Want to make the best of this precious season? Sail the summer with our selection of delightful French seaside specials!
Our selection features sardines, mackerel, tuna, anchovies, fish and sea food rillettes and soups, and even playful sea-inspired chocolates.
We have also included maritime bath favorites and beautiful tea towels that celebrate France's Atlantic and Mediterranean shores.
Enjoy the season. Take good care of yourself.
Marianne Prébet
Founder & Gourmand-in-Chief
P.S. Our July promo is about to end: 15% off our second quarter best sellers with the code TOPQ2. Don't miss out!
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, Ortiz canned fish, 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.
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 Ortiz's recipe for tomato & sardine tart
Accompany with a green salad for a perfect light summer lunch!
Ingredients (serves 6)
1 sheet puff pastry
1 tin sardines in olive oil
3 tomatoes
50g black olive tapenade
a few stalks chives
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Make a cross on the base of the tomatoes and blanch them for 1 minute in a saucepan of boiling water. Them, cool them under running water, peel and cut into slices.
Spread out the dough and form a border on the edge. Spread the olive paste over the bottom, distribute the tomato slices on top and season with salt and pepper. Bake the cake in the preheated oven at 200°C for 20 minutes.
At the time of serving, arrange the Ortiz Sardines in organic olive oil on top of the tart separated into fillets and without the central spine. Sprinkle with chopped chives and serve.