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Holiday specials running low

 

Every year, some of our holiday specials sell faster than we had anticipated. The thing is, they're not the same from one year to the other, so this is not something we can avoid completely. But one thing we sure can do is keep you posted on our holiday specials running low. Don't miss out, take a look and order now!

 

While you're shopping don't forget to sample our mushroom selection. Right now we're offering you 20% off everything mushroom with the code CHAMPIGNON. :)

 

Enjoy the flavors. Take good care of yourself.

 

Marianne Prébet

Founder & Gourmand-in-Chief

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This month's deals: 20% OFF our entire mushroom selection (code CHAMPIGNON)

 

Just in: more French favorites


Among the French favorites recently added to our shelves you will find Brets potato chips with Auvergne blue cheese,
Napoléon 
whole almond pralines, crushed almond pralines, and natural bee pollen, Damman Frères Ôriental green tea, Andrésy hot chocolate powder, Corsiglia gourmet chestnut cream, five different traditional Alsatian cookies by Maison Alsacienne, and the irresistible Mathez chocolate truffles in a dashing golden triangular box just in time for the holidays!

If there is a French treat you would like to find on our website, please share your craving with us.

 

Suggestions for your French agenda

There is plenty of exciting French cultural events all around America. Enjoy your picks!

 

The Denver Art Museum presents The 19th Century in European and American Art. 

 

Houston's Museum of Fine Arts presents Gauguin in the World. November 3 through February 16, 2025.


In Los Angeles the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures presents Director's Inspiration: Agnès Varda, an exhibition showcasing the work of the most prominent female director of the New Wave. Through January 5, 2025.

 

L'Alliance New York presents the 2024 edition of its acclaimed Crossing The Line festival, an expansive artistic and cultural fête that thrills New York every fall. Through December 7.

 

L'Alliance New York presents Version Restaurée, a series of restoration premieres of notable French-speaking films. Through December 17.

 

In New York the Met Museum presents Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin. Through February 4, 2025.

 

The Philadelphia Museum of Art present Rodin's Hands.Through January 25, 2025.

 

In Washington, DC the National Gallery of Art presents Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment. Through January 19, 2025.

 

In Washington, DC Marc Chagall's magistral Orphée mosaic in on view in the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Art.

 

Try out Sabarot's recipe for mousseron eggs with pumpkin

Mousseron eggs with pumpkin
 

As colorful and flavorful as it gets!

 

Ingredients (serves 2)

15g dried mousserons (fairy ring mushrooms)

1 pumpkin

2 eggs

100g cottage cheese

1 Tbsp olive oil

15g butter

1 tsp balsamic vinegar

chives

salt and pepper

 

Directions

Peel and chop the pumpkin. Steam for 20 minutes.
Rehydrate the muskmushrooms in a large volume of boiling water for 20 min. Drain.
Chop the chives and mix with the fromage blanc. Season with salt and pepper.
Mash the pumpkin with the olive oil and 1 tablespoon of fromage blanc with chives.
Brown the mousserons in the butter for 5 min. Deglaze with balsamic vinegar.
To cook poached eggs: bring the water to the boil in a saucepan, then, when the water comes to the boil, turn off the heat. Break the eggs, place them gently in the water and leave them alone. Turn the heat back down to minimum and cook the eggs for 5 min. Remove the eggs with a skimmer.
In a soup plate, place the pumpkin purée and top with the poached egg and mushrooms. Garnish with a little fromage frais with chives.