A simple sandwich of baguette sliced and spread with butter and then filled wiith jambon blanc (unsmoked ham). The archetypal Parisan snack.

With potatoes

Undercooked. Underdone. Not cooked enough.

A thick sweet or savoury (often of potato) pancake or fritter.

Quenelle. Minced (US: ground) foods, generally fish or poultry until it has a mousse-like consistency, shaped, seasoned and poached in a light stock. Apparently derives from knödel, a dumpling.

A variety of pear.

"Pass stones." A type of seaweed usually pickled in northern France.

A large pastis mixed with water and ice.