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Learn how to make Alain Ducasse's ratatouille — it's one of the most important French dishes in any home cook's repertoire.

This foie gras butter recipe requires specialized instruction, but is worth the effort. Spread it on toasted baguette for a sumptuous treat.

Welcome to Food Republic's France Week — a celebration of one of the most revered food cultures in the world. Next up, a simple but significant foie gras recipe from one of our favorite French chefs, Alain Ducasse. And note: This is an intense recipe with several days required. But we think the results are…

It is hard to walk three blocks in Paris without stumbling upon a chocolatier. You slow your steps as the salted pistachio pralines call to you from their glass-window cases, begging to be gifted to a loved one, shared with friends after a home-cooked meal or, better yet, consumed right on the spot. France has…

This weekend in New York City, during the New York City Wine And Food Festival, The New York Times invited three French chefs to share the stage and talk about their careers, cuisine and food memories. Watch what happens when New York Times Dining Editor Sam Sifton interviews Daniel Boulud, Alain Ducasse and Eric Ripert…

Alain Ducasse Enterprises announced last week that it will launch a food website in France in May, and purchased the recipes site 750g in the run-up to its launch. The news was first reported by English-language site Paris By Mouth, linking to reports in Le Monde and L'Express. The French newspapers report that Ducasse announced…

While the Bronx might be best known for the Bombers, there’s a new reason to believe its taps and growlers will soon be famous, too. Enter Pinch American Grill, a new restaurant managed by Ducasse Studios (headed by famed French Chef Alain Ducasse) at the Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway. The 245-seat grill boasts…

“I’ve never seen chefs this nervous about meeting somebody,” joked Lucky Peach editor Chris Ying in his introduction for Alain Ducasse at the MAD Symposium in Copenhagen. It was a bit of a fanboy moment when Ying joined David Chang, Daniel Patterson and René Redzepi to talk about “Being Alain Ducasse.” Also covered: death, fear,…

Do you know how to gut a fish? It's an essential technique for an aspiring chef, and it's one of the 100+ video tips featured on Alain Ducasse's My Culinary Encyclopedia app for iPad. The recently released app from the legendary French chef and restaurateur also features 250 recipes, and, this being a Ducasse project,…

How would you like to eat a multi-course dinner that starts with some dishes from Mathias Dahlgren and several other acclaimed European chefs, then heads into main courses by Thomas Keller and Alain Ducasse, who's also overseeing dessert? Such is the lineup for the "Dîner des Grands Chefs du Monde" set to take place during…

UPDATE! Ducasse is now sweeting the Instagram takeover deal with a Cookpot sweepstakes. Head over to the Ducasse Facebook page for a chance to win a beautiful Cookpot set. Alain Ducasse has 24 restaurants on three continents, and this Thursday-Sunday, you'll get a glimpse into many of them, as his chefs take over the Food…

Serve these Basque-style eggs with nice fresh slices of whole-wheat or multigrain bread.If you don’t have a flameproof serving dish, use a skillet fit for serving at the table. If you cannot get Spanish Serrano ham, use an Italian cured ham, and trim the fat before cutting it. Peppers, onions, and tomatoes — plenty of antioxidants here!Read…

“You have to work it! There has to be spice!” says superstar French chef Alain Ducasse in accented English that hints of his rural Southwest upbringing. “You must add a little sexiness to vegetables.” I was sitting in a private dinning room with Alain Ducasse last March and Monsieur Ducasse was telling me about his…

There I stood, amidst a scenic expanse of wiry grape vines, and acre upon acre, row upon row of leafless hazelnut and oak trees. With the sun shining and a slight nip in the air, I was about to scavenger for black truffle in the most unlikely of places. From the looks of it I…

Forget what Nicolas Cage would have you believe from his 1992 masterpiece Honeymoon in Vegas, that Vegas is not a place for love. In fact, you should really be paying closer attention to the lessons of Nicolas Cage in 1995’s Leaving Las Vegas, where he finds out that Vegas is not a place for love.…

Sitting in a private dining room at Benoit New York, an exquisitely dressed Alain Ducasse—black Christian Lacroix suit with just a splash of red on the lapel; trademark tortoiseshell glasses resting next to a buzzing Blackberry, and hand-written to-do list that seems to grow every couple minutes —wants to talk about sex. “You have to…

Quinori is a blend of red quinoa, whole long grain rice, chickpeas, white quinoa, and sesame seeds. A superb cocktail of vitamins, minerals, fibers, carbohydrates, protein—and it's gluten–free. A meat or fish is not necessary, as this dish is plenty nourishing, but a cheese with fruit to bring this menu full circle is perfectly complementary.…