page_title: List of foods named after places
section_title: France
hierarchical_section_title: List of foods named after places / Europe / Western Europe / France
caption_attribution_description: English: Lobster with american sauce Français&#160;: homard roti sauce americaine
context_page_description: Lists of foods named after places have been compiled by writers, sometimes on travel websites or food-oriented websites, as well as in books.
  Since all of these names are words derived from place names, they are all toponyms.
  According to Delish.com, "[T]here's a rich history of naming foods after cities, towns, countries, and even the moon."
  The following foods and drinks were named after places. Each non-obvious etymology is supported by a reference on the linked Wikipedia page. Food names are listed by country of the origin of the word, not necessarily where the food originated or was thought to have originated. Some foods are certified to originate in that region with a protected designation of origin.
context_section_description: Belle de Fontenay — potato named after the suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois, Paris
  Beurre d'Isigny — butter from the town of Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy
  Bisque — soup named after the Bay of Biscay between Spain and France
  Camargue red rice — the Camargue region, Bouches-du-Rhône
  Crème Chantilly — another term for "whipped cream", after Chantilly, Oise, Hauts-de-France
  French fries is from Belgium.
  French toast
  French onion soup
  French vanilla
  Lyonnaise potatoes — the city of Lyon
  Vichyssoise soup — the city of Vichy, Auvergne
  Baked goods
  Biscuit rose de Reims — the city of Reims, Marne, Grand Est
  Bourbon biscuit — British cookie named, via the House of Bourbon — the historic Bourbonnais region
  Breton galette and Crêpe bretonne — the region of Brittany
  Bugnes lyonnaise — the city of Lyon
  Chantilly cake — indirectly after the castle at and village of Chantilly, Oise, Hauts-de-France
  Coussin de Lyon — sweet from the city of Lyon
  Dacquoise — cake named after the town of Dax, Landes
  Far Breton — cake from the region of Brittany
  Ficelle picarde — savory pancake from the region of Picardy
  Franzbrötchen — German pastry named after France
  French toast
  Gâteau Basque — pastry from Basque Country
  Jordan almonds — confectionary perhaps named after the town of Verdun, Meuse
  Nice biscuit or Nizza — a cookie named after the city of Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
  Norman Tart — the Normandy region
  Paris buns — Scottish breadlike cake named after Paris
  Paris–Brest — pastry named for the cities of Paris and Brest, Brittany
  Pithivier — pie named after the town of Pithiviers, Loiret, central France
  Quiche lorraine — the historical region of Lorraine
  Cheeses
  Abondance — the commune of Abondance, Haute-Savoie
  Banon — the town of Banon in the Provence
  Beaufort — the commune of Beaufort, Savoie
  Bleu d'Auvergne — the central historical province of Auvergne
  Bleu de Gex — the eastern historical Pays de Gex
  Brie — the historical Brie region near Paris
  Camembert — the town of Camembert, Orne, Normandy
  Cantal — the central department of Cantal
  Chaource — the village of Chaource in the Champagne region
  Comté — the eastern Franche-Comté region
  Crottin de Chavignol — the village of Chavignol, France in the central Loire valley
  Époisses de Bourgogne — the historic Duchy of Burgundy
  Fourme de Montbrison — Montbriso in the upper Loire valley.
  Laguiole — the village of Laguiole in the southern Aveyron department
  Langres — the Langres plateau in the Champagne region
  Livarot — the town of Livarot in Normandy
  Mâconnais — the city of Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire
  Maroilles — the village of Maroilles near the Belgian border
  Morbier — the village of Morbier near the Swiss border
  Munster — the town of Munster, Haut-Rhin in the Alsace region
  Neufchâtel — the town of Neufchâtel-en-Bray in upper Normandie
  Ossau-iraty — the Ossau Valley and the Irati Forest, French Basque Country
  Pont-l'Évêque — the town of Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, Normandy
  Pouligny-Saint-Pierre — the commune of Pouligny-Saint-Pierre, Indre
  Rigotte de Condrieu — the town of Condrieu, Rhône
  Rocamadour — the village of Rocamadour in Occitanie
  Roquefort — the village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in Occitanie
  Sainte-Maure de Touraine — the town of Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine in the Loire valley
  Selles-sur-Cher — the town of Selles-sur-Cher in the Loire valley
  Tomme de Savoie — the historic region of Savoy
  Valençay — the town of Valençay, Indre
  Fruits and vegetables
  Anjou pear or Beurré d'Anjou — the historical region of Anjou
  Corsican citron — the island of Corsica
  Espelette pepper — the town of Espelette, French Basque Country
  Mirabelle de Lorraine plum — the region of Lorraine
  Montmorency cherry — the town of Montmorency, Val-d'Oise
  Muscat du Ventoux — grape from Mont Ventoux, Provence
  Niçoise (olive), Olive de Nice and Salade niçoise — the city of Nice
  Poire à la Beaujolaise — pear recipe named after the historical province of Beaujolais
  Salonenque olive — the town of Salon-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône
  Nyons olive — the town of Nyons, Drôme
  Meat products and dishes
  Bayonne ham — the city of Bayonne, French Basque Country
  Beef bourgui
caption: Lobster with sauce américaine
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