Fresh, local asparagus is finally making its way the markets in abundance. Take advantage, with these French ways to enjoy the spring-green veggie.

Key into the concept of the French pan sauce, and you can have fresh and stylish, true-to-France meals on your table in 30 minutes or less.

When it comes to French home cooking, you can find plenty of recipes for plats principals, such as Coq au Vin and Boeuf Bourguignon. But what do you serve alongside these classics? Here are three go-to recipes for three types of French main dishes.

The Dilemma: Valentine's day falls on a Thursday this year. You want to make something romantic for dinner, but it's a workday. Who has time?

The solution: This thirty-minute menu--inspired by the great love of Julia and Paul Child, and their love for France.

Not long ago, Piment d’Espelette was something food lovers had to schlep home from
France. These days, you can often find it stateside in gourmet shops. Welcome this
world-class Basque chile into your cooking.

Ask a Frenchman for a casserole, and he’ll hand you a saucepan. And when in France, don’t go ordering a cassolette if what you really want is a cassoulet. Say what? Here’s how to sort it all out.

The Swiss get most of the credit for Fondue, but the French a make fabulous version of this dish, too—especially when they use Comté, their exquisitely complex version of Gruyère.

Last year, Karen Le Billon’s best-selling book, French Kids Eat Everything, got many American parents rethinking the way they feed their children. After moving to her husband’s native France, this North American author discovered how French kids are raised to eat what their parents eat. No separately cooked meals of chicken nuggets for them!

Macarons. One of the great things about these delectable pastries is that once you've mastered the art of making them, you're only limited by your imagination in terms of the flavours that you can go on to create.