French cuisine

Recipes

The glorious richness of rillettes

Rillettes are a cooked pork spread, a little like pâté, although don’t let the French hear you say that

Olivia Potts

The simple sophistication of sole meunière

It sounds like something you would encounter only in an old-fashioned French restaurant

Olivia Potts

Don’t be scared of steak tartare

I’m not suggesting you serve it as a starter for your next dinner party

Olivia Potts

The simple chicness of chouquettes

Serve them with coffee after a meal or in place of a mid-morning biscuit

Olivia Potts

Food

Good riddance to French cheese

Camembert from Normandy and Brie from Meaux in the Marne are both said to be potentially vulnerable to extinction

Jonathan Miller