Remembering Teresa Kaufman: Tartiflette, the Péla and the Food of the French Alps
This is the second of two tribute episodes to Teresa Kaufman, the American photographer and walking-tour guide who made her home in Chamonix...
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Fabulously Delicious The French Food Podcast is a deliciously entertaining culinary journey of France. Do you know the difference between a macaron, a macaroon, and Macron? Why is a croissan...
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Remembering Teresa Kaufman: The American Who Fell in Love With France at Five Years Old
This week's episode is a tribute. Teresa Kaufman was an American photographer and walking-tour guide in Chamonix, in the French Alps, and a...
The Marché des Enfants Rouges: The Oldest Market in Paris and the Night It Burned
At 39 Rue de Bretagne in the Marais, behind an old iron gate, stood the oldest covered market in Paris: Le Marché des Enfants Rouges, establ...
The Women's March on Versailles: How the Price of Bread Changed France Forever
On the morning of 5 October 1789, a young woman picked up a drum in a Paris market and started beating it. Within hours, ten thousand people...
The Story of Pierre Troisgros: Fifty-Two Years of Three Michelin Stars and the Dish That Changed Everything
In the late 1940s, three young cooks worked side by side in the kitchen of La Pyramide under Fernand Point: Paul Bocuse and two brothers, Je...
Foie Gras: 4,000 Years of History, Controversy, and French Luxury
Four thousand years ago, workers on the banks of the Nile were force-feeding geese — and it's carved in stone to prove it. This episode trac...
Reblochon: The Cheese Born From Tax Evasion
Reblochon: The Cheese Born From Tax Evasion. Reblochon is a soft, washed-rind cheese from the French Alps with a nutty, hazelnut character a...
The Story of Alexandre Dumaine: The Forgotten King of French Cooking
He held three Michelin stars for thirty years and cooked for kings, presidents, and Hemingway — yet almost nobody outside serious culinary h...
Le Repas Marcaire: The Mountain Farmer's Meal of the Vosges
Le repas marcaire — the extraordinary farmhouse meal of the Alsatian Vosges that has been served in the stone mountain shelters of the high...
Carpe Frite: The Golden Fish of the Sundgau — Alsace's Best Kept Food Secret
Carpe frite — the deep-fried carp of the Sundgau, the southernmost territory of Alsace — is one of the most distinctive and most localised f...
Le Jeanbonhomme: The Alsatian Brioche That Arrived With the Refugees of 1871
Le jeanbonhomme — the small, golden, man-shaped brioche of the Territoire de Belfort that appears in every bakery in the city from Saint Nic...
Le Chat Perché: The Gourmet Festival That Turns Dole Into a Food Village
Le Week-end Gourmand du Chat Perché — the extraordinary annual food festival that transforms the entire historic centre of Dole into a vast...
La Pôchouse: The Forgotten River Fish Stew of Burgundy | Food Tour de France
La pôchouse — the ancient freshwater fish stew of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, made from a specific combination of Saône and Doubs river fish...
Nougatine de Nevers: The Sweet an Empress Couldn't Stop Eating | Food Tour de France
Nougatine de Nevers — the small artisan sweet of chopped almonds caramelised in copper, double-coated in orange royal icing and presented in...
Le Négus de Nevers: The Sweet Born From a Press Error in 1902
Le Négus de Nevers: The Sweet Born From a Press Error in 1902 | Food Tour de France Le Négus de Nevers — the soft chocolate-scented caramel...
Pastille de Vichy: The Sweet That Started as a Medicine
Pastille de Vichy: The Sweet That Started as a Medicine | Food Tour de France Pastille de Vichy — the small octagonal white tablet that has...
La Pachade: The Forgotten Potato Pancake of the Auvergne
La Pachade: The Forgotten Potato Pancake of the Auvergne | Food Tour de France La pachade — the thick, crispy potato pancake of the Auvergne...
Cantal AOP: The Oldest Cheese in France
Cantal — the ancient pressed cow's milk cheese of the Massif Central and one of the oldest cheeses in the world — has a history that stretch...
Eau de Treignac: The Purest Water in France Nobody Has Heard Of
Eau de Treignac: The Purest Water in France Nobody Has Heard Of | Food Tour de France Eau de Treignac — the extraordinary natural mineral wa...
The Liqueurs of Brive-la-Gaillarde: The Secret Drinks Capital of the Corrèze
The Liqueurs of Brive-la-Gaillarde: The Secret Drinks Capital of the Corrèze | Food Tour de France Brive-la-Gaillarde — the largest city in...