Food and Drink

Wine producers are reassuring

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

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

A focus on food in France

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

Jane Hanks talks to successful home chef Ollie Timberlake about her path to a life in Burgundy, how UK chefs’ reputation is changing and why France is food heaven

Marjorie Taylor runs a cookery school with her daughter in Burgundy. Here she explains their cookery philosophy and offers three recipes

12 million people buy a baguette every day. Jane Hanks looks at this national institution and meets an award-winning Paris baker

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

The buyer has few tricks of his own to prevent AOP rip-offs, says Jonathan Hesford

We talk to the makers of the apple caramel treat from Normandy

The traditional village bakery is under threat across France, with bakers’ leaders pointing the finger at the rise of supermarket baking.

From field to flour... a Dordogne farmer has built his own mill marrying both old and new technology, as Jane Hanks finds out

Tender plants on eight-acre site kept warm by waste heat from neighbouring waste storage centre

Why not make a grillée de mogette - essentially a fancy version of beans on toast!

Digital start-up will allow food lovers to order their meat from individual animals