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English |
French |
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apricot |
abricot |
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lamb |
agneau |
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garlic |
ail |
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garlic mayonnaise |
aïoli |
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almonds |
amandes |
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pineapple |
ananas |
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anchovy |
anchois |
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tripe sausage |
andouille (andouillette) |
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eel |
anguille |
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before-meal drinks and snacks |
apéritifs |
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artichoke |
artichaut |
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asparagus |
asperges |
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assorted cold meats |
assiette anglaise |
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pâté, salami, etc |
charcuterie |
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waiting time |
attente |
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bass |
bar |
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brill (a flat fish) |
barbue |
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white sauce |
béchamel |
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beetroot |
betterave |
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butter |
beurre |
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seafood soup |
bisque |
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beef (with red wine) |
boeuf (bourguignon) |
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drinks |
boissons |
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including wine |
boisson comprise |
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pike |
brochet |
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kebab |
brochette |
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cod |
cabillaud |
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quail |
caille |
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squid |
calmar |
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duck(ling) |
canard (caneton) |
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menu (itemized prices) |
carte (à la carte) |
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rack of lamb |
carré d'agneau |
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blackcurrant |
cassis |
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white beans in casserole with various meats |
cassoulet |
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cherries |
cerises |
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brain |
cervelle |
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mushrooms |
champignons |
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sauce with wine and mushrooms |
chasseur |
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goat |
chèvre |
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venison |
chevreuil |
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chicory |
chicorée / endive |
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choice of |
choix (au choix)... |
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pickled cabbage, sauerkraut |
choucroute |
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cauliflower |
chou-fleur |
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cabbage |
choux |
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brussels sprouts |
choux de Bruxelles |
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lemon |
citron |
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gherkins (pickled) |
cornichons |
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order |
commande |
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(made to order) |
(sur commande) |
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cucumber |
concombre |
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clear soup |
consommé |
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scallops |
coquilles St. Jacques |
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rib |
côte |
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cutlets, chops |
côtelettes |
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fruit sauce/purée |
coulis |
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ice-cream (served in a dish) |
coupe |
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African dish of crushed wheat served with vegetables and/or meat |
couscous |
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shrimps |
crevettes |
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Welsh rarebit with fried egg |
croque-madame |
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Welsh rarebit (toasted cheese and ham sandwich) |
croque-monsieur |
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(in) pastry |
(en) croûte |
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fresh, raw vegetables |
crudités |
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shellfish |
coquillages |
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cooked |
cuit(e) |
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sea bream |
daurade/dorade |
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desserts |
desserts |
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brandy, liqueurs, etc |
digestifs |
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turkey |
dinde |
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crayfish |
écrevisse |
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chicory (endive) |
endives |
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shoulder |
épaule |
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spinach |
épinards |
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snails |
escargots |
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stewed |
(à l')étouffée |
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herbs |
fines herbes |
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dwarf kidney beans |
flageolets |
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custard tart |
flan |
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liver |
foie |
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oven (baked) |
four (au four) |
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strawberries |
fraises |
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raspberries |
framboises |
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fried |
frit(e) |
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whitebait |
friture |
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cheeses |
fromages |
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seafood |
fruits de mer |
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smoked |
fumé |
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with vegetables (and sometimes chips) |
garni |
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garnish, vegetables |
garniture |
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leg, haunch |
gigot |
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ice-cream |
glaces |
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grilled meat |
grillades |
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grilled |
grillé |
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shepherd's pie |
hachis parmentier |
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herring |
harengs |
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(green) beans |
haricots (verts) |
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sauce with egg yolks, butter and vinegar |
hollandaise |
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lobster |
homard |
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starter |
hors-d'œuvre |
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oysters |
huîtres |
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cooked ham |
jambon blanc |
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parma ham |
jambon cru |
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parma ham |
jambon de pays/Bayonne |
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cooked ham |
jambon d'York/de Paris |
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grated vegetables |
julienne |
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crayfish |
langouste |
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dublin bay prawn |
langoustine |
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tongue |
langue |
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rabbit |
lapin |
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bacon |
lard(-ons) |
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vegetables |
légumes |
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lentils |
lentilles |
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hare |
lièvre |
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monkfish |
lotte |
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sea bass |
loup (de mer) |
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with onions |
à la lyonnaise |
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corn, sweetcorn |
maïs |
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mackerel |
maquereau |
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marinated |
mariné |
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chestnuts |
marrons |
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tenderloin steak |
médaillon |
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set menu |
menu |
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butter and parsley sauce |
meunière |
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noon |
midi |
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cheese sauce |
mornay |
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mussels |
moules |
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mustard |
moutarde |
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bilberries, blueberries |
myrtilles |
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plain, unflavoured |
nature |
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turnips |
navets |
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hazelnuts |
noisettes |
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walnuts |
noix |
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coconut |
noix de coco |
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eggs |
œufs |
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goose |
oie |
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onions |
oignons |
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grapefruit |
pamplemousse |
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watermelon |
pastèque |
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(coarse) pâté |
pâté de campagne |
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duck or goose liver pâté |
foie gras |
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pasta, noodles |
pâtes |
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pastries |
pâtisseries |
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peach |
pêche |
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peas |
petits pois |
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trotters |
pieds |
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guinea-fowl |
pintade |
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dish of the day |
plat du jour |
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poached |
poché |
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pear |
poire |
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leeks |
poireaux |
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fish |
poisson(s) |
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peppers, capsicums |
poivrons |
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apples |
pommes |
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potatoes |
pommes (de terre) |
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soup |
potage |
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stewed meat and vegetables |
pot-au-feu |
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stewed chicken |
poule au pot |
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chicken |
poulet |
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octopus |
poulpe |
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sauce with onions, tomatoes and garlic |
à la provençale |
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prunes |
pruneaux |
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plums |
prunes |
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fish sausage (usually of pike) |
quenelles |
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radish |
radis |
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stew |
ragoût |
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grapes |
raisins |
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veal sweetbreads |
ris de veau |
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rice |
riz |
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kidneys |
rognons |
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roast beef |
rosbif |
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roasted |
rôti |
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red mullet |
rouget |
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salad with bacon, eggs and croutons |
salade lyonnaise |
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mixed salad |
salade mixte/composée |
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salad with tomatoes, olives and anchovies |
salade niçoise |
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green salad |
salade (verte) |
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wild boar |
sanglier |
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sausage (hot) |
saucisse |
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(cold) sausage, salami |
salami |
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salmon |
saumon |
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sautéed |
sauté |
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saddle of lamb |
selle d'agneau |
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when available |
selon arrivage |
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in season |
selon saison |
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service included |
service compris |
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service not included |
service non compris |
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soups |
soupes |
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beefburger |
steak haché |
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extra charge |
supplément |
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chicken in white sauce |
suprême de volaille |
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(buffet) menu (fixed price) |
table d'hôtes |
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apple tart |
tarte aux pommes |
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small tart |
tartelette |
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terrine, pâté |
terrine |
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tuna |
thon |
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tomatoes |
tomates |
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tenderloin of t-bone steak |
tournedos |
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truffles |
truffes |
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trout |
truite |
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ice-cream cake (also kind of cheese) |
vacherin |
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steamed |
vapeur |
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cream of... (soup) |
velouté |
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veal/calf |
veau |
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meat dishes |
viandes |
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french dressing |
vinaigrette |
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wines |
vins |
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poultry |
volailles |