Happy French Friday! (for those receiving this via email, not sure what happened with the service that sends the emails – it just didn’t send yesterday. Anyway….) Today I’m sharing a version of one of the most popular recipes from some recent in-person cooking classes, that I had forgotten about but which is SO simple … Read more
If you followed me on Instagram over the summer, you’ll have noticed a trend (well, other than the appearance of lots more frites than usually appear on my feeds!). Many days, around 6-7pm, a photo of l’heure de l’apéro would pop up. L’heure de what??? Cocktail (apéritif) hour. The “apéro” as it’s known is the … Read more
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while (ok, since at least 2016!) will know that I have walked the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied-de-Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, over the course of 5 summers (but 7 years thanks to C*vid) and those who know … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. I got my picks of the recipes this month because it’s my birthday so it’s ALL about choux this month (we made Cream Puffs with Crackle and Cream for the first recipe this month). This week we made Gouga Gougères. Now I’m no stranger … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Goat Cheese-Black Pepper Quick Bread is a great little recipe to have in your back pocket for when guests drop in for afternoon apéros! Basically it’s a savoury quick bread which, if you haven’t tried you should! It comes together so fast because for … Read more
Hello and Happy French Friday! Today I have a beauty of a book to share that will appeal to both adults and children. And, not that I’m at all thinking about the holidays (though, ahem, hello some folks who put up their holiday decorationa alreadybut it WOULD make an excellent gift for the Francophiles in … Read more