Dessert Hard difficulty Kitchen
Mille-Feuille
Three caramelized layers of puff pastry argue with two of cold vanilla cream, and you have about three hours to referee. Bring a very sharp knife and no sense of dignity.
Recipes from Paris
3 recipes anchored in Paris.
Dessert Hard difficulty 
Dessert Easy difficulty Kitchen
Poire Belle Hélène
Poached pear, hot chocolate, cold ice cream. Opéra bouffe, dessert edition — an 1860s Offenbach hit that has never left the bistro dessert list.
Entrée Easy difficulty Kitchen
French Onion Soup
The soup that keeps bistros open past midnight. An honest onion soup: 50 minutes of caramel, one good stock, and a gruyère lid worth the burn.