Cooking, French Gascony style

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Name (Latin)
Cooking, French Gascony style
Other forms of name
Cookery, Gascon
Cookery, Gascony
Gascon cookery
Gascony cookery
Cookery, French
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3006946
Library of congress: sh 88003091
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Daguin, A. Foie gras, magret, and other good food from Gascony, 1988.

Wikipedia description:

The cuisine of Gascony is one of the pillars of French cuisine. Its originality stems from its use of regional products and from an age-old tradition, typical of the Aquitane and the Midi-Pyrenees, of cooking in fat, in particular goose and duck fat, whereas the cuisine of the south of France favours frying in oil and the cuisine of Normandy contains more dishes that are simmered or cooked in butter. The long life expectancy of Gascons, despite a rich diet, is a classic example of the French paradox.

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