French fries (North America; sometimes also uncapitalized as "french fries" or simply "fries"), or chips (United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, and some Commonwealth nations), are pieces of potato that have been Batoned and deep-fried.In areas where "chips" is the common term, "French fries" usually refers to the thinner variant found in US-influenced fast food restaurants, or to the even thinner "shoestring potatoes". In North America "chips" generally means potato chips (called "crisps" in the UK and Ireland), which are deep-fried, very thin, salted slices of potato that are usually served at room temperature. In Australia "chips" refers to any form of fried potato. A more recent hybrid of thicker cross-cut splicings, and generally eaten hot, is "waffle-cut potatoes" (not to be confused with potato waffles made from reconstituted potato).

New Orleans BBQ shrimp are not like the ones that you throw on a grill, lightly seasoned and great for summer cookouts. Down south we bake and serve the shrimp, unpeeled in a rich and spicy lemon-butter sauce, which is then sopped up with hunks of crusty French bread. Happy Mardi Gras Guys!

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Christmas is coming, which means it's time to start baking cakes shaped like logs! The Yule Log is a traditional French dessert served during the holiday season.

Eating foods such as french fries, crisps and cookies may increase a woman's risk of cancer.That's because carbohydrate-rich foods that are baked, grilled, roasted or toasted over 120° C contain higher levels of a chemical called acrylamide.

Trans fatty acids are created when hydrogen is added to vegetable oil – a process that makes the oil last longer. Food fried in oil containing trans fat or baked with shortening or other ingredients containing trans fat stay fresh longer. Trans fats are what gave the Oreo cookie filling its smooth, creamy texture and make French fries crisp.