France

🇫🇷Occitanie, France

Maury

Maury is a named French wine appellation associated with Occitanie, defined by its terroir and regulated style.

🇫🇷Île-de-France, France

Meaux Mustard

Moutarde de Meaux

Coarse-grained whole mustard from Meaux, rustic and crunchy.

🇫🇷France

Mille-feuille

Three layers of puff pastry with vanilla pastry cream, means 'thousand leaves'.

🇫🇷France

Mimolette

Mimolette is a named French cheese associated with France, recognized for its own rind, aging, and milk character.

🇫🇷Grand Est, France

Mirabelle Plum

Mirabelle

Small sweet yellow plum from Lorraine, used in tarts and eau-de-vie.

🇫🇷Burgundy, France

Mont d'Or

Mont d’Or

Seasonal winter cheese from Haut-Doubs sold in a spruce box, soft and spoonable.

🇫🇷Burgundy, France

Morbier

Semi-soft cheese with a distinctive line of ash through the middle, creamy nutty flavor.

🇫🇷Burgundy, France

Morteau Sausage

Saucisse de Morteau

Smoked pork sausage from Franche-Comte with a wooden peg, IGP protected.

🇫🇷France

Mousse Au Chocolat

Mousse au chocolat is a whipped chocolate dessert whose texture comes from aerated eggs or cream.

🇫🇷Alsace, France

Munster

Strong washed-rind cheese from Alsace with a pungent aroma and creamy interior.

🇫🇷Pays de la Loire, France

Muscadet

Dry white wine from the Loire Valley, crisp and mineral, paired with seafood.

🇫🇷Provence, France

Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise

Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise is a named French wine appellation associated with Provence, defined by its terroir and regulated style.

🇫🇷France

Mussels and Fries

Moules-frites

Mussels served with crispy french fries, a Belgian-French brasserie classic.

🇫🇷Normandy, France

Mussels Mariniere

Moules marinières

Mussels steamed in white wine with shallots, parsley, and garlic.

🇫🇷France

Navarin

Lamb or mutton stew with turnips, a spring classic.

🇫🇷Marseille, France

Navettes Marseillaises

Navettes marseillaises are crisp, boat-shaped Marseille biscuits scented with orange blossom.

🇮🇹Florence, Italy

Negroni

White Negroni

Florentine cocktail of equal parts gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth, served over ice with an orange slice. Born in Florence's Caffè Casoni.

🇫🇷Normandy, France

Neufchatel

Heart-shaped Norman soft cheese with a grainy texture and mild flavor.

🇫🇷Nice, France

Nicoise Onion Tart

Pissaladière

Nicoise onion tart with anchovies and olives on a bread dough base.

🇫🇷Nice, France

Nicoise Salad

Salade niçoise

Nicoise salad with tuna, vegetables, eggs, and olives from Nice.

🇫🇷Provence, France

Nicoise Sandwich

Pan bagnat

Nicoise sandwich on round bread with tuna, vegetables, and olives.

🇫🇷Normandy, France

Norman Rice Pudding

Teurgoule

Norman baked rice pudding with cinnamon, slow-cooked for hours in earthenware.

🇫🇷Normandy, France

Normandy Brioche

Fallue

Traditional Normandy brioche with an oval shape and thorny top, served with teurgoule.

🇫🇷France

Nougat de Montélimar

Nougat de Montélimar is a pale chewy confection of honey, sugar, almonds, and pistachios.

🇳🇨New Caledonia

Octopus Salad

Salade de Poulpe

New Caledonian octopus salad uses tenderized octopus with fresh greens, citrus, and local herbs; the pieces stay springy while the dressing remains bright.

🇫🇷France

Opera Cake

Gateau Opera

Layered almond sponge cake with coffee buttercream and chocolate glaze.

🇫🇷France

Papillotes

Papillotes are wrapped chocolate sweets traditionally opened at Christmas to reveal a small paper message.

🇫🇷Paris, France

Paris Ham

Jambon de Paris

Paris-style cooked ham, pink, moist, and mild, thinly sliced for sandwiches.

🇫🇷Paris, France

Paris-Brest

Ring of choux pastry filled with praline cream, shaped like a bicycle wheel.

🇫🇷Marseille, France

Pastis

Anise-flavored aperitif from Marseille, served with water and ice.

🇫🇷Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Pastis béarnais

Pastis béarnais is a sweet Béarn cake or pastry with tender crumb, perfumed with rum and sometimes fruit.

🇫🇷Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Pastis Gascon

Pastis Gascon is a delicate layered apple pastry made from very thin dough, butter, and sugar.

🇫🇷Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Pastis landais

Pastis landais is a tall Landes brioche flavored with rum or orange blossom and baked until golden.

🇫🇷France

Pate in Crust

Pate en croute

Pate baked in a pastry crust, decorative and refined, a charcuterie showpiece.

🇫🇷France

Pave de Chirac

Pave de Chirac is a named French cheese associated with France, recognized for its own rind, aging, and milk character.

🇫🇷France

Pavé Blésois

Pavé Blésois is a named French cheese associated with France, recognized for its own rind, aging, and milk character.