Pour the milk into a small pan with the garlic and thyme. Bring to the simmer then remove from the heat and set aside. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the flour. Mix well and cook for 2-3 ...

circa 1915: Auguste Escoffier (1847 - 1935), the French chef otherwise known as ... There is, of course, a cheese cart, bon bons and candies at the end. On the right side of the menu is his ...

Vibrant and informal, with people as friendly as a doorman on the Rue Royale, Cajun Soul is located at the edge of Cocoa ...

On a recent trip to France, my mission was to eat like a French woman - or at least to find out just how they stay so slim. This is a country where on one corner, you find a boulangerie with mouth ...

Bon appétit is one of the best-known loanwords English has taken from French. It's said cheerfully in the United States at restaurants when food is delivered to the table, or in casual settings ...

French parenting isn't perfect, but there's a lot we can learn from this kind but no-nonsense style of parenting. “Me do it!” is a favorite toddler phrase and for good reason—the early years ...

In a town bursting at the seams with world-class bartenders, Chris Hannah is the undisputed king. Calm and confident in his white tuxedo among the monkey lamps and leopard-print settees of the bar ...

The internationally recognized brand has built its following on luxury mille crêpe cakes—a 20-layer dessert made with crème ...

Things with “French” in the title are usually fancy, right? Poodles, perfume, pastries. But a French drain has a more utilitarian purpose—redirecting standing water away from vulnerable ...

We owe a lot of our culinary terms to the French. Chefs, sommeliers and maître d’s? All français. The same goes for the front- and back-of-house structures of modern restaurants, which originated in ...

From pioneering ballerina Michaela Mabinty DePrince to legendary actor James Earl Jones to Gena Rowlands and talk show icon Phil Donahue, here are the notable celebrities and famous faces we've ...

Though it can be made with other small plums, this cake is the tastiest with the Italian variety—but keep in mind that they are in their peak season only a few weeks a year, in late summer to ...