French Cuisine

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Across
  1. 8. french for Christmas
  2. 9. French name for Easter
  3. 11. Thin, delicate pancake usually rolled around a filling
  4. 12. egg based, light airy cake, term translates as "to puff"
  5. 14. A flaky, buttery yeast roll, occasionally shaped into a crescent
  6. 16. Most popular bread in France
  7. 17. France’s national Independence day.
  8. 20. cheese course or dessert
  9. 21. A snail eaten as food
  10. 22. flavors of locally grown foods are enhanced by simple cooking
  11. 24. finely chopped and seasoned meat of game birds
  12. 25. Colorful combination of potatoes, green beans and tomatoes
  13. 26. A sauce made from olive oil and garlic
  14. 27. Elaborate preparations, fancy garnishes, and rich sauces
  15. 28. Slender pastry shells filled with custard or a cream filling and iced.
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  1. 1. milk based sauce thickened with a roux
  2. 2. Vegetable casserole
  3. 3. Festival in early June honoring the bread and wine used for Holy Communion
  4. 4. Small dishes designed to stimulate the appetite
  5. 5. An egg custard tart served in many variations as an appetizer and a main dish
  6. 6. January 6th children lay fruit and cake on the church alter for the Christ Child
  7. 7. A seafood stew
  8. 10. A rare type of fungi that grow underground near oak tree and used in many French recipes
  9. 13. French national heroine and Catholic saint, decorate streets with statutes and pictures of her. 2. Is the classic French brown sauce, typically served with meat
  10. 15. Beginning of Lent, parades of flower-covered floats
  11. 18. emphasizes and lightness and natural taste in foods
  12. 19. Traditional stew made with white beans, goose or chicken, pork, bacon and herbs
  13. 23. system in which the kitchen was separated into 5 stations