Nickie Jurado hosts a fun, informative, and humorous chat with Dr. Ariane Helou, PhD, a former French professor at UCLA, as they demystify fussy French terms popping up on menus across America. Nickie and Ariane tackle amuse bouche, charcuterie, confit, foie gras, crème anglaise, coulis, escargot, Sauternes, and soo much more. So, saddle up to this entertaining episode and hopefully you walk away more empowered to handle fussy French menu terms. Happy ordering :-)

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ABOUT DR. ARIANE HELOU, PhD: Dr. Ariane Helou taught at UCLA in the Department of French & Francophone Studies. Her research focuses on drama, music, and poetry in early modern Italy, England, and France; her secondary research field is culinary history. Dr. Helou previously taught at UC Santa Cruz, where she earned her PhD in Literature and subsequently taught in Theater Arts, Classical Studies, and French.

Ariane is also a translator, a dramaturg, and a performing artist whose background spans early music, theater, and opera, currently singing with Artes Vocales. Dr. Helou has been a company member of the Santa Cruz Shakespeare Festival since 2012 and is a member of the Los Angeles-based theater company Collaborative Artists Bloc.

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