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By JEAN DOHERTY/LE Patio I’m Irish, I love potatoes; the French love potatoes; let’s face, it everyone loves potatoes. This particular recipe gets its name from a time in France when wood for cooking was in short supply, so the villagers would take their meals in pots along to the local Boulanger (baker) and have [...]

Aioli is a kind of garlic mayonnaise sauce from the south of France. It is a great accompaniment for grilled fish, crab, shrimp, poached fish and all sorts of vegetables. I even like it with French Fries! In many small towns in the south of France you will find a yearly festival known as “la [...]

The bouquet garni (French for “garnished bouquet”) is a bundle or “faggot” of herbs that is usually tied together with string and added to a soup, stew, sauce, or poaching liquid to give flavor. The bouquet is boiled with the other ingredients, but is removed prior to consumption. There is no generic recipe for bouquet [...]

By JEAN DOHERTY/LE PATIO Crème Brûlée Crème Brûlée, French for “burnt cream”, is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel. Most people assume that Crème Brûlée is a French dish. After all, the name is French. However, the name Crème Brûlée didn’t become popular until the [...]