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He runs his YouTube channel in English to reach a wider audience, and promote French culinary culture abroad. Aïnouz is a self-taught cook with an electrical engineering background with experience in marketing. [6] [7] He debuted on YouTube in 2013. [7] His recipes for croissants and brioche were published by The Times in London in 2018. [8]
A bouquet garni is a French cooking technique that translates to "garnished bouquet." It's basically just a parcel of herbs wrapped up in cheesecloth or butcher's twine that's used to infuse flavor.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both from France, and Julia Child, from the United States. [1] The book was written for the American market and published by Knopf in 1961 (Volume 1) and 1970 (Volume 2).
Haute cuisine (French: [ot kɥizin]; lit. ' high cooking ') or grande cuisine is a style of cooking characterised by meticulous preparation, elaborate presentation, and the use of high quality ingredients.
[n 1] A one-pot stew was a staple of French cooking, and the traditional recipe for poule-au-pot – also known as pot-au-feu à la béarnaise [7] – resembles that for pot-au-feu. [8] [n 2] One batch of pot-au-feu was maintained as a perpetual stew in Perpignan from the 15th century until World War II. [10]
The cuisine of New Caledonia includes local Kanak, Melanesian, and traditional French cooking styles. [39] A notable local dish is bougna which is a stew composed of starches, taros, sweet potatoes, poingo bananas, yams, and is accompanied by local meat and cooked in coconut milk. [40] Seafood is also common including fish and lobster. [41]
The fat is most often butter in French cuisine, but may be lard or vegetable oil in other cuisines. Roux is used in three of the five mother sauces of classic French cooking: béchamel sauce, velouté sauce, and espagnole sauce. [4] Roux may be made with any edible fat. For meat gravies, fat rendered from meat is often used.
A living tradition, such as cooking, is always subject to variation and re-creation. For example, in his memoirs, the late Pierre Franey, former chef at Le Pavillon and long-time New York Times columnist, vividly recalled his trepidation when as a teenaged apprentice chef, he was ordered to prepare a simple "omelette aux fines herbes—three eggs, chervil, parsley, tarragon, chives—the first ...