Regional food guide
Alsace
Thin tarts, generous tables, and a taste of eastern France.
5 specialties in the dictionary
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Explore France through its food
Explore 15 culinary guides, from coastal seafood and mountain cheeses to bistro classics and regional pastries. Choose a specialty, learn what to expect, then find matching menus in the US.
These guides follow culinary and historical areas. Food traditions can cross borders, and a dish may have connections to more than one region.
Regional food guide
Auvergne & Aubrac
Fresh tome cheese and potatoes, from stretchy aligot to truffade.
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Brittany
Buckwheat galettes, delicate crêpes, and butter-rich baking.
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Burgundy
Wine sauces, slow-cooked beef, snails and savory cheese puffs.
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Corsica
Chestnut flour, fresh brocciu and slow-cooked mountain dishes.
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Franche-Comté
Spruce-bound Mont d’Or and smoked Morteau sausage from the Jura mountains.
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French Alps
Melting cheese, potato dishes and small square pasta from the mountains.
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French Basque Country
Sweet peppers, gently seasoned stews and cream- or cherry-filled cake.
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Hauts-de-France
Beer-braised beef, Maroilles tarts and the cold meat dishes of French Flanders.
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Loire Valley
Caramelized apple tarts, pork rillettes and a landscape of varied local produce.
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Lyon & Lyonnais
Bouchon cooking, soft quenelles, hearty salads and distinctive sausages.
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Normandy
Dairy-rich cooking, coastal seafood and cinnamon-scented teurgoule.
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Paris & Île-de-France
Baguette lunches, bistro cooking and some of France’s best-known pastries.
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Provence & Côte d’Azur
Olive oil, market vegetables, fish stews and the street food of Nice.
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Southwest France
White beans, duck preparations and the caramelized cakes of Bordeaux.
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