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French to English Cooking / Culinary Translation Glossary

French term		English translation
Foules-Foules		Fava bean stew or ragout	Janice Giffin
Entered by: Janice Giffin
fours secs, gâteaux de voyage		petits fours, weekend cakes

fraîche du jour		freshly-made (the same day)...	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
Fraîcheur de crabe		Fraîcheur of crab	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
framboise		Raspberry fantasy	Sarah Bessioud
Entered by: Sarah Bessioud
fraternité de table		simply sharing a table

Friand		Cheese, meat puffs	A-R-Traduction
Entered by: A-R-Traduction
fricandeau		fricandeau (braised slices of veal)

fris-fris d\'herbes coloré		sautéd herbs

friture		chocolate seashells

fromage à rôtir		grilling / browning cheese

fromage de tête (de veau)		(veal) brawn [UK] / head cheese [US]	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M
fruits de mer		seafood

fruits du terroir		fruits from the home soil

fumet de poisson		fish stock

furieusement tendance		All the rage

gambas		gambas / gamba prawns

gastronomie de terroir		regional cuisine using (the best) local produce

gîte		topside

gelée		jelly

gestuelle		preparation

gibier sur réservation		game dishes must be ordered in advance	Yolanda Broad
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
Giboulée		giboulée

giron galeux d\\\'Eysines		\'Galeux d\'Eysines\' squash

glace antillaise		glace antillaise

Glace créole		Creole Style Ice Cream	Rosalind Howarth
Entered by: Rosalind Howarth
Glucose DE		Dextrose Equivalent

goût délicatement corsé		delicately full-flavoured

gourmandes pommes de terre et trempettes du terroir		gourmet potatoes with regional dips

Goustier		Goustier (see explanations by myself and Jane Lamb-Ruiz)

Grand rendement: n'assaisonner qu'a la fin		For best results, only season at the end

granité de citron vert		lime granita	Carol Gullidge
Entered by: Carol Gullidge
granules de cœur d’orange valencia		Valencia orange granules

grelots noisettes		hazelnut sweetmeats [here]

Grillons de Ris de Veau		Fried calf sweetbreads	NancyLynn
Entered by: NancyLynn
grosse noix		large joint

happy et les few du tout capitale		the happy few of all capitals

haricot filet		French filet bean / French bean

haricots cuisinés en garbure		with a hearty bean stew

haricots saucisses		bangers and beans [UK only!] / beans and sausages	Tony M
Entered by: Tony M

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