The Petits Chefs are back this week with one of my favourite recipes from In the French kitchen with kids! When I was developing the recipes for the book, I was fortunate enough to be hosting in-person cooking club in a perfect space for it and the kids spent a term testing recipes for the … Read more
Oh my, it’s been a long time since a Petits Chefs post, hasn’t it? In-person cooking club came to a halt in March 2020. We had online cooking club right up until March 2024 at my school with a brief interlude into a baking club in Term 2 last year. I didn’t manage to write … Read more
There are a few things I consider “must-know” dishes and in this term’s baking club at school, I’m trying to share a few of those recipes with my students. Many might not consider a fruit crumble a “must-know” recipe but I do (and I know my dad certainly does) so a couple of weeks ago … Read more
With over 12 years of in-person cooking classes for kids under my belt and now, three years of online cooking classes, I’ve become pretty good at figuring out what can be cooked and baked in an hour with minimal ingredients and equipment but I have to say that since we’ve been back with our baking … Read more
Well, after the return of in-person cooking (baking) club last week, we continued on our merry way this week and made Apple Turnovers (Chaussons aux Pommes) from French food for everyone: le petit déjeuner (breakfast). Lots of useful skills are involved in this recipe, starting with: peeling and chopping apples: They did a great job … Read more
On March 5th 2020, I posted the last in-person Petits Chefs recap (we made fresh rolls and potstickers with Chef Vanessa Yeung). A week or so later, school went online and clubs halted indefinitely. A month later, in April, I brought cooking club online and that’s where it’s stayed (we have a “community club” now … Read more