Call it paté at your peril. Rillettes is a delicious delicacy of good, slow-cooked pork, shredded and preserved in its own fat. Some of it is even EU-protected The first item on my shopping list ...

Relying on just a few staple ingredients, pâte à choux, or French choux pastry, is the base of some of the country’s most famed desserts (as well as some savory treats). Milk, water, butter, and flour ...

For a pretty presentation, this recipe is studded with green pistachios and chunky peppercorns, just like a classic French pâté. The secret ingredient is parsnip, which is puréed to a silky smoothness ...

One of my favorite things about this time of year is the sheer ease with which I can turn a few ingredients into something that looks like it walked straight out of a French country bistro. Like, ...

"Pate a choux sounds like a ballet step," my friend exclaimed when I told her I was writing about it. The French name, pate a choux, has never become part of America's mainstream culinary jargon. But ...

At San Francisco’s Maison Nico—an épicerie (a grocery) and a café—where I’ve been shopping, eating and sipping wine and coffee at least once a week for the past six months, I’m reminded of Paris in ...