Salad Madness is on and it feels so good! Whether you stick with your proven family classics or you experiment with new recipes, our salad dressing favorites from France are sure to make a flavorful difference. Take your picks now!
Our salad selection features the oils, vinegars, mustards, salts, and ingredients the French are partial to. You'll see why as soon as you taste them in your own home made salads!
Enjoy the season. Take good care of yourself.
Marianne Prébet
Founder & Gourmand-in-Chief
Just in: more French favorites
Among the French favorites recently added to our shelves you will find Brets La Craquante and honey & mustard potato chips from Britanny, Esprit Provence assorted aromatic extra virgin olive oils, Maison Marc gazpacho, Le Cachou licorice pastilles, La Corvette Marine Nationale body wash and shampoo range, Filt1860 cotton mesh bags, and a cute set of French wine charms.
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 Cleveland Museum of Art presents France in the Time of Manet and Morisot (a photography exhibition). Through August 23.
The Denver Art Museum presents The 19th Century in European and American Art.
In New York, the MoMA presents the Marcel Duchamp exhibition. Through August 22.
L'Alliance New York presents its new film series, Chabrol & Huppert: Doing Wrong. Through July 28.
L'Alliance New York celebrates Frederick Wiseman with a new film series, Frederick Wiseman in France. Through July 24.
The San Diego Museum of Art presents Cafés and Cabarets: The Spectacular Art of Toulouse-Lautrec. Through September 20.
In Washington, DC the National Gallery of Art presents Mary Cassatt: An American in Paris. Through August 30.
In Washington, DC Marc Chagall's magistral Orphée mosaic in on view in the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Art.
Last but not least, the 2026 edition of Films on the Green, the multi-city outdoor French film festival, spans seven cities this year: Chicago, Houston, Marfa, TX, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Santurce, PR, Washington, DC. Through October 9.
Try out Les Mouettes d'Arvor's recipe for lentil & sardine salade
Talk about tasty and nutritious!
Ingredients (serves 2)
1 tin sardines in olive oil
200g green lentils
1 carrot, diced
1 shallot, minced
parsley, chopped
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 Tbsp red wine vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Cook the lentils with the diced carrot in salted boiling water until they are tender. Drain and set the lentils and carrot aside in a large bowl. Add in the miced shallot and chopped parsley.
In a small bowl, make a vinaigrette with the olive oil, vinegar, salt and pepper. Pour the vinaigrette on the lentils and mix.
Drain and crumble the sardines. Sprinkle on top of the salad. Serve at room temperature.