Traditional Cooking Methods- 

Traditional French cooking methods include:

1. Flambéing, which is where alcohol is added to a hot pan producing a burst of flames. 
2. Sautéing, which is frying food in a small amount of oil in a shallow pan.
3. Poaching, which is where you simmer food in a liquid such as wine, stock or milk. 
4. Grilling, which is where a piece of food that has oil over it is placed over direct moderately high heat. 
5. Braising, which uses a small amount of liquid with lots of flavor to cook food.
6. Baking, which is a where dry heat is used in an oven to slowly cook food.

             Poaching pears         

                                                                           A chef Flambéing his food