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NEWS ABOUT: French cooking

French cooking stories: 10 news summaries

Now In Child's Old Kitchen, No Meat—or Butter!

Vegetarian occupants hope chef 'is not rolling over in her grave'

Sep 1, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - The sacrilege! Not only has the kitchen in Julia Child’s former Cambridge home—familiar to millions of devotees of her show—been renovated to within an inch of its life, the Boston Globe reports, its new owners have hung a picture of a cow with the caption: “... More »

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French cooking • cooking • vegetarianism • vegan • cookbooks • kitchen • Julia Child • Cambridge, Mass. • Lisa Landsverk

 Cafés Squeezed as France 
 Turns to Le Sandwich 

Thousands of small eateries shut, but McDonalds is booming

Jun 26, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - France used to be the home of the three-hour lunch, complete with wine, cheese, and maybe some spirits to push indolent workers through the rest of their day. But times have changed, and so have eating habits—these days, reports the Washington Post, the French are scarfing down sandwiches in... More »

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France • French cooking • recession • French economy • sandwich • cafes • lunch

French Workers Lose Appetite for Leisurely Lunch 

Thousands of restaurants go pffft as French eat at their desks

Sep 24, 08 3:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of cafes and restaurants in Paris are closing as French workers change their eating and spending habits and dine at their desks just like Americans. French office workers are skipping traditional long lunches in favor of takeaway baguettes. Those who do opt for restaurant meals skip aperitifs, hors... More »

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France • French cooking • French • lunch • Hippopotamus

GLOSSIES

 Why Do We Hate Ratatouille? 

Eggplant may be to blame for our aversion to French dish

Aug 31, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ratatouille should be an American staple: It’s easy, tasty, and bursting with fresh veggies, Gourmet’s Laura Shapiro writes. Instead, the French dish is passed over by Americans—but why? Perhaps eggplant is the culprit: “Fat, purple and interminable, eggplant is one of the least-loved vegetables in the... More »

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French cooking • cuisine • Gourmet

 Le Burger Sizzles in Paris 

French chefs make over the American standby

Jul 16, 08 8:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Parisian gourmands might still revile McDonald's, but the lowly hamburger has become a mainstay on some of the best menus in the City of Light. From cafés on the Left Bank to top tables showered with Michelin stars, the quintessential American dish has undergone a French transformation. "The... More »

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France • French cooking • cuisine • restaurant • Paris • burger • Alain Ducasse • L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon

New Food Blogs Take Devotion to a New Level

So-called 'cook-through' bloggers go through cookbooks recipe by recipe

May 28, 08 7:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food blogs are usually simple things, fun and easy to create, writes Lee Gomes in the Wall Street Journal. And then there are the increasingly popular "cook-through" blogs, in which devoted chefs of all skill levels pick a book, say the French Laundry Cookbook or the Gourmet Cookbook, and... More »

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blogosphere • French cooking • cooking • blogging • recipes • cookbooks • gourmet • blogs

 France Finally Wins Bread Battle 

World Cup of Baking pits

Apr 2, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's been a dozen years since France won the Baking World Cup, but the baguette's homeland took home the gold today, reports the Wall Street Journal. The drought was odd, because, as America’s coach says, “It's a French competition. And it's bread.” America has won two of... More »

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bread • France • French cooking • bakers

Chefs Dish on Fave Cookbooks

Go beyond the Joy of Cooking with Slate's recommendations

Dec 14, 07 7:42 PM CST
(Newser) - What to get the foodie or chef who already has all the classic cookbooks? Slate compiles offbeat favorites recommended by Mollie Katzen, James Oseland and other standout chefs, food editors, and more.
  1. Ethan Becker: Cookwise—Less a cookbook than a bible of general cooking knowledge.
  2. Dan Barber: The
... More »

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food • French cooking • cooking • list • recipes • chef • gift • cookbooks

Best Restaurant in U.S. Closes

Jun 8, 07 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The restaurant that inspired some of America's leading chefs has closed. Located in the decidedly downscale Chicago suburb of Wheeling, Le Francais was once named the best restaurant in America by Bon Appetit magazine. More »

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Chicago • French cooking • gourmet dining • Le Francais • restaurant • Wheeling

Chefs Sing Praises of Sous Vide

"Sous vide" vacuum cooking sweeps the Bay Area

May 2, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - "This is not your mother's boil-in-a-bag," write's Tara Duggan of the San Francisco Chronicle of "sous vide" cooking, a French cooking technique of immersing food in a vacuum-sealed bag. While they don't trumpet it on menus, Bay Area Chefs are smitten with the precision and flavor of... More »

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food • sous vide • French cooking • cooking • restaurant • chef

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