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French specialities

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Choucroute

Alsace.
Meat, cabbage and others vegetables : a good meal during winter.


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Cassoulet

Castelnaudary and Toulouse's region in the south of France


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Bouillabaisse

Marseille.
A very typical fish soup.


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Fondue

Savoy and Burgundy.
In the first case it is a fondue with bread and cheese and in the second case with meat and oil.


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Aligot

Aubrac in the Massif Central (Aveyron, Cantal, Lozère).
L'aligot is a purée (mashed potatoes) mixed with a French cheese produced in this region, a special type of tomme cheese.


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Canelé

Bordeaux.
Pastries, soft in the inside and crusty on the top.


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Snails

Burgundy, Limousin


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Crêpes

Brittanny


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Sugar Pie

The Ardennes.
But it can be found nearly everywhere in France.


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Calf's Head (Tête de veau)

Paris


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Petit Beurre LU

Nantes.
Butter Biscuits named from their creator Lefèvre-Utile and famous in France.


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Lamproie

Bordeaux.
Fish cooked in a wine sauce.


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Tripe

Normandy, Caen.
Cooked with a special sauce.


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Andouillette

Speciality from the cities of Troyes and Cambrai


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Andouille

Guéméné or Vire (Northwest of France)


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Rillons (pork scratchings)

Tours (Center of France).
Also called "grattons" it can be found around Lyon and in the southwest of France.


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Nougat

Montélimar.
Local candy very popular, especially for Christmas.


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Calisson

Aix.
A pastry made with almonds.


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Foie gras

Alsace and South West of France.
Landes, Gers, Périgord.


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Berlingots

Nantes.
Colored and triangular candies.


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Kouign Amann

Britanny.
A cake made with a lot of butter and slightly caramelized.


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Filet of duck breast (Magret) and confit of duck

South West of France.
Landes, Gers, Périgord.


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Camembert

Normandy.
One of the most traditional and popular cheese in France.


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Garbure

South West of France.
Bearn, Gascoigne, Midi-Pyrénées.
A cabbage soup with others vegetables, very good in winter.


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Frog legs

The East of France (Nievre, Ain, Saonne).
where they are cooked with parsley.