{"id":2810,"date":"2022-12-03T23:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T23:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2023-02-10T14:26:33","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T14:26:33","slug":"french-gastronomy-per-regions-5-6-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/french-gastronomy-per-regions-5-6-the-east\/","title":{"rendered":"French Gastronomy per Regions 5\/6 : The East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Part five of our culinary \u201cTour de France\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The east region is by far the largest of all regions of France starting from Lyon it goes up towards Germany and flirts with Italy and Switzerland, it also regroups Rhone wines, Burgundy wines, Alsatians wines, it also follow the road from the Roman Empire to Paris , road used by traders. Lugdunum (Lyon) used to be administrative capital of the Roman Empire while Lutetia (Paris) was just a regional administration, Lyon is known in France to be THE cured meat and sausage city especially with its Saucisson sec and and Petit Jesus (dry sausages)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Local ingredients in cuisine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cheese and more cheese<\/li><li>Mushrooms (morels and ceps)<\/li><li>Mustard<\/li><li>Pork (cured meat, sausages and stews)<\/li><li>Potatoes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2815\" width=\"463\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/unnamed-263x175.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><figcaption>Jesus De Lyon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Local drinks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Genepi liqueur (wormwood\u2019s flower based)<\/li><li>Vin jaune<\/li><li>Champagne<\/li><li>Alsatian wines (Riesling, Gewurztraminer\u2026)<\/li><li>Burgundy wines (Chablis, Pouilly, Maconais\u2026)<\/li><li>Rh\u00f4ne wines (Crozes-hermitage, C\u00f4tes-du-rh\u00f4ne; Clairette)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/La-vente-d-une-bouteille-de-Romanee-Conti-a-558.000-dollars-pourrait-annoncer-le-prochain-krach-boursier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2814\" width=\"482\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/La-vente-d-une-bouteille-de-Romanee-Conti-a-558.000-dollars-pourrait-annoncer-le-prochain-krach-boursier.jpg 622w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/La-vente-d-une-bouteille-de-Romanee-Conti-a-558.000-dollars-pourrait-annoncer-le-prochain-krach-boursier-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/La-vente-d-une-bouteille-de-Romanee-Conti-a-558.000-dollars-pourrait-annoncer-le-prochain-krach-boursier-585x293.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>And here are some very local dishes\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Frogs legs<\/li><li>Bouchon Lyonnais<\/li><li>Quenelles<\/li><li>Poulet de Bresse (the Rolls Royce of chicken)<\/li><li>Fondue Savoyarde (Cheese) or Bourguignonne (Meat)<\/li><li>Tartiflette, Raclette (molten cheese with tatoes and cured meats)<\/li><li>Creuset (tiny square pastas with tomme cheese)<\/li><li>Escargots<\/li><li>La flammekueche (thin crust pizza like with cr\u00eame fraiche, lards and onions)<\/li><li>Choucroute<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/i25356-quenelles-de-brochet-sauce-nantua.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2813\" width=\"475\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/i25356-quenelles-de-brochet-sauce-nantua.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/i25356-quenelles-de-brochet-sauce-nantua-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/i25356-quenelles-de-brochet-sauce-nantua-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/i25356-quenelles-de-brochet-sauce-nantua-585x585.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption>Quenelles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Desserts or sweets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Les coussins Lyonnais (marzipan, chocolate and cura\u00e7ao)&nbsp;<\/li><li>La praline rose and the St Genix (praline cake)<\/li><li>Les bugnes (angel wings donuts)<\/li><li>Chocolate truffles<\/li><li>Le kougelhopf (Alsacian brioche with almonds and rum flavouring)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kougelhopf-thermomix-800x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2812\" width=\"466\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kougelhopf-thermomix-800x600-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kougelhopf-thermomix-800x600-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kougelhopf-thermomix-800x600-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/kougelhopf-thermomix-800x600-1-585x439.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><figcaption>kougelhopf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of our introduction to French gastronomy our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.secretfoodtours.com\/paris\/#\">award wining Food Tours<\/a> always contain some regional flavouring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part five of our culinary \u201cTour de France\u201d The east region is by far 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