Sarah and French friend providing food (6)
I believe the answer is:
salami
'food' is the definition.
(salami is a kind of food)
'sarah and french friend' is the wordplay.
'sarah' becomes 'sal' (Sally is a common pet form of Sarah).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'french friend' becomes 'ami' (I've seen this before).
'sal'+'ami'='SALAMI'
'providing' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for salami that I've seen before include "Garlic- flavoured sausage" , "Highly-seasonal sausage" , "Cured meat" , "Spiced Italian sausage" , "Highly-spiced sausage" .)