From fresh baguettes and duck confit to steak frites, croque monsieur, and escargot, these five French foods are worth trying ...

French cuisine is an essential part of French heritage, one of the main attractions for anyone heading there for a vacation. So why do the French appear to be so insecure about their greatest asset?

“Ratatouille”: the word evokes French vegetables, meatless health, sunshine, and a jolly Pixar film that, for about six months, my young twin sons watched, seated at the kitchen table, while waiting ...

Competition is fierce in the world of fast food fries. We sampled 15 different options from popular fast food chains, and ...

In America, the story of French food, on the surface at least, is simpler: It was the pinnacle, then it wasn’t. There are any number of reasons why it was toppled from its position of pre-eminence: ...

My French mother-in-law, Madeleine, was everything I had learned French women were not: She was an unpretentious woman who wore a crisply pressed cotton housedress over thick stockings and sensible ...

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