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Les Mères Allard were a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in Paris who were called Mère, a traditional title for talented women cooks in France.[1]
Marthe Meuriot, a native of Morvan, married Marcel Allard in 1920, and together they opened a bistro in the 13th arrondisement.[1]: 25 Her specialties included Burgundy stew, pot-au-feu, and jugged rabbit, served mostly to lower-class customers.[1] They moved to the rue Saint-Andre-des-Arts in the 6th arrondisement and she continued to produce Burgundian dishes such as poached pike with beurre blanc, roast guinea fowl, and lamb stew.[1] Food historian Nicolas de Rabaudy described her as a "Burgundian Mère Brazier."[1]
After World War II the restaurant was taken over by her son André and his wife, Fernande, like her mother-in-law a native of Morvan, took over.[1] Fernande also became known as Mère Allard.[1] Her specialties included pate en croute, cassoulet, veal with onions and bacon, lamb stew, lentils with salt pork, braised beef with carrots, and chicken in red wine.[1] Each specialty was a plat du jour; the cassoulet was served Mondays, the coq au vin on Tuesdays, and so on.[2]
As of 2001 the restaurant was still in operation.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i Blanc, Georges; Jobard, Coco (2001). Simple French cooking: Recipes from our mothers' kitchens. London: Cassell & Co. pp. 25–27. ISBN 0-304-35997-1. OCLC 48389423.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Peter, Madeleine (1979). Favorite recipes of the great women chefs of France. Simmons, Nancy. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. 1–13. ISBN 0-03-044311-3. OCLC 4775080.