Rosemary or Olive Fougasse

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Rosemary or Olive Fougasse

Mark: Another one of Lydie Marshall’s recipes. The base recipe is a potato bread dough, onto or into which you can put anything you want. Another wonderful recipe you can make with this dough is Pissaladière: Provençal “pizza”, covered with caramelized onions, anchovies and cured black olives. We'll share the recipe in an upcoming post.

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Did you know... French Table Manners

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  • Keep your hands on the table or rest your wrists on the edge of the table when not eating.
  • Eat with the fork in your left hand and knife in the right.
  • Always wait for the head of the table or the host to say "bon appétit" before starting to eat.
  • Always cheers before drinking: raise your glass and say "a votre santé"- "To your health"... If the table has a host or head, he/she will be the person to give the toast as well as to say "bon appétit"
  • Most meals come with bread. If you don’t have a side plate, putting the bread on the tablecloth beside your plate is fine.

 

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