The French value fish and know how to cook it at home in the most delicious ways. In contrast, in America fish is largely a restaurant dish. Few of us are familiar with good fish recipes, yet we can learn from the French and make sole, trout, or salmon a delight of every Sunday dinner.
Let me share today my favourite French recipe where sole, a very popular fish in France with firm, white, and unquestionably delicious flesh, is featured as the main ingredient. Follow the recipe, do not skip the ingredients, and you will be rewarded with a flavour and taste of the real fish cuisine of Provence!
Filets de Sole Bonne Femme (Filets of Sole with Cream Sauce):
Sole if a fish readily available in our supermarkets. Shop ...
Being genuinely interested in the history of French cuisine, I have recently researched how the
French Revolution, in general, and the personality of
Napoleon Bonaparte, in particular, influenced the culinary future of France. Even now, two centuries later, many gourmet innovations brought forth by both the Revolution and the glorious conquests of "Empereur des Francais Napoléon I", have not lost their popularity among connoisseurs of French cuisine from all over the world.
Historical chronicles show that Napoleon Bonaparte, apparently, loved good food and ate well... His reign in the beginning of the 18th century witnessed the refinement and rise of modern-style French cooking, which was enriched by
Napoléon Pastries,
Chicken Marengo, and
Lobster Thermidor. The famous layered Napoléon Pastries, also known as Napoléons, ...
