French Cuisine News

Yesterday, to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the French Culinary Institute rounded up some legends of the field and poised a provocative but not unfamiliar question.

Cliff Young, a legend in the Denver restaurant business, returns from France to open C Y Steak.

French chef Pierre Gagnaire is noted for his specialty in inventing creative modern French cuisine with local ingredients.

"In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Alfred Tennyson penned that line at the tender age of 26.

Loomis in front of her house with a dish of rabbit stew. She says that she simply wants people to enjoy cooking.

Two legendary outposts - Chanterelle , which put TriBeCa on the map, and Caf des Artistes , one of the city's more romantic and enduring destinations - closed.

In France, the third Thursday in November is always cause for celebration. That's when the government allows the release of the fruity Beaujolais nouveau, a fresh, lightly fermented wine made from gamay grapes picked just weeks earlier.

Ever since I saw the movie "Julie and Julia" I've had a craving for classic French cuisine.

Transcript I Know How to Cook By Ginette Mathiot, translated by Clotilde Dusoulier Hardcover, 976 pages Phaidon Press, Incorporated List Price: $45 First published in France in 1932, Ginette Mathiot's Je Sais Cuisiner , or I Know How to Cook , presented 1,900 recipes written with the novice cook in mind.

LM Le Restaurant opened earlier this month in Lincoln Square. Named after Luc and Mary, the children of husband-and-wife co-owners Stephan and Nicole Outrequin Quassier, the venue offers contemporary French cuisine.

29, 2009, at 7:48 pm For this week's Young & Hungry column , I spent part of the afternoon with FranA ois Haeringer , the 90-year-old owner and founding chef of L'Auberge Chez Fran A ois , the French country restaurant in Great Falls that can trace its roots back to 1954 in downtown D.C. In reporting the story, I spoke with Mark Furstenberg , the ...

Think of "fine French cuisine" and you imagine pressed linen tablecloths, a lineup of wine glasses, tuxedoed waiters ferrying trays of oysters or silver-domed serving dishes.

Alain Ducasse, the famous chef behind some of the world's top French restaurants, on Monday accused media of falsely peddling the perception that French cuisine has been left behind by other, newer offerings.

Published Oct. 25, 2009 at 5:13 a.m. Tags: best french , coquette cafe , lake park bistro , la reve The votes are in, and the winners have been selected for OnMilwaukee's Best Dining 2009.

A FRENCH food market is returning to Alresford town centre tomorrow. Le Marche de France will be selling an enormous selection of French cheeses, sausages, croissants, patisseries and bread will be baked on site.

If it's Ratatouille you crave for, or a serving of hot Enchiladas this weekend, these two out-of-home entrepreneurs will fulfill your every wish Parsee Cordon Bleu chef sells French fantasies Fresh out of Paris' accomplished culinary school, Niloufer Mistry started catering out of her Napeansea Road home when she was just 21, because she was sure ...

SINCE 1973, Le Chateau has been a popular place to celebrate a special occasion, from an anniversary dinner for two to a wedding feast for 200.

Get a taste of la vie franaise in a chambres d'htes . Anna Goldrein offers her pick of the best How do French people really live? Satisfy your curiosity by checking in to a chambres d'htes, where you can chat over early-morning croissants with your hosts - artists, farmers or even princes and princesses - and get inside information on your ...

The new edition of the Larousse Gastronomique is full of the latest ingredients to have found flavour in France Epicures, it is time to reinforce the bookshelves.

Edison Park has added a new type of cuisine to its already-diverse selection of restaurants, according to a news release.