We have chosen Europe's perky organic logo to illustrate our message for this week: it's time to catch up with our expanding organic selection!
At this point we carry over 60 bio products (that's the French word for "organic") for you to sample. Our bio selection features soups and dishes, fruit preserves, cakes and crackers, juices and nectars, herbal teas, and cooking ingredients.
We have also included the Douce Nature skin and hair care line and the Ecodoo line of home cleaning products certified by Ecocert, the independent agency promoting sustainable practices in agriculture and industrial production.
Shop bio now!
Marianne Prébet
Founder & Gourmand-in-Chief
Just in: more French favorites
Among the French favorites recently added to our shelves you will find Brets potato chips with Jura cheese, François Doucet pâtes de fruits "marbles", Distillerie du Périgord prunes in liqueur, Napoléon whole almond pralines and natural bee pollen, Damman Frères Ôriental green tea, and Le Petit Marseillais extra gentle shower cream with organic pine and sea fennel.
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!
Chicago's Films on the Green, the beloved free outdoor French film festival, is on till July 17.
The Cleveland Museum of Art presents Monet in Focus. Through August 11.
The Denver Art Museum presents The 19th Century in European and American Art.
In Los Angeles the Getty Museum presents Camille Claudel, a major exhibition showcasing some 60 sculptures. Through July 21.
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.
New York City's Films on the Green, the beloved free outdoor French film festival across parks in Manhattan and Brooklyn, is on till September 6.
In Philadelphia, the Barnes Foundation presents Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes. Through September 8.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art present Rodin's Hands.Through January 25, 2025.
In Washington, DC Marc Chagall's magistral Orphée mosaic in on view in the sculpture garden of the National Gallery.
Try out our recipe for crème anglaise
This silky custard sauce can be made one day ahead.
Ingredients (serves 6)
1 liter (1 quart) milk
6 egg yolks
3 drops vanilla essence
100 grams (½ cup) sugar
Directions
Pour milk in saucepan. Add vanilla essence. Bring to boil.
Lightly whisk egg yolks and sugar in medium bowl to blend. Remove milk from heat and gradually whisk into yolk mixture. A light white foam forms on surface. Return custard to saucepan.
Put saucepan in larger saucepan filled with 1 inch water. Stir with wooden spoon on very low heat until foam disappears and custard thickens and leaves path on back of spoon when finger is drawn across, about 5 minutes (do not boil). Strain into bowl. Let cool uncovered before refrigerating.