About

Bonjour, I'm Olivier

I'm a Frenchman from Paris, and I write the Cooking with a Parisian books under the name Olivier Giraud.

In France, quiche is not a fancy dish. It is what families make on a weeknight, pack for a picnic or serve with a glass of wine before dinner. The same goes for most of what we cook at home: simple recipes, good ingredients, and a little bit of butter.

French recipes rarely travel well as they are: grams instead of cups, Celsius instead of Fahrenheit, ingredients you cannot find at a regular supermarket. So I rewrote mine for American kitchens, and kept the French touch: a little story about Paris and a French word of the day in every recipe.

About the photos

The food photographs on this site and in the books are AI-generated illustrations, made to show what each dish should look like. The recipes themselves are real, written and checked for American kitchens. Your homemade quiche may look a little different, and it will taste even better.

À bientôt!