friandise

There is something so special, so sophisticated and elegant about the macaron that its makers have become legend and the mystique surrounding this friandise continues to grow.

Jamie Schler: Macaron Madness 2010

Vocabulary from the original story is posted below. une cheminée (f) = fireplace; un périple (m) = journey; qui fait peur = which scare; une sorcière = a witch; la mairie (f) = the town hall; ah-lo-een = pronunciation for "Halloween"; une friandise (f) = a bonbon, candy; un déguisement = a disguise; le tout, c'est de faire peur!

French Word-A-Day: 2004

Vocabulary from the original story is posted below. une cheminée (f) = fireplace; un périple (m) = journey; qui fait peur = which scare; une sorcière = a witch; la mairie (f) = the town hall; ah-lo-een = pronunciation for "Halloween"; une friandise (f) = a bonbon, candy; un déguisement = a disguise; le tout, c'est de faire peur!

French Word-A-Day: 2004

Vocabulary from the original story is posted below. une cheminée (f) = fireplace; un périple (m) = journey; qui fait peur = which scare; une sorcière = a witch; la mairie (f) = the town hall; ah-lo-een = pronunciation for "Halloween"; une friandise (f) = a bonbon, candy; un déguisement = a disguise; le tout, c'est de faire peur!

une citrouille - French Word-A-Day 2004

Gourmandise also comprehends, friandise (passion for light delicacies) for pastry, comfitures, etc.

The physiology of taste; or Transcendental gastronomy. Illustrated by anecdotes of distinguished artists and statesmen of both continents by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. Translated from the last Paris edition by Fayette Robinson. 2004

It was not, so to speak, a long and leisurely stammer, as was the case with my uncle, Henry Sidgwick, the little toss of whose head as he disengaged a troublesome word, after long dallying with a difficult consonant, added a touch of _friandise_ to his talk.

Hugh Memoirs of a Brother Arthur Christopher Benson 1893

Disdaining garbage, he carries off lambs and kids, and fastens upon a favourite _friandise_, the sheep's tail; the victim runs away in terror, and unless the jackal be driven off by dogs, leaves a delicate piece of fat behind it.

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

She had a genius in_ friandise_, and knew how to gratify the palate without offending the highest sense of refinement.

The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete George Eliot 1849

Gourmandise also comprehends, friandise (passion for light delicacies) for pastry, comfitures, etc.

The Physiology of Taste 1755-1826 Brillat-Savarin 1790

le flair français = French flair un périple = a tour, journey une friandise = a sweet candy

le french flair - French Word-A-Day 2010