WAIE (whatamieating.com)


This is the searchable online international food dictionary with 67,413 terms in 307 languages plus 42,027 plurals.

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The database behind this site was the loving creation of Suzy Oakes, who has since passed away. She is greatly missed. You can see her obituary in the Guardian

A cookbook, featuring Suzy's favourite recipies, is available. People who are interested should contact Mun Flint. Currently, the cost is £12.50 plus postage and packing. All proceeds go to the Suzy Oakes Trust for Mill Road.

Description: A white sauce made with flour, butter and milk usually flavoured with onion, bayleaf, pepper, sometimes cloves or nutmeg. It may have added cream. It is one of the ‘mother’ sauces and the basis for others such as Mornay sauce and sauce Soubise. There is a version called sauce béchamel grasse where stock replaces the milk. Béchamel sauce is named after Louis de Béchamel, a politician and financier at the court of Louis XIV.