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 Beer
The Belgian Trappist breweries are Orval, Chimay, Westmalle, Rochefort, and Westvleteren.
This style of beer is often referred to as a "white beer" or in Belgium "witbier" or "biÎre blanche." It bears two German counterparts: Bavarian weisse beer, which is soft and light, and Berliner weisse beer, which is lactic and tart.
Belgian pale ales are a bit elusive as they are brewed throughout several provinces of Belgium and defy categorization.
http://www.sallys-place.com/beverages/beer/belgian_beers.htm   (1815 words)

  
 French cuisine -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
This cuisine is mostly influenced by the regional cuisines of northern France, with a marked touch of refinement.
France is known for its large ranges of wines and cheeses.
Cuisine nouvelle or nouvelle cuisine, which developed in the (The decade from 1970 to 1979) 1970s as a reaction to traditional cuisine, under the influence of chefs such as Michel Guérard.
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/f/fr/french_cuisine.htm   (1952 words)

  
 Belgian Cuisine
Belgian cuisine includes classics like frites, mussels and a beef stew with beer.
Belgian cuisine - Belgian food and recipes, food from Belgium,
Belgian restaurant based in London offering Belgian beer and cuisine including mussels, frites and waffles.
http://www.justrestaurant.info/browse/belgian-cuisine.html   (173 words)

  
 Belgium: What to Eat
Belgians grow lots of endive (a well-tended acre will produce 10,000 pounds of Belgian endives in one season) and brew over 300 varieties of beer (their national drink) both of which are key components in Belgian cooking leading to such dishes as Sauteed Monkfish on a Bed of Belgian Endives in Beer Sauce.
Veal Chops in Beer with Mushrooms and Chervil is a typical Belgian entree.
Serve that with Spinach in Cheese Sauce and Parslyed New Potatoes and you have authentic Belgian cuisine without every leaving the USA.
http://www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/belgium/what.html   (605 words)

  
 Common sage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In French cuisine, sage is used for cooking white meat and in vegetable soups.
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_sage   (421 words)

  
 Belgium: Backgrounder
Belgians love potatoes in nearly every guise; fried potatoes are practically the Belgian national dish.
Belgians are definitely a nation of meat lovers, consuming large quantities of pork, beef, veal, chicken, and rabbit.
Belgian cuisine is still deeply rooted in medieval cookery.
http://www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/belgium/backgrounder.html   (870 words)

  
 Belgium
Some Belgian cuisine is exported all over the world.
After Napoleon's demise, in 1815, Belgium was reunited with the northern provinces in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands until the Belgian Revolution in 1830, which established an independent Belgian state.
Brands of Belgian chocolate, like Neuhaus, Côte d'Or, Leonidas, Godiva are world renowned, the praline having been invented in Belgium.
http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/b/be/belgium.html   (2919 words)

  
 Ethnic Cuisine: Belgium
Today Belgians proudly say their food is cooked with French finesse and served with German generosity.
Medieval cookery still influences the cuisine with today's prevalence of condiments, mustards, vinegars, and dried fruits that lend a sweet-sour and sweet-salty flavor to dishes.
Belgian praline is a general term for filled chocolates.
http://www.sallys-place.com/food/ethnic_cusine/belgium.htm   (2398 words)

  
 Cookbook:Cuisine of Belgium - Wikibooks
Belgian cuisine is very similar to French Cuisine, but there are some specific regional dishes.
Belgian historians claim that the so-called "French fries" are actually a Belgian invention.
A strange event happened in the history of Belgian cuisine.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Cuisine_of_Belgium   (85 words)

  
 CNN Food Central - Restaurants:
Hearty Belgian regional cuisine includes a steaming onion soup to cut the cold in winter, chicory baked with cheese and ham, and stoemp (mashed potato often flavored with vegetables, typically served with sausages).
Traditional Belgian and French cuisine is served, including pig's trotter vinaigrette, eel in mustard sauce, snails in garlic sauce and home-made frittes.
Wild game cooked with Belgian beer, such as gueuze (brewed only in Brussels), or red wine is an autumn treat.
http://www.cnn.com/FOOD/restaurants/weissmann/world/brussels.html   (1719 words)

  
 Nation's Restaurant News: No waffling around: Belgian cuisine conquers America
Many restaurantgoers know that the heritage foods of Belgian cuisine are fried potatoes, fat waffles, delicious dark beer, dark chocolate and mountains of mussels.
Davis says his menu is "Belgian fusion." Among some signature dishes are an appetizer dish of jumbo asparagus served chilled, with roasted garlic Dijonnaise sauce, Ardennes ham and prosciutto; mussels prepared 14 different ways, with such ingredients as smoked salmon or chain-pagne-chive sauce; and carbonnade flamande, the traditional Belgium beef stew.
Davis says for some of his stews he marinates beef in beer for 48 hours, allowing the acid of the beer to break down the beef.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_14_33/ai_54373411   (1166 words)

  
 ::::::St Veronus Café - Belgian Cuisine::::::
Belgian cuisine is loosely related to French cuisine in terms of preparation methods and appreciation for the culinary skills required to produce these dishes.
Strong on tradition and taste, beer is to the Belgians what wine is to the French.
They are finding it increasingly in Belgian cuisine and specialty beers which are gaining major recognition worldwide.
http://www.stveronus.com   (270 words)

  
 Celebrator Beer News : Jun/Jul 2005 : Excursion : Chicago Belgian Beer (Lucy Saunders)
Here’s to savoring the flavor of Belgian cuisine at home, with your own Belgian brew of choice.
A similar version of the Belgian Beer Celebration travels to John’s Grocery in Iowa City, Iowa, in May. Doug Alberhasky, manager and beer connoisseur, is devoting two days to Belgian beer promotions, with a beer dinner and guided tastings for consumers.
European Imports brought a selection of Belgian cheeses, including the beer-washed rind Chimay cheeses, which were sampled widely.
http://celebrator.com/archives/0506/0506excursion-belgianbeer.html   (1160 words)

  
 Beer Travelers - Favorite Belgian Beer Spots
Recently, the restaurants Steak Frites and Waterloo, featuring Belgian cuisine and beers, opened in Manhattan, and the founders of the two Croxley Ales Ale Houses on Long Island were making plans to open Waterzooie, a Belgian bistro with 20 Belgian-style beers on tap and 100 more in bottles, in Garden City.
The Belgian veterans include top-flight beer bars like Toronado in San Francisco, which annually hosts a special Belgian beer tasting, the Brickskeller in Washington, DC, the Hopleaf Bar in Chicago, and Burp Castle and d.b.a in Manhattan.
Belgian beers account for perhaps 8 percent of beer sales at the Archer, where nearly 90 percent of sales are draft, but they set the pub apart.
http://www.beertravelers.com/indexes/wateringholes/belgian.html   (1863 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook: Books
Belgian food is strongly linked to French cuisine, with German and Dutch influences, featuring fish and seafood, leeks, asparagus, cheese, and beer as the favorite ingredients-and don't forget the chocolate.
Belgian cooking has moved to traiteurs and restaurants, and with all those people working and not cooking, incomes have improved, and they eat out for both the classics and for upscale cuisine.
Beer, used even in desserts, earns its own chapter, as does the much-loved potato ("traditionally Belgian fries were fried in the rendered fat of beef kidneys").
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761101063?v=glance   (1738 words)

  
 Welcome to Wine Tours, Inc.
Belgian specialties include "simple stews prepared in beer; the traditional mussels and pommes frites - the French did not invent French fries - the very tasty gray crevettes [gray shrimp from the North Sea], and of course the 300 ways of preparing Belgian endives," Valckx said.
When asked to characterize Belgian cuisine, Valckx said it is "very much influence by the traditional French cuisine," but there are differences.
"Beer is the traditional Belgian drink and Belgian beers are world famous," said Valckx.
http://www.winetoursinc.com/reviews.cfm   (761 words)

  
 Belgian Beer Cafe Brussels: citysearch
The highlight of our menu and a staple of Belgian cuisine are the steaming pots of mussels, cooked in a variety of regional sauces and served with frites and creamy mayonnaise.
The Belgian Beer Café Brussels serves more than thirty beers from the Kingdom of Belgium.
You will sample our beers and then you will be treated to a Belgian beer and food experience that you will not soon forget, in your own exclusive area of the Belgian Beer Cafe.
http://brisbane.citysearch.com.au/E/V/BRISB/0005/97/31/2.html   (295 words)

  
 Pierre Wynants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre Wynants (born March 5, 1939 in Brussels) is a Belgian chef.
He owns and leads the Comme chez Soi restaurant in Brussels, one of the finest and most famous restaurant in Belgium.
This breach to the renowned guide's rules created quite a stir in the Belgian press, particularly in Le Soir.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Wynants   (154 words)

  
 The London Guide to Belgian Beer - Bar Guide
Grimbergen and a good selection of fruit and blond beers are available at this Abbaye, along with Belgian cuisine.
Unfortunately, all Belgian beers are served in a generic glass and the barstaff even ask if you need one.
Belgian beers on offer here are the three Chimays, Duvel and sometimes Liefmans.
http://www.belgianbeerguide.co.uk/pubguide.html   (2517 words)

  
 Belgian Cuisine
2) " Cuisine" -- in the term Belgian Cuisine
1) " Belgian" -- in the term Belgian Cuisine
3.1 Cuisines of Northern Europe 3.2 Cuisines of the Mediterranean
http://www.daikaiju.com/edge/10684-belgian%20cuisine.html   (444 words)

  
 Discount Travel at Cheap Trips Online
The cuisine, wine list, and service are all one would expect in such grandiose surroundings: diners can munch on large raviolis of langoustine with wild mushrooms and white sauce, or fried fillet of lamb with vegetable and mint tabbouleh and new potatoes.
The cuisine ranges from a mild pilaf to a spicy vindaloo.
There's nothing casual about the French-style cuisine, however: grilled sweetbreads with courgette gratin, millefeuille of lobster and salmon with a coulis of langoustines, saddle of lamb with spring vegetables and potato gratin.
http://visit-usa.com/tools/restaurants/brussels.html   (3839 words)

  
 RESTAURANTS: CONTINENTAL AND NORTHERN EUROPEAN IN NEW YORK CITY
Belgian Cuisine: Belgian cuisine is a blending of French and Flemish influences.
German Cuisine: German cuisine is influenced by the neighboring countries with Scandinavian influences to the North and Italian and Austrian influences to the South.
Scandinavian cuisine raised to a new level, served in dramatic two-level townhouse.
http://www.citidex.com/6448.htm   (1901 words)

  
 Station Information - Brussels
Highlights: Grote Markt / Grand-Place, Atomium, Manneken Pis, Belgian cuisine
It is the name of one of the three regions constituting the Belgian federation (the others are Flanders and Wallonia).
The Brussels Capital Region consists of only one administrative district (the Brussels Capital District) in which there are 19 municipalities (See: List of municipalities of the Brussels Capital Region).
http://www.stationinformation.com/encyclopedia/b/br/brussels.html   (391 words)

  
 Belgian Tourist Office - official website - your definitive source of travel information on Belgium
Belgian Fries - they are not "French" but Belgian !
Belgian Endive - All endives sold in the US are imported from Belgium
Asparagus "a la Flamande" - white asparagus served with a creamy sauce and eggs.
http://www.visitbelgium.com/tradcuisine.htm   (314 words)

  
 Macomb Daily : Sports : Bastone offers taste of fine Belgian cuisine 07/16/04
The seafood waterzooi, a Belgian stew of lobster, monkfish, mussels, clams and salmon, was marvelous.
And there are hamburgers of "Belgian Blue beef, a breed that produces leaner meat with great flavor," on an onion-poppy-seed roll.
Sandwiches cover grilled steak, Paris ham and cheese, grilled chicken, a cured salmon BLT and a tartine (an open-faced sandwich with goat cheese, lettuce, tomato and grilled seasonal vegetables).
http://www.macombdaily.com/stories/071604/ent_bastone001.shtml   (679 words)

  
 Belgian Beer Cafe - Oostende "Discover Belgian Cuisine"
Our new menu not only features typical Belgian cuisine such as Mussels (Moules), Waterzooi and Flemish Beef Stew, but also has many dishes that are ideally matched to our extensive range of beers.
Belgian Beer Cafe - Oostende "Discover Belgian Cuisine"
The sweet tooth is satisfied by Belgian Waffles, strudel and Belgian chocolates...
http://oostende.com.au/belgiancuisine   (152 words)

  
 restaurants.ca - Pierre Wynants
Pierre Wynants Pierre Wynants (born March 5, 1939 in Brussels) is a Belgian chef.
http://www.restaurants.ca/Pierre-Wynants/reference/fullview/wikipedia/1481806   (152 words)

  
 The Burgundian Babble Belt -- All About Belgian Beer
A classic pajottenland lambic café, and their food is as tasty as it gets in the "classic Belgian cuisine" department.
They do quite some original interpretations of Belgian classics, plus beer cuisine, plus a "beer tasters' menu" with matching beers, plus they have a decent beer list.
You'll find most Brussels restaurants there with an indication of the type of cuisine, as well as comments by patrons and ratings (to be taking with a pinch of salt of course).
http://www.babblebelt.com/readarc.html?id=1064567313   (330 words)

  
 Washington Blade Online
While traces of Belgian cooking are preserved, such as using beer in sauces and sprinkling most dishes with plenty of fresh herbs, the Eurofusion dishes often incorporate Asian ingredients and presentations.
For a traditional Belgian favorite, order the mussels, which are served in a large pot with your choice of six different sauces.
Belga Café currently serves lunch and dinner, and offers a “special Belgian beer event” on Tuesdays and brunch on the weekends built around a “Belgian waffles and chocolate” theme.
http://www.washblade.com/print.cfm?content_id=4749   (521 words)

  
 Belgian cooking, French cuisine, Italian recipes
French cuisine, Begian cooking, Italian recipes and this summer, a special dossier about barbecues : barbecue recipes, marinades recipes, skewer recipes,...
LaBonneCuisine.be has been founded in 2001 in Belgium and is run by a Belgian team, including French and Flemish (Belgian Dutch) speaking people.
Its main areas of interest are the Belgian, French and Italian cuisine, which are developped and discussed through recipes, gastronomy related dossiers, and also through attending and covering major press conferences and national / international Salons / Fairs / Exhibitions.
http://www.labonnecuisine.be/french-italian-belgian-recipes.htm   (358 words)

  
 Nieuw-velle Belgian Cuisine
The pair have been importing Belgian beer to the U.S. market since 1982, and just last year, they began to produce their own Belgian-style beers at Brewery Ommegang.
And to wash down their contemporary Belgian cuisine, Wendy Littlefield will be pouring some of Belgium's best beers.
While there is a patron saint of breweries in Belgium and also an annual "Day of Beer," most of us here in America are Belgian beer novices.
http://www.jamesbeard.org/old/events/1999/10/001.html   (344 words)

  
 eG Forums -> Belgian food
The only thing Belgian about the place is the beer.
Monk's can't be beat for Belgian food in the city.
It will soak up a lot of belgian beer at dinner, too.
http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=57825   (1645 words)

  
 www.labonnecuisine.be - Belgian cooking recipes, beers and chocolate from Belgium
Belgian cooking recipes, beers and chocolate from Belgium- www.labonnecuisine.be
www.labonnecuisine.be - Belgian cooking recipes, beers and chocolate from Belgium
Not surprisingly, the connoisseur will enjoy in Belgium beers as much as the Belgian cooking !
http://users.skynet.be/la_cuisine_belge/index-english.htm   (169 words)

  
 An Invitation to Visit Belgium
After Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo (on Belgian soil!) in 1815, the Northern and Southern Provinces all unite into the Kingdom of the Netherlands under William I of Orange but in 1830 the Belgian (Southern) provinces revolt and declare Belgium an independent monarchy.
In 1702, during the war of Spanish Succession, the Belgian provinces are again thrust under the rule of Austria.
In 1908 the Belgian government takes over and the Free State officialy becomes the Belgian Congo.
http://home.earthlink.net/~fgilmand/history.htm   (1035 words)

  
 WORKMAN PUBLISHING NEW YORK
In 250 delicious recipes, here is the best of Belgian cuisine.
With its French foundation, hearty influences from Germany and Holland, herbs straight out of a Medieval garden, and condiments and spices from the height of Flemish culture, Belgian cuisine is elegant comfort food at its best--slow-cooked, honest, bourgeois, nostalgic.
Ruth Van Vaerebeek is from the medieval city of Ghent, where she learned Belgian cuisine from her great grandmother, her grandmother, and her mother.
http://www.workman.com/catalog/pagemaker.cgi?1563054116   (209 words)

  
 clayart - thread 'international cuisine--belgian fries and beer'
Belgian fries and stuben ale are among the
I have been very fortunate to have visited a number of other countries and
http://www.potters.org/subject64936.htm   (709 words)

  
 Mauritian cuisine, cooking and recipes from Mauritius
Basic ingredients of the Creole cuisine are the tomatoes (known as pommes d'amour), onions, ginger, garlic and chillies.
The delicate blend of spiciness and subtle mix of ingredients constitute the setting for the event-related Muslim cuisine.
MALT ADVOCATE -- What's Belgian Beer without Belgian Cheese?
http://ile-maurice.tripod.com/recipelinks.htm   (495 words)

  
 Belgian Food and Recipe Books - Cookbooks of the World - Belgium
Belgian Food and Recipe Books - Cookbooks of the World - Belgium
Here, at last, is the definitive introduction to the many joys and rewards of Belgian cuisine.
For too long Belgian cooking has been overshadowed by and confused with French cookery.
http://www.almudo.com/BelgiumCookbooks.htm   (266 words)

  
 zero932 - belgian restaurant in cape town, south africa
zero932 - belgian restaurant in cape town, south africa
http://www.zero932.com   (9 words)

  
 Cuisine / Oysters / Belgian | Recipe*zaar
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http://www.recipezaar.com/r/15/1/242   (104 words)

  
 Lunch review: Point Brugge Cafe - PittsburghLIVE.com
The Belgians do chocolate like no one else, and the Belgian Praline Rum Cake ($6.50) is one of the best desserts I've had this year.
Better yet, their Belgian-influenced cuisine is something relatively new for Pittsburgh, and it's carried out with obvious passion and panache.
Dark, dark chocolate cake is pierced by sweet, crunchy praline slivers, and a strong hint of rum.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/style/fooddrink/restaurantreviews/s_326189.html   (594 words)

  
 Cookbook Reviews and Features at Epicurious.com
These authentic Belgian recipes are tasty, but difficult.
An exploration of the cooking of the Sephardic Jews of Morocco — a cuisine that is in danger of disappearing.
There's cuisine from Spain, and then there's cuisine from Spain's Basque region.
http://www.epicurious.com/features/cookbooks/masterlist   (9774 words)

  
 Restaurants & Institutions: The Haute Stuff.(Americans dine on Belgian cuisine)(Statistical Data Included)
Does the cuisine of a small country, tucked in between France, Germany and the...
EACH WEEK AT MARKT, A 150-SEAT BELGIAN BISTRO IN NEW YORK, DINERS EAT THEIR WAY through 4,000 pounds of mussels and 7,000 pounds of the European country's famous frites.
That volume is enough of a clue for Executive Chef Marvin James to conclude that Belgian food has big appeal.
http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3402/is_199908/ai_n8155631   (299 words)

  
 Belgian Recipe Page
Season with nutmeg and pepper (very light with salt) Place ingredients in Pie Pan or Flan and cover with cream Cover with strips of 2nd pie dough (strips only!) Bake at 350 degrees for 60-90 minutes (till potatoes are done)
(To make mashed potatoes the Belgian way, you also put some nutmeg in with the salt and pepper) I hope you will enjoy these as much as I do.
They have an assortment of irons and are quite familiar with Belgian cookie making.
http://members.tripod.com/~therresa/index-2.html   (1748 words)

  
 Belgian Cuisine - ClaudesPlace Store
These crisp caramelized biscuits imported from Belgium are delicious with coffee or tea.
A touch of vanilla brightens the flavor of these Belgian waffle cookies
Just north of the French border lies Chimay, a town in the Belgian forest of Mont du Secours.
http://www.claudesplace.com/r-3603151/m-GourmetFood/b-3603191/Store.aspx   (229 words)

  
 Belgian Lion - San Diego, CA - DineSite.com
Eating & Drinking: Open for dinner.Both beer and wine are served, and you'll find that there is a good selection of wines.
his fine dining restaurant prepares and serves a French and Belgian cuisine.
Atmosphere: Belgian Lion has been around for over fifteen years.
http://dinesite.com/info/rstrnt-233744/%LegendLink%   (138 words)

  
 ::::::St Veronus Café - Belgian Cuisine::::::
Belgian Style - excellent site dedicated to Belgian beer; particularly good sections                          on "Beer Tourism " and beer paraphernalia.
Visit Belgium - the comprehensive Belgian National Tourist Office site.
Beerhunter - the Grand- daddy of all beer sites; read Michael Jackson's latest musings.
http://www.stveronus.com/links.htm   (295 words)

  
 Contact us - Actuel Restaurant Bar - Fine belgian cuisine, mussel - Montreal down town
Located in the heart of downtown, L'Actuel offers fine Belgian cuisine amid an elegant ambience with a splendid park view.
The Dries family, reputed for their Duke of Anjou title in Liège (Belgium), moved to Montreal in 1982 to share their many mussel recipes.
Contact us - Actuel Restaurant Bar - Fine belgian cuisine, mussel - Montreal down town
http://www.actuelrestaurant.com/en   (68 words)

  
 San Diego Restaurant Guide
Chef Marc blends Belgian cuisine with fresh California produce for a unique dining experience.
Enjoy magnificent ocean views while dining on the marvelous Belgian cuisine created by French-born Chef Marc Liautard, who has worked for several Michelin-starred restaurants.
Try his USDA prime New York steak with a bouquet of vegetables, Belgian fries and tarragon hollandaise.
http://www.cityspin.com/sandiego/dining/edits/excelsior.htm   (87 words)

  
 Mirror.co.uk - Lifestyle & Leisure - Travel - TINSELL TOWNS
Inside the walls of the old town you'll find dozens of restaurants specialising in seafood and excellent cuisine.
Le Chais has 50,000 quality bottles of wine in atmospheric cellars.
Belgium is the home of good beer, so don't miss out on a glass or two at La Becasse in Rue du Tabora near the Grand Place.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyleandleisure/travel/tm_objectid=16362014%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=tinsell%2dtowns-name_page.html   (2040 words)

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