https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed An American team led by Mathew Peters, sous chef at the acclaimed New York restaurant Per Se, has clinched the gold medal at France's most coveted cooking competition. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170126/american-chefs-win-top-french-cooking-competition Thu, 26 Jan 2017 09:10:17 +0100 american-chefs-win-top-french-cooking-competition Île flottante, literally 'floating island', is a foaming meringue floating in crème anglaise (custard) sprinkled with caramel and pralines. It has a reputation for being a tricky recipe to master, so here's how you can do it at home. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160826/how-to-make-frances-famed-le-flottante-dessert Fri, 26 Aug 2016 12:22:01 +0200 how-to-make-frances-famed-le-flottante-dessert France-based food blogger Laura Tobin shares her tried and tested Ratatouille recipe. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160818/how-to-make-the-tastiest-ratatouille Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:04:14 +0200 how-to-make-the-tastiest-ratatouille French chefs pulled in some of the major prizes at the prestigious World's 50 Best Restaurants at an awards ceremony in New York on Monday night. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160614/french-chefs-win-big-at-world-restaurant-awards Tue, 14 Jun 2016 14:48:17 +0200 french-chefs-win-big-at-world-restaurant-awards Ten Parisian restaurants are to open their kitchens to refugee chefs from Syria to Sri Lanka as part of a new festival aimed at "changing attitudes" to migrants, organisers said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160602/paris-bistros-open-up-kitchens-to-refugee-chefs Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:03:14 +0200 paris-bistros-open-up-kitchens-to-refugee-chefs The French diet is celebrated around the world for its high quality and health benefits. But some of the things they do with their food are enough to turn the stomach of many Anglos. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160414/nine-strange-french-food-habits Thu, 14 Apr 2016 14:25:03 +0200 nine-strange-french-food-habits The latest study on French eating habits suggests the locals have a love affair with foreign foods, well one in particular. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160308/the-french-are-falling-out-of-love-with-their-own-cuisine Tue, 08 Mar 2016 17:22:37 +0100 the-french-are-falling-out-of-love-with-their-own-cuisine With so many dishes to choose from it’s hard to believe the French have a favourite, but apparently they do and it’s a classic. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160222/and-the-favourite-dish-of-the-french-is Mon, 22 Feb 2016 12:39:57 +0100 and-the-favourite-dish-of-the-french-is Benoit Violier, the chef of the "world's best restaurant" whose apparent suicide has thrown a spotlight on the intense pressures facing top cooks, worried that his success would not last, reports said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160202/frances-tragic-top-chef-worried-if-his-success-would-last Tue, 02 Feb 2016 16:18:23 +0100 frances-tragic-top-chef-worried-if-his-success-would-last Despite the so-called 'world cup for chefs' being held on home soil in Lyon, France failed to pick up the Bocuse d’Or this year as Nordic and American chefs took the podium places. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150129/nordic-chefs-outshine-french-at-cooking-world-cup Thu, 29 Jan 2015 11:39:00 +0100 nordic-chefs-outshine-french-at-cooking-world-cup The chef who has catered for the culinary needs of six French presidents over the last 40 years has finally hung up his apron. Bernard Vaussion, who retires on Thursday, has revealed a secrets or two about the tastes of the men he cooked for, including one president who had a penchant for calf's head. https://www.thelocal.fr/20131031/chef-to-french-presidents-hangs-up-apron Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:46:00 +0100 chef-to-french-presidents-hangs-up-apron