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French Cuisine. The standard for all other cuisines …. Catherine de Medici 1500s. Auguste Escoffier 1846-1935. Julia Child 1912-2004. Haute Cuisine. Fancy. Elaborate. Rich. Provincial Cuisine. Simple. Family. Regional. Nouvelle Cuisine. Vegetables. Light. Natural.
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The standard for all other cuisines… Catherine de Medici 1500s Auguste Escoffier 1846-1935 Julia Child 1912-2004
Haute Cuisine Fancy Elaborate Rich
Provincial Cuisine Simple Family Regional
Nouvelle Cuisine Vegetables Light Natural
Foundations of French Cooking Sauces – Hollandaise, Béchamel, Veloute, demi glaze
Main Dishes Seafood Frog legs Poultry Roast Lamb
Vegetables and Salads Salade Nicoise
Regional Nature of French Cuisine Normandy Brittany Aquitaine Languedoc-Roussillon Provence Burgundy Rhone-Alpes Alsace Lorraine
French Meals Le petit dejeuner Breakfast- usually a light meal with bread and café au lait
Le dejeuner the midday meal- typically the main meal of the day