Bouillabaisse

A Twist on Bouillabaisse with Champignons de Saison

January 11, 2017

If ever there was a great recipe to exploit and highlight the season's best offerings of mushrooms, there is none better than this one. A light and cool vegetable bouillabaisse teeming with the bountiful delights of fresh local mushrooms garnished with a creamy rouille.…

Provencal Recipes · Starter Course · Taste

Recipe for Bouillabaisse Terrine by Gérald Passedat

August 23, 2016

recipe for Bouillabaisse Terrine is from Gérald Passedat's new cookbook Flavors From The French Mediterranean. This master chef turns this Provencal seafood dish - originally a fisherman's meal made with the unsold fish parts - into a beautiful new variation on the dish.…

Ginger and Nutmeg · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Marseille Bouillabaisse a Provencal Classic

April 27, 2016

What is your favourite fish soup? Residents of Marseille are adamant that French fishermen eked basic sustenance from their unsightly leftover fish bits concocted this fish broth/soup/stew on the shores of the now sprawling metropolis. The name for this dish is derived from two actions bouillir (to boil) and abaisser (to reduce or simmer). However, …

Fish & Seafood · Main Course · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Recipe for Marseille Classic Bouillabaisse

October 16, 2015

The fish scraps and a few herbs were thrown into a pot of boiling salty water. This meagre meal marked the end of a long day for the fishermen of Marseille. Fast-forward to today, and this fish soup is no longer considered a humble meal. You can read more about the origins of Bouillabaisse here. …

David & Karen Taylor · Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

Love France Love Food Love Fish?

August 25, 2015

Contributor blog post by David Taylor: France is of course renowned for its gastronomy and in Provence one of the most famous dishes is the Bouillabaisse, originating from Marseille. We ate at one of our favourite restaurants (in the world!) this week , which specialises in this great dish. A table of 18 men, (French …

Restaurant Recommendations · Taste

Understanding and Tasting The Real Bouillabaisse of Marseille

April 3, 2015

During a visit to a restaurant at the Vieux-Port in Marseille, we sampled “charter” Bouillabaisse. Bouillabaisse is a seafood soup with pieces of fish and crustaceans. The soup is so special that in 1980, eleven of the top chefs in Marseille created the “Bouillabaisse Charter”. Ginger and Nutmeg’s original blog post: The Real Bouillabaisse of Marseille is reproduced …

Carolyne Kauser-Abbott · Explore · Locals Travel Tips

Marseille’s Coming Out

November 28, 2014

Gilles Conchy describes his birth city of Marseille, as “tense, cosmopolitan, not well-mannered, but it is colourful, generous and sunny all year long.”…

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Bouillabaisse

A Twist on Bouillabaisse with Champignons de Saison

Recipe for Bouillabaisse Terrine by Gérald Passedat

Marseille Bouillabaisse a Provencal Classic

Recipe for Marseille Classic Bouillabaisse

Love France Love Food Love Fish?

Understanding and Tasting The Real Bouillabaisse of Marseille

Marseille’s Coming Out

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