France’s Iconic Croque Monsieur, Delighting Parisians Since the Early 1900s

The crispy toasted edges of this sandwich is why its called a Croque Monsieur.

A croque monsieur sandwich at Buvette in Paris is served with cornichons. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

With the 2024 Summer Olympics recently in Paris, many of us are thinking about French food—specifically, how to cook some of the iconic bistro dishes those lucky enough to score tickets to one of the events might have been enjoying in the City of Light.