"In the style of the Bay of Biscay." A garnish of potatoes, puréed and sometimes piped decoratively around a dish, lettuce and cauliflower.
"In the style of Besançon." A garnish of duchesse potatoes croustades, cauliflower and braised, stuffed lettuce.
"Gypsy style." 1) A garnish for poultry and some game of rice, concassée of tomatoes, onions, sweet peppers and paprika. Alternatively 2) a dish of tomatoes and aubergines (US: eggplants). It is similar to boumiane from Provence.
A sauce of tomato, sage and minced (US: ground) meat with chicken livers, served with Parmesan cheese and pasta.
"In the style of Bombay." A garnish for fish of brown rice, Indian chutneys and condiments and curry sauce.
"Good wife." It is generally used to describe food which is simple, wholesome, "home-cooking", generally using stock in the process and commonly served in the dish in which it was cooked. Bonne-femme is similar to dishes cooked à la ménagère and à la paysanne. It might indicate chicken, simply baked with potatoes, onions, mushrooms and bacon, perhaps with white wine. It can also describe a potato, leek and carrot soup or fish poached in white wine.
