Food and Drink

Eating and drinking well is not just a pleasure in France - it's a right! Enjoy our latest tasty offerings...

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A guide to French wine regions

Each distinct region in France has its own style and grape varieties...

Multiple products recalled over listeria fears

shoppers queue at supermarket checkouts in France

Leclerc, Auchan, Monoprix, Carrefour, Casino, Leader Price, and Intermarché all issue product recalls

Wine of a very different hue on sale in France

Spanish wine making a splash on south coast of France

Putting the painting into pâtisserie

Charente students recreate paintings in their cake-making

How will climate change affect wine?

It is not a mere question of hotter climes and stronger wines, says Jonathan Hesford

The season of abundance

Cookery school owner Marjorie Taylor reveals what makes a foodie summer in Burgundy and presents two sun-kissed seasonal recipes

French food focus - July 2018

A focus on food in France

Take a gastronomic Tour de France

This July’s Tour de France heads across the top and bottom of France. Jane Hanks tracks their route with her culinary hat on

French seasonal basket - July 2018

En saison: What to put on your plate this month

Carême: France’s first celebrity chef

Despite a traumatic childhood which saw him abandoned aged nine, Marie-Antoine Carême went on to become a totemic figure in French cuisine. Samantha David gets a taste for his remarkable story

Mythbuster: Only tourists eat snails and frogs legs

Fact or Fake? In this regular column, we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France

Classic sweet "Treets" set for French comeback

Wave of nostalgia sees popular chocolates return to French supermarkets

Mystery of the pink-tinged pomme

Jane Hanks reveals the production methods and ideal recipes for the famed Limousin ‘Golden’, a prize pick among French apples

A year in the vineyard: June

What really goes into a bottle of wine? Many wines contain more than just the latest grape harvest, says Jonathan Hesford

En saison: What to put on your plate in June

Because the French never eat strawberries in winter and even different types of goat’s cheese have seasonality...

Don’t panic: there’s plenty rosé for us all

Wine producers are reassuring

I saved 10% in 100-day supermarket boycott

Many people want to buy local but do not know how

French egg logo on its way

Due to be launched in September.

Free app scans food label and gives a health rating

More than 1.7million people in France have downloaded an iPhone and Android app that scans food products’ barcodes and gives a health rating.

Mythbuster: France has 258 varieties of cheese

In this regular column we look at the ‘truths’ that everyone ‘knows’ about France

French food focus - June 2018

A focus on food in France

One-pot culinary perfection

For his latest book, top French chef Stéphane Reynaud has conjured easy-to-prepare, tasty dishes that require just one knife and one pot