You were in France some time ago, and you decided to celebrate your anniversary or your birthday, or just to celebrate the moment, at a fine “restaurant gastronomique” in Paris, Lyon, Rouen, or any “restaurant gastronomique” highly praised in your reliable guidebook. You make your reservation, you get ready, and it is time to go. You are so looking forward to the evening! Unless you are quite accustomed with the French culinary jargon of “weird” food (foie gras, truffles, esc

We live in a world heavily influenced by the Internet, and we rely on the Internet to answer any question we have or fetch any information we need. When it comes to restaurants, we read all kinds of good and bad reviews on TripAdvisor, Yelp, or Zomato, keeping in mind that they are all highly subjective. Some people have very high expectations, some people are easy to satisfy, some have traveled the world and want you to know it, some are forever grateful no matter what. Beli

A lot of you think that “healthy” cooking cannot go with “French” cooking. Could it be a myth? If you take a look at traditional French cuisine, the old adage is probably true. Foie gras and charcuterie, butter and cream sauces, vegetables sautéed in butter, potatoes fried in lard, cheese, lots of cheese, then a custard or a mousse for dessert, all in one meal … No doubt, the calories were too many, and the fat content was alarming. Fast forwarding the evolution of French cui