Chefs share the classic habits that turn simple ingredients into something special. French cuisine is often regarded as fancy fare, built on complicated recipes that require a skill set seemingly ...

Whether you're planning a picnic or backyard get-together, this classic summertime French fare will get your Bastille Day festivities underway. Jodie Kautzmann is an editor, baker, and confectioner ...

For my latest cooking column this week, I wrote about my trip to the Bordeaux countryside last summer, during the biggest heat wave of the year. For dinner on the hottest night, my friends and I ...

For many, French cuisine is typified by indulgence, richness and a certain nose-in-the-air type of stuffiness. Expensive bistros, hifalutin food and immensely heavy, cream-and-butter-laden dishes, ...

French cuisine is often regarded as fancy fare, built on complicated recipes that require a skill set seemingly beyond the reach of mere mortals. That may be true in the world of fine dining, but in ...