A blanquette is a seafood or meat stew in white sauce.
Blanquette
Chicken Blanquette
It comes from the French blankete or blanquette, meaning the white ("blanc") wool used for fabric and garments from which the blanket was made.
14th century Bristol, England: Flemish weaver Thomas Blanquette pioneered a heavily napped woolen weave... and the rest... is history.
The cast of Madame Princesse - 1975 includes: Ida Ehre as Madame Princesse Eva Ingeborg Scholz as Picolette Herta Kravina as Minou Winfried Steinhoff as Oscar Blanquette
The cast of Shirley of the Circus - 1922 includes: Mathilde Brundage as Mrs. Van Der Pyle Alan Hale as Max Crauford Kent as James Blackthorne Shirley Mason as Nita Lule Warrenton as Blanquette Maude Wayne as Susan Van Der Pyle
The cast of The Beloved Vagabond - 1936 includes: Charles Carson as Charles Rushworth Barbara Gott as Concierge Peter Haddon as Major Walters Margaret Lockwood as Blanquette Cathleen Nesbitt as Mme. Boin Betty Stockfeld as Joanna Rushworth Desmond Tester as Asticot Austin Trevor as Count de Verneuil Amy Veness as Cafe Owner
Eric Le Roch has: Performed in "Le bal des casse-pieds" in 1992. Played Technicien in "Les Cordier, juge et flic" in 1992. Played Sam in "Seconde B" in 1993. Played Counstable in "Elle voit des nains partout..." in 1995. Played Stanislas Montcougnet in "Les aristos" in 2006. Played Cadre moyen blanquette in "Comme un chef" in 2012.
You're thinking of Dom Perignon....WRONG! This is a common misconception. However, a group of monks did create it at the Abbey of Saint Hilaire near Carcassonne in 1531. It was called Blanquette de Limoux and it was sold in small cork stopped flasks. The most recent scholarship now attributes the first production of sparkling wine to the English.
The cast of The Beloved Vagabond - 1923 includes: Cameron Carr as Bradshaw Hubert Carter as DuBosc Albert Chase as Asticot Sydney Fairbrother as Mrs. Smith Ernest Hilliard as Maj. Walters Jessie Matthews as Pan Emilie Nichol as Mrs. Rushworth Owen Roughwood as Comte de Verneuil Madge Stuart as Blanquette Phyllis Titmuss as Joanna Rushworth Irene Tripod as Madame Bain Alfred Wood as Mr. Rashworth
The cast of Sous le figuier - 2012 includes: Caty Baccega as Sandrine Levier Nina Baldo as Ninon Claire Blanquet as Agathe Annick Christiaens as Jeune femme voyance Anne Consigny as Nathalie Tiffanie Jamesse as Annick Eric Larcin as Le boucher Gilles Soeder as Jules Marius Vale as Jeune homme anxieux
there are a lot a lot of things you can order in standard, ordinary restaurants or "brasseries":chevre chaud, tomates à la provençale, salades, tartares, tarte à l'oignon, soupes, ratatouille, charcuteries, quiche lorraine, fois gras, legumes farcis, oeufs cocotte, soupe à l'oignon, gratins, veau marengo, Truite aux Amandes, piperade, poulet rôti à la provençale, bavette, Sole Meunière, paupiettes de boeuf, filets de poisson poché au vin, tians, brochettes de poissons ou viandes, tartiflette, pot au feu, andouillette, fondue, chou farci, coq a la bière, poulet basquaise, bisque de homard, vol au vent, aumonières,moules marinières, coq au vin, fricassé de poulet, canard à l'orange, gratin Dauphinois, bouillabaisse, suprême de poulet, Homard Thermidor, choucroute, cassoulet, blanquette de veau, boeuf bourguignon, tarte aux pommes, mousse au chocolat, ile flottante, crêpe suzette, charlottes, tarte tatin, blanc-mangé, crème brulée, profiteroles, coupes de glaces, tarte au citron, fondant au chocolat, clafoutis, far aux pruneaux, gratin de fruits, plateau de fromages, wines, champagnes, coffe.....ETC...