Julia Child
1912-2004
Catherine de Medici1500s
Foundations of French Cooking
Sauces – Hollandaise, Béchamel, Veloute, demi glaze
French Seasonings
Appetizers and Soups
Frog legs Poultry
Roast Lamb
Seafood
Vegetables and Salads
Salade Nicoise
Breads and Baked Goods
Regional Nature of French CuisineNormandy
Brittany
Aquitaine
Languedoc-Roussillon
Provence
Burgundy
Rhone-Alpes
Alsace
Lorraine
French Meals
Le petit dejeuner
Breakfast- usually a light meal with bread and café au lait
Le dejeuner
the midday meal- typically the main meal of the day