All dishes:

Desserts

Walnut and apple tart

Main meals

Ratatouille

Vegetable stew (eggplant, zucchini, onion, bell pepper, tomato) cooked with olive oil and garlic.
Served hot or cold.

Cooked meats

Macon-style andouillette

Small chitterling sausage with shallot, mushroom, white wine and mustard.
Served hot.

Salads

Green bean salad

Desserts

Chocolate and raspberry bavarian cream

Bavarois : chilled molded dessert made with custard or fruit purée, combined with whipped cream and gelatin.

Desserts

Coffee meringue tart

Main meals

Reblochonnade

Grilled Reblochon cheese baked in the oven, served with cold cuts or bacon and potatoes.

Sheep and Goats

Roasted rack of lamb with sweet spices

Sweet spices : star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, clove, turmeric, nutmeg, saffron, vanilla… These are spices that bring a sweet and fragrant flavor, a warm or aromatic complexity, sometimes slightly spicy, but never harsh, burning, or strong.

Appetizers

Lobster summer roll

Vietnam.
Summer roll : shrimp, vegetables, or beef or pork wrapped in raw rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.

Desserts

Pomelo pavlova

Pavlova : meringue topped with whipped cream and fresh fruit.

Desserts

Lemon fruitcake

Appetizers

Zucchini flower fritters

Cheeses

Caprice des Dieux

France.
Soft-ripened pasteurized cow's milk cheese with a bloomy rind.

Sea fish

Grilled sole with melted butter

Melted butter sauce : melted butter with reduced lemon juice and possibly pepper or chili.

Desserts

Walnut meringue tart

Cheeses

Tomme Trappe Echourgnac

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Dordogne (Périgord).
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk.
Ripening : 6 weeks.

Cold starters

Aspic

Aspic : a cold dish in which the ingredients (vegetables, fruits, eggs, fish, meat, and/or poultry) are encased in a jelly made from stock or consommé.

Poultry

Braised squab

Braise : to cook food slowly, after browning it on all sides, in a small amount of flavored liquid, over low heat and covered.

Sauces

Montpellier butter

Butter mixed with garlic, capers, herbs (chervil, watercress, spinach, tarragon, parsley), gherkin, shallot, anchovy fillet and hard-boiled egg.

Cheeses

Green Dirt Farm’s Ruby

United States. Minnesota.
Soft cheese made from pasteurized sheep's and cow's milk and a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 2 to 6 weeks.

Cheeses

Saint-Florentin

France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a washed rind.

Sea fish

Grilled herrings with mustard sauce

Mustard sauce : hollandaise sauce with mustard.

Desserts

Fruit zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

Cheeses

Dôme du Poitou

France. Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Charente-Maritime. Deux-Sèvres.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw goat's milk with a bloomy rind.