Mardi Michels 
A couple of weeks ago, Les Petits Chefs baking club worked with sweet shortcrust pastry – always a popular item to work with because “it’s just like Play Doh, only tastier” 😉 Lots of people are intimidated by pastry but it’s actually much easier than you think and kids, particularly, are fearless, so they just … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Brown-Sugar Oat Squares is a recipe you all need in your back pocket – made with ingredients and equipment you probably have on hand already, they come together in no time and are deliciously more-ish! These reminded me a little bit of my ANZAC … Read more
Recently, Les Petits Chefs baking club welcomed our first in-person guest to the school since March 2020! Those of you who have been reading this site since at least 2010 will know that the cooking club used to host guest chefs and food enthusiasts to work with the students and we were even lucky enough … Read more
Happy “World Nutella Day″ ! Yup, it’s a thing! Originally created by Sara from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle from Bleeding Espresso, World Nutella Day is a day to celebrate, get creative with, and most importantly, eat Nutella. In 2015, Sara transferred World Nutella® Day to Ferrero (the makers of Nutella®) to help it live on … Read more
Need an excuse to eat crêpes today? Well here you go – it’s La Chandeleur in France! What is La Chandeleur? You might have thought the French eat crêpes on Mardi Gras, (Shrove Tuesday, what we call Pancake Tuesday) the day before Ash Wednesday, which signals the start of Lent. In fact, in France, crêpes … Read more
Want to make your own? Get the recipe here! Last week the Petits Chefs baking club made cupcakes! But not any ordinary cupcakes – strawberry yoghurt cupcakes with a strawberry cream cheese frosting! This was a recipe I developed a few years ago for National Cupcake Day and as I was looking back at my … Read more