1.   French cooks would use a baguette, but for an Eastern European flavor, try buttered black bread.

2.   French home cooks might spend more time preparing food than their American counterparts but their typical dishes are generally fairly easy to prepare.

3.   I took such liberties because French cooks do, too.

4.   Leave it out if you like that tartness, but most French cooks would add it.

5.   Modern French cooks dabble in Asian dishes, she says, so goods on hand might include lemongrass and cilantro along with the odd root and herb.

6.   People who cook vitello tonnato are often proprietary about their method, much in the same way French cooks are about coq au vin.

7.   This is from a wonderful French cook, Lydie Marshall, who is gifted in the kitchen.

8.   You learn that Greek cooks turn to chervil much as French cooks reach for thyme.

9.   Hezbollah then fired rockets into northern Israel, killing a French cook and injuring eight other people.

10.   The attack killed a French cook and wounded five tourists from France and three Israelis.