Holiday Workhorse: Garlic Confit

Garlic Confit is a staple in the Gascon larder and an excellent ingredient to have on-hand during the holidays. In this super easy recipe, fresh garlic is slowly cooked in duck fat which changes the firm, pungent cloves into soft, mellow, spreadable garlic goodness. Use as a spread on crusty country bread, add to mashed…

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D’Artagnan Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Day 6

How to Make Turkey Stock The precious juices created and saved from the cooking of vegetables and meats, have long been used by cooks to enrich and enhance the flavor of food. In French cooking, these are fonds de cuisine – the foundations of cooking, and this practice of creating and using these juices is elevated to…

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D’Artagnan Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Day 5

In our holiday video, D’Artagnan Talks Turkey: Part 1—Just the facts, you’ll learn all about our entire turkey lineup. In this short video, Ariane will run through each bird – from how it’s raised to how many people it will feed and all the details in between. Still can’t decide which turkey to buy? Check out A Few Words…

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D’Artagnan Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Day 4

It’s Day 4 of our Turkey Day guide! And the home-stretch of Turkey Roasting 101. S0 – the bird is now perfectly roasted and ready to come out of the oven. You have already cleared a safe place for it, with surfaces protected if necessary from the intense heat of the roasting pan. Your cutting…

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D’Artagnan Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of our Thanksgiving Survival Guide! By now, you’ve learned some turkey roasting basics, so you chose a technique to initially protect the turkey from the dry heat; it is in the oven roasting beautifully, and you are basting away diligently – this is great! Now comes the second step towards a moist, juicy…

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D’Artagnan Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Day 2

In the first installment of our Thanksgiving Survival Guide, we told you why turkeys should have fat added to the mix during roasting and gave specific oven temperatures for best results. For Day 2, we’re taking these lessons one step further, to ensure crispy skin and moist meat, with buttering, cloaking and barding. Turkey Roasting…

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The Art of the Feast

Open the latest NY Magazine to behold a mouthwatering Christmas Feast with classic recipes by Chef April Bloomfield and a gorgeous edible tableau, featuring a creamy feathered  D’Artagnan pekin, arranged by food stylist Alison Attenborough. Beautiful. Click here for more photographs (but be warned, holiday spirit may ensue…).

D’Artagnan Thanksgiving Survival Guide: Day 1

Can you believe there are only 16 days left until Thanksgiving?! While warm, fuzzy visions of time off, family gatherings, food and football fill the minds of many, if you’re the designated chef on Thanksgiving, the tick-tock may have you feeling more distress than delight. Even seasoned cooks can feel a tad overwhelmed this time of…

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NEW Product!

Just in time for the holidays, we are proud to announce a brand new product in the D’Artagnan lineup! It’s the luxury trifecta of deliciousness: foie gras, truffles, and now CAVIAR!! But, it’s not just any caviar. It’s sustainable, environmentally friendly, farm-raised Ossetra from the Aquitaine region of France. And it’s unbelievably delicious! The silvery…

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Featured Recipe: Cassoulet D’Artagnan

It’s a dark, drizzling day in New York and we have cassoulet on the brain, natch. The hearty, bubbling bean stew is the perfect antidote to chilly, wet weather. Always made in a large batch, cassoulet is the perfect dish for sharing with friends and makes a great excuse for an Autumn get-together. Our cassoulet…

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Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival

Who attended the 1st annual, Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival? We did! Ariane made the trek to the ‘left coast’ for the star-studded event which spanned four days and featured some great California wineries + local and national chefs, such as Michel Richard, Tony Esnault, Wolfgang Puck, Tom Colicchio, Rick Bayless, Chris Cosentino, Masaharu…

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