Espagnole sauce end of the process, and the sauce is further reduced. "Espagnole" is the French word for "Spanish", but the sauce's origin story is argued by French cooks. According to Louis Diat, the creator of "vichyssoise" and the author of the classic "Gourmet's Basic French Cookbook": "There is a story that explains why the most important basic brown sauce in French cuisine is called "sauce espagnole", or Spanish sauce. According to the story, the Spanish cooks of Louis XIII's bride, Anne, helped to prepare their wedding feast, and insisted upon improving the rich brown sauce of France with Spanish tomatoes. This
L'Auberge Espagnole perspective of the main character, Xavier, and is mainly in French. Some of the dialogue is in English and a significant amount is in Spanish, as well as small amounts in Catalan, Danish, German and Italian. "L'Auberge Espagnole" is the first part of the "Spanish Apartment" trilogy, which continues in the sequels "Russian Dolls" (2005) and "Chinese Puzzle" (2013). Xavier (Romain Duris), a 24-year-old French student, attends the ERASMUS programme in Barcelona as part of his professional pursuits against the wishes of his girlfriend Martine (Audrey Tautou). On the flight there, he meets a French doctor and his wife, who