La gastronomie française Flashcards
Gastronomie
les lois qui servent remplir son estomac
Haute Cuisine
17th siècle
Due to many plates requested in versailles
1651
La Varenne - First cookbook
Escoffier
19th century
Modernization of French cuisine - brigades - service à la française
First chef consacré - first to work in big hotels
WWII
Bocuse, Robuchen
Further simplification - micro-ondes
Importance of plating, presentation
Si c’est beau, c’est déjà bon
MOF
1924
Meilleurs ouvriers de France
2015 MOF
Virginie Basselot
L’art de la table
40+ minute meals (20 in uk)
Common table manners
Seating alternates men/women Older served first Men pull out women's chairs Dished passed from the left No elbows Biggest glass is for water When done, put all cutlery to the same side
Le Terroir Français
Regional diversity and traditions
Ability of a population to utilize their region
AOC
Appellation d’Origines Contrôlées
Quality control
Fromage
1200 different types
Camembert #1
Rhone-Alpes: Saint Marcelin, Saint Felicien
Traditional Rhone-Alpes plates
L’andouillette
Le gratin dauphinois
Les grenouilles en persillade
La quenelle
7 regions of wine
L’Alsace Le Beaujolais Le Bordelais La Bourgogne La Champagne Le Languedoc Le Rhône
La cuisine moleculiare
‘85-90
Kurti, Marx
scientific