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A TASTE OF GRAMMAR
Modes of cooking: Ã la, au, aux.
1) Many French dishes are prepared à la ... something.
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Une daube à la provençale
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Des pommes de terre à la vapeur
steamed potatoes
Rule: Ã la indicates "a way of cooking" and is always used with feminine names.
But it also means "with":
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Une tarte à la crème
a pie "with" cream, a cream pie
2) The masculine form is au.
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Un coq au vin:
literally, rooster with wine; chicken cooked in wine
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Une salade au roquefort:
a green salad with roquefort
3) Aux is used with plural names.
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Un poulet aux olives:
chicken with olives
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Une omelette aux fines herbes:
an omelette with fine herbs
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Note: we use à l' when two vowels "clash" (feminine). Ex:
Un canard à la orange is wrong. But un canard à l'orange is right!
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canard à l'orange:
duck with orange sauce
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