Potato Cakes - Once the potato gained acceptance, nineteenth-century French cooks had to invent interesting ways of preparing it. There was an infinite number of possibilities and, nowadays, chefs are still inventing new recipes. These potato cakes were once the st
Recipe type: French, Potatoes, European, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Potatoes Maxim - This dish comes from the famous Parisian restaurant and is excellent in its simplicity. It is interesting to note that the French use potatoes less as an accompaniment for main dishes than do our German and Anglo-Saxon neighbors. The French were quit
Recipe type: French, Potatoes, European, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Ratatouille - To many foreigners, this most typical dish from the South of France has become, along with Quiche Lorraine and snails of Bourgogne, a sort of national French dish. Indeed, zucchini (courgettes), eggplant (aubergines) and tomato, which until the turn
Recipe type: Eggplant, French, Sweet Pepper, Tomatoes, Zucchini, European, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Sugar Candied Leeks - The humble leek, present in all European cuisines since well before the Middle Ages, was never destined to be used as a mere flavoring for broths and old "herbal" dishes. Le Menagier de Paris, written around 1390, gives a recipe for poree blanche, an
Recipe type: French, Leek, European, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Swiss Chard and Spinach Pie - This is a recipe from the fourteenth century given in the Menagier de Paris. It began life as a middle-class dish cooked in pastry and liberally flavored with ginger. For centuries herb or spinach tourtes were a staple peasant dish. Retif de la Breto
Recipe type: Chard, French, Greens, European, Pie, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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Swiss Chard with Anchovies - As long ago as the fourteenth century, the author of Le Menagier de Paris grew Swiss chard (silverbeet) in his garden. This recipe with a southern flavor is one of the best uses for this delicate vegetable.
Recipe type: Chard, French, European, Side Dish, Vegetables
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Vegetables a la Grecque - The earliest a la grecque recipes featured onions and mushrooms. These small vegetables, which we could almost class as preserves in their lemon and oil marinade, flavored with coriander seeds, were part of the large range of hors d'oeuvres of the ti
Recipe type: French, Mushrooms, Onion, European, Side Dish, Vegetables, Vegetarian
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