Section 06 of 06 · 3 guides

Arguments

The things French cooks refuse to agree on. Every entry says what the technique or the dish is FOR before it says how it is done, and where households disagree it says so.

A family table mid-meal, dishes half served — FIG. 01Half-served is the honest state of a French table: dishes go down in the middle and travel.Photo: Golboo Maghooli / Pexels

6.1
Garlic: in or out

A dispute that runs along regional lines and has no resolution.
6.2
The lid

On, off, or ajar — three different dishes from the same pot.
6.3
Salting, and when

Early, late or both, and what each does to the same piece of meat.

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Arguments

Garlic: in or out

The lid

Salting, and when