Paris- the city of lights

Paris- the city of lights


In Paris, the city of lights each year comes approximately thirty million people, or even primarily, France has long been the country that visits most people.

Paris- the city of lights


Sights in the city is almost too much - churches, museums, palaces, bridges, galleries, parks ... Paris has it all. And although if you never went to a Paris, you know the photos from the films. The camera has a love of Paris and it is not shooting only by the French directors. American in Paris, Last Tango in Paris, Surrounded ratio, French Kiss, Moulin Rouge, The Da Vinci Code and Ratatouille is only a few film titles, which story is going (well) in Paris.

Paris- the city of lights

Luxury Wine and Spirits-Cognac

romantic combination of Cognac


Cognac is the alcoholic drink, which is obtained by double distillation of wines produced in the same area in France. Cognac production began in the 17th century, only the name has appeared in 1783.
For the production of 1 l of cognac we need 9 liters of wine. Characteristic aroma of cognac is achieved by aging in oak barrels. Less than five years old cognac is a bright yellow and has a taste reminiscent of vanilla, cognac, aged between five and ten years, has darker color and stronger flavor. Only after 30 years of age came to a small drop in the proportion of alcohol, but after 50 years to achieve the desired 40% alcohol, the cognac can be used as a beverage. You can also reduce the alcohol content of distilled water.
Categories of cognac: three stars - aged at the barrel for more than 2 years, VSOP (Very Special Old Pale), VO - aged at the barrel for more than 4 years, and Napoleon, Extra, XO - aged at the barrel for more than 6 years.


Luxury Wine and Spirits-Cognac

Champagne - natural sparkling wine

Champagne - natural sparkling wine


Champagne
Champagne is a protected name of a natural sparkling wine, which is produced in the French province of Champagne to the wine under a special procedure, called méthode champenoise.
There is no holiday, no dancing, and no special occasion you can not imagine without the champagne. Opening a bottle of champagne is a celebration in itself, but is often forgotten that champagne is a wine produced in northern France.
Many factors can affect the taste of champagne, so it may be easy, full, fruit or flower, fresh and ripe-tasting, simple or complex.
Some champagne are served as an aperitif, but some of them to the main dishes (especially the white meat) or a dessert. Champagne is suitable for all occasions, the right-one should be chosen.

Champagne - natural sparkling wine

Wine Quality

Wine Quality


In France, the wine combine many features of the region (like the cheese): structure and composition of the soil, location and slope of the land, the number of sunny days, precipitation, cold, heat and wind. On wine quality is affected not only the work in the vineyard, but it is extremely important to the cellar. The wine speaks of the man who cultivates it. Wine outlines its character, its cultural and historical heritage, its philosophy and its ethics.
Some of the most famous wine regions of France are: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Côtes du Rhône and Provence.

Wine Quality

French's Mustard

French's Mustard


Already in the sixties before Christ was in ancient Rome known as the mustard mustum ardens, which in translation meant spicy juice. From this term come the French word moutarde, English mustard and German Mostrich.
Already at the time of Charles the Great, farmers were familiar with the preparation of mustard, which has rapidly spread throughout France. Around the year 1300 has been in Paris ten producers of mustard, in 1650, however, already six hundred.
Burgundy men, who have ruled the province of Dijon, is already in the 14th century guarantee for the quality of mustard in their cities. They declared that for the preparation of mustard must been used only good mustard seeds.
Mustard is the universal spice par excellence. In addition to gives flavor, is particularly suitable as an ingredient for salads, meat and fish.

French's Mustard

French Desserts

French Desserts


Croissant, which in translation means the Crescent, is a popular French pastry, which comes from Hungary. At the end of the 17th century, the Turks surrounded Budapest, to take-over the city, the walls around the excavated trench. This was observed bakers who have returned at dawn from the work. They trigger the alarm, so that the Turks should withdraw.
In a sign of its victory bakers baked cakes in the form of Crescent.
Desserts
One of the most famous French dessert is a cake Saint Honoré. Because of their imaginative and subtle taste it becomes honor, to bear the name of a saint, who is protector of the French bakers and pastries. This French cake is the best way demonstrated its sound and sense of nice taste. Miniature ball of boiled dough, more known as "princess donuts" immersed in the chocolate make this cake channel of visibility and a special attraction.

French Specialty - Cheese

French Specialty - Cheese


France is a country in which manufactured more than 370 different types of cheese. It seems that each type of cheese talk about the region in which they are produced, as the result of a specific climate, flora, fauna and traditional ways of preparation.


Depending on the hardness of cheeses can be divided into: soft, semi-hard and hard, the cheese may have a crust, or is not, you can have blue mold in the center or outside the red. Depending on whether the cheese is young or mature, spicy, macerated, or washed, can be grouped into the following categories: cream cheese, industrial cheese for cooking, soft cheese with white or red mold cheese with noble blue mold cheese made from goat's milk and hard cheese.
It is understood that in a good French meal cheese in any case may not fail.

French Soups

French Soups


Each traditional menu starts with soup. Soup is for a meal what is wonderful saloon for the house. Until the mid-20th century, the soup was for the farmers and the only hot main dish. Prepare it so that the boiler (pot) put a lot of vegetables and other ingredients, which are then several hours long to cook at gently heat. Since the meat and fat can afford only few of them, the piece of bread with the soup spill over.
The French word souper, which means dinner, is the basis for the word soup for western countries: Supp (German), soup (in English).
Some of the most famous French soups are: onion soup (soup à l 'oignon), bean soup (potee dauphinoise), Pumpkin cream soup (soup de courge à la crème) and avignon soup of sweet anise (potage au fenouil a l’Avignon ).

French Soups


French Soups

French Kitchen Features

French Kitchen Features


Croissant, which in translation means the Crescent, is a popular French pastry, which comes from Hungary.
Food is probably the most authentic expression of ethnic groups, cultures or, in modern times, the country.
The point for the preparation of good food is a French native. Even the people talking about food with a special enthusiasm while showing surprising knowledge.
Anyone who has traveled through France, he knows that the trade and craft workshops during the lunch closed for at least two hours. The French are taking the time to diet, so their meals are not only nutrition, but also socializing and relaxation.
Lunch is usually composed of three, often four meals: starters, main dishes, cheeses and desserts. These dishes are changed so as to create a harmony of flavors.
The reputation of French cuisine is based on a large number of delicacies such as cheeses, meat products, champagne, cognac, wine, etc..
Between meals they drink wine; of course, it has a status of food. Today, you will not find a French winemaker or wine seller that you just recommended a bottle of wine, without the ready advice, to which food will drop best.
At a time when traditional products provide nutritional habits, it is necessary to maintain the tradition of preparing food in order to preserve their quality and distinctive character.

French Kitchen Features


French Kitchen Features

France-Historical impact

France-Historical impact

Far in 1533, the Catherine di Medici gone on way to France to marry the French king Henrik II. In addition to personal items she took with her culinary assistants, waiters and more of the main cooks.
Catherine was the truth suspicious of the French gastronomic culture house, because it was at the beginning of the 16th century truly catastrophic. Extremely popular were exotic, expensive foods, while the fresh local food less valuable. Aggressive way of preparing food and use a wide variety of spices are destroying the nutritional value and taste of food. With the arrival of the French throne, Catherine has all changed. Catherine, which itself was a major “gurman”, eventually managed to eliminate the shortcomings of the French approach to cuisine, to the simultaneous serving of sweet and sour, savory and salty.
Heavy cups switched elegant glasses of Venetian glass; Catherine has introduced the use of glazed vessels and fork, which the French was not aware of previously.
Have become extremely popular even pasta dishes (especially macaroni), then vegetables such as asparagus and artichokes, and spices (basil, marjoram and sage).


France-Historical impact


France-Historical impact

France - Interesting Facts

France - Interesting Facts

France wine regions
Some of the most famous wine regions of France are: Bordeaux, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Côtes du Rhône and Provence.
Geographical location
France is a country in which manufactured more than 370 different types of cheeses. It seems that each type of cheese talk about the region in which they are produced.
France has an area of 547,026 km2, which is the size in third place in Europe (Russia and Ukraine), while the number of inhabitants in the fourth position with around 54 million. France adjacent to the 7 countries, but its coastline surrounding the Atlantic Ocean, North Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
The French economy is large, diverse and sophisticated, so France is the leading European manufacturer of automobiles, electrical equipment, tools and chemicals, while its major agricultural products are corn, wine and cheese.


France - Interesting Facts