Discover here all that Monsieur de France tells or presents in relation with Lorraine. Discover our destinations, our recipes, our stories of Lorraine. Detours to live in Nancy, Metz, Epinal, the Vosges, Moselle, Meurthe-et-Moselle or Meuse. The region of mirabelle plums and Saint Nicolas
Monsieur de France gives you, each time, the name of the historical region, and the name of the administrative region.
France is the land of macaroons. Many towns and regions have their own macaroon recipe. Parisian macaroons of all colors are very recent in culinary history. Among the oldest are macarons from Nancy. They're probably the best! And even if the real recipe is a secret, you can make Nancy macaroons at home that are pretty close to the real Nancy macaroons.
Christmas in France
Lorraine / Grand Est region
Why is Saint Nicolas the patron saint of Lorraine?
Jérôme Prod'homme
If you ask them who Saint Nicolas is, the people of Lorraine will reply ‘he's our patron saint’. Saint Nicolas is the protector of the people of Lorraine and their common symbol. It's an old story that takes us back to the Middle Ages and a pretty little town in the heart of Lorraine: Saint Nicolas de Port.
French cooking
Lorraine / Grand Est region
The 30 must-try specialities in Lorraine
Jérôme Prod'homme
If there's one gourmet region in France, it's Lorraine. It's renowned for the number of culinary specialities it has to offer. Discover 16 of Lorraine's specialities and our recommendations for tasting or even cooking them.
Clémentine Delait became very famous as the bearded lady. This fame was born of a bet made with one of the customers of the small café she ran in the Vosges.
He gave his name to the most beautiful square in the world: Place Stanislas in Nancy. It has to be said that we owe this magnificent square to this astonishing man. Twice dethroned King of Poland, Duke of Lorraine, father-in-law of King Louis XV of France... A bit of an adventurer, a gourmand, a builder and a generous man, he lived an astonishing life that's well worth knowing. Meet the destiny of Stanislas Leszczynski
Made in France
Lorraine / Grand Est region
In Terra : Lorraine flowers for my garden
Jérôme Prod'homme
IN TERRA is the company founded by Thomas ZIX, a gardening enthusiast from Lorraine, who came up with the idea of offering attractive boxes containing seeds of flowers that grow well in Lorraine and elsewhere, and that can be resown year after year for a natural garden.
This is typically one of the dishes that our grandmothers used to make easily in the old days in the countryside, and that we've kind of forgotten about. It's a shame, because it's delicious, easy to make and inexpensive. Discover the recipe for easy potato shreds
Everything is gourmet in Lorraine, even the crêpes! These famous "vautes" or "votes" are, in fact, very thick crêpes that can be eaten as a spread or even, given their thickness, eaten with fruit. There's nothing to it and it's just delicious.
If it's called a "salad", it's because there's salad in the ingredients, and vinaigrette. But as for the rest, there's nothing more gourmet than a Vosgian salad, since it's bound to include lardons, potatoes and lots of other heavy stuff. All the same, you can tell your doctor that you've eaten salad. He doesn't have to know what was in it, does he?
Every year, on 6 December, Saint Nicholas is celebrated in some French regions. This is particularly the case in Lorraine. What are the traditions of Saint Nicholas? Who was Saint Nicolas? Who are the butcher and the bogeyman? And why is Saint Nicholas celebrated in Lorraine every year? Discover his story with Monsieur de France
