Fabulously Delicious: The French Food Podcast

Reblochon: The Cheese Born From Tax Evasion

Reblochon: The Cheese Born From Tax Evasion. Reblochon is a soft, washed-rind cheese from the French Alps with a nutty, hazelnut character and a bark bolder than its bite

The Story of Alexandre Dumaine: The Forgotten King of French Cooking

He held three Michelin stars for thirty years and cooked for kings, presidents, and Hemingway — yet almost nobody outside serious culinary history has heard his name. Thi

Le Repas Marcaire: The Mountain Farmer's Meal of the Vosges

Le repas marcaire — the extraordinary farmhouse meal of the Alsatian Vosges that has been served in the stone mountain shelters of the high chaumes since the Middle Ages

Carpe Frite: The Golden Fish of the Sundgau — Alsace's Best Kept Food Secret

Carpe frite — the deep-fried carp of the Sundgau, the southernmost territory of Alsace — is one of the most distinctive and most localised food traditions in the whole of

Le Jeanbonhomme: The Alsatian Brioche That Arrived With the Refugees of 1871

Le jeanbonhomme — the small, golden, man-shaped brioche of the Territoire de Belfort that appears in every bakery in the city from Saint Nicolas Day on the 6th of Decembe

Le Chat Perché: The Gourmet Festival That Turns Dole Into a Food Village

Le Week-end Gourmand du Chat Perché — the extraordinary annual food festival that transforms the entire historic centre of Dole into a vast gourmet village every Septembe

La Pôchouse: The Forgotten River Fish Stew of Burgundy | Food Tour de France

La pôchouse — the ancient freshwater fish stew of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, made from a specific combination of Saône and Doubs river fish cooked in Burgundy aligoté wh

Nougatine de Nevers: The Sweet an Empress Couldn't Stop Eating | Food Tour de France

Nougatine de Nevers — the small artisan sweet of chopped almonds caramelised in copper, double-coated in orange royal icing and presented in a round tin decorated with po

Le Négus de Nevers: The Sweet Born From a Press Error in 1902

Le Négus de Nevers: The Sweet Born From a Press Error in 1902 | Food Tour de France Le Négus de Nevers — the soft chocolate-scented caramel enclosed in a hard caramel sh

Pastille de Vichy: The Sweet That Started as a Medicine

Pastille de Vichy: The Sweet That Started as a Medicine | Food Tour de France Pastille de Vichy — the small octagonal white tablet that has been made in Vichy since 1825

La Pachade: The Forgotten Potato Pancake of the Auvergne

La Pachade: The Forgotten Potato Pancake of the Auvergne | Food Tour de France La pachade — the thick, crispy potato pancake of the Auvergne that has been feeding the mo

Cantal AOP: The Oldest Cheese in France

Cantal — the ancient pressed cow's milk cheese of the Massif Central and one of the oldest cheeses in the world — has a history that stretches back further than almost an

Eau de Treignac: The Purest Water in France Nobody Has Heard Of

Eau de Treignac: The Purest Water in France Nobody Has Heard Of | Food Tour de France Eau de Treignac — the extraordinary natural mineral water from a source above a vil

The Liqueurs of Brive-la-Gaillarde: The Secret Drinks Capital of the Corrèze

The Liqueurs of Brive-la-Gaillarde: The Secret Drinks Capital of the Corrèze | Food Tour de France Brive-la-Gaillarde — the largest city in the Corrèze, sitting at the p

Monbazillac: The Sweet Wine of the Dordogne That Was There From the Very Beginning

Monbazillac: The Sweet Wine of the Dordogne That Was There From the Very Beginning | Food Tour de France Monbazillac — the extraordinary sweet white wine of the Dordogne

Pâté de Périgueux: The Five-Hundred-Year-Old Pâté of the Dordogne

Pâté de Périgueux: The Five-Hundred-Year-Old Pâté of the Dordogne | Food Tour de France Pâté de Périgueux — the extraordinary truffled foie gras pâté of the Dordogne and

Bouchon Bordelais: The Sweet That Looks Like a Cork

Bouchon Bordelais: The Sweet That Looks Like a Cork | Food Tour de France Le bouchon bordelais — the small cylindrical confection shaped like a wine bottle cork that is

Vins de Tursan: The Secret Vineyard of the Landes

Vins de Tursan: The Secret Vineyard of the Landes | Food Tour de France Vins de Tursan — the AOC wine of the Landes that most people outside the southwest of France have

Mouton Barèges-Gavarnie: The Finest Mutton in France

Mouton Barèges-Gavarnie: The Finest Mutton in France | Food Tour de France Mouton Barèges-Gavarnie — the extraordinary AOP mutton from the high mountain pastures above t

Garbure: The Great Slow-Cooked Soup of Gascony

Garbure: The Great Slow-Cooked Soup of Gascony | Food Tour de France Garbure — the thick, slow-cooked cabbage and duck confit soup of the Gascon and Béarnais tradition —