They've just arrived, the five holiday chocolate best sellers for which we always keep our fingers crossed! Luckily, all five have made it this side of the Atlantic Ocean this year. Don't wait to sample them!
Celebrate joyfully with Lanvin Escargots, Les Pyrénéens, Mon Chéri, and Révillon dark chocolate papillotes and milk chocolate papillotes (the chocolate bonbons wrapped in shiny paper the French love giving and sharing in the holiday season).
While you're shopping, don't forget to check out our other holiday best sellers and the holiday specials now running low.
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 potato chips with Auvergne blue cheese, Andrésy hot chocolate powder, Corsiglia gourmet chestnut cream, five different traditional Alsatian cookies by Maison Alsacienne, the irresistible Mathez chocolate truffles in a dashing golden triangular box, and delightful sugar pieces in the shape of Christmas ornaments by Canasuc.
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 Art Institute presents Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from the Horvitz Collection and French Neo-Classical Paintings from the Horvitz Collection. Through January 6, 2025.
The Denver Art Museum presents The 19th Century in European and American Art.
Houston's Museum of Fine Arts presents Gauguin in the World. November 3 through February 16, 2025.
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.
L'Alliance New York presents the 2024 edition of its acclaimed Crossing The Line festival, an expansive artistic and cultural fête that thrills New York every fall. Through December 7.
L'Alliance New York presents Version Restaurée, a series of restoration premieres of notable French-speaking films. Through December 17.
In New York the Met Museum presents Paris through the Eyes of Saint-Aubin. Through February 4, 2025.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art present Rodin's Hands.Through January 25, 2025.
In Washington, DC the National Gallery of Art presents Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment. Through January 19, 2025.
In Washington, DC Marc Chagall's magistral Orphée mosaic in on view in the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Art.
Try out our recipe for winter root gratin
1¼ liter (1¼ quart) milk
salt and pepper
500 grams (1.1 lb) root vegetables
500 grams (1.1 lb) potatoes
1 clove of garlic, peeled
grated nutmeg
375 ml (1½ cup) crème fraîche (or heavy liquid cream)
90 grams (3 oz) grated Gruyère cheese
Italian parsley, chopped
Directions
Pour the milk into a large pan, adding salt and pepper. Peel the potatoes and the roots, slice them thinly and add them at once to the milk pan. Bring them to the boil and simmer until they are almost tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain and reserve 375 ml (1½ cup) of the milk. Keep the rest for another purpose, such as soup.
Rub a shallow baking dish with the garlic and then butter it. Spread half the vegetables in the baking dish and season them with salt and pepper. Add the remaining vegetables and season again. Stir the reserved milk with the nutmeg into the cream and pour it over the vegetables. Sprinkle with the grated cheese. The gratin can be prepared up to 12 hours ahead and kept in the refrigerator.
Bake the gratin at 180ºC (350ºF) for 25-30 minutes until it is very hot and the top has browned. Sprinkle with the chopped parsley.