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  • BTW, as a potter, I have to compliment you on the lovely bowl containing the île flottante!

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Je suis écrivain = I am a writer le cerveau = brain la verrine = a layered entree or dessert served in a see-through glass la crème anglaise = English cream, a custard sauce with vanilla or rhum le saumon fumé = smoked salmon le verre = glass le surimi = imitation crab la crème fraîche = sour cream une île flottante = floating island

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Je suis écrivain = I am a writer le cerveau = brain la verrine = a layered entree or dessert served in a see-through glass la crème anglaise = English cream, a custard sauce with vanilla or rhum le saumon fumé = smoked salmon le verre = glass le surimi = imitation crab la crème fraîche = sour cream une île flottante = floating island

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • BTW, as a potter, I have to compliment you on the lovely bowl containing the île flottante!

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • Je suis écrivain = I am a writer le cerveau = brain la verrine = a layered entree or dessert served in a see-through glass la crème anglaise = English cream, a custard sauce with vanilla or rhum le saumon fumé = smoked salmon le verre = glass le surimi = imitation crab la crème fraîche = sour cream une île flottante = floating island

    French Word-A-Day: 2010

  • Je suis écrivain = I am a writer le cerveau = brain la verrine = a layered entree or dessert served in a see-through glass la crème anglaise = English cream, a custard sauce with vanilla or rhum le saumon fumé = smoked salmon le verre = glass le surimi = imitation crab la crème fraîche = sour cream une île flottante = floating island

    mousse - French Word-A-Day 2010

  • The île flottante was heavenly: light and fluffy, it melted in my mouth.

    Chez Léon Etienne 2006

  • Pictured on the left is an île flottante, one of my favorite desserts, sitting in a pool of crème anglaise.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Etienne 2006

  • Pictured on the left is an île flottante, one of my favorite desserts, sitting in a pool of crème anglaise.

    Chez Léon Etienne 2006

  • The île flottante was heavenly: light and fluffy, it melted in my mouth.

    Archive 2006-05-01 Etienne 2006

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