T’is the season for holiday entertaining, right? Here are four books you might like to pick up for the entertainer on your holiday list – or hey, just for yourself to help you through the season! Apéritif, Cocktail Hour the French Way Paris-based writer Rebekah Peppler has written one of my favourite books of the […]
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French Fridays: Tabbouleh from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was tabbouleh. Proper Lebanese-style tabbouleh which is more herbs than anything else. In this post on his site, David says: Much of what gets called Tabbouleh bears little resemblance to what Lebanese Tabbouleh is. When I moved to France and began […]
Tuesdays with Dorie (Baking Chez Moi): Gâteau Basque Fantasie
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Baking Chez Moi was a one I was intrigued by. I mean, I love a good Gâteau Basque but wasn’t sure about the whole idea of filling it with dried fruits and nuts – I mean, why mess with a perfectly good dessert, right? The traditional filling is […]
Kids’ cookbooks for the holidays
It’s been a bumper fall for new cookbook releases and I’ve got a whole lot of posts coming up highlighting some of my favourites. Today I’m excited to share two excellent books for the budding chefs on your holiday list (alongside, you know, this one 😉 ) The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs You know […]
French Fridays: Three books for Francophiles for the holidays
Who doesn’t love Fall cookbook release season? This one was particularly bountiful – there were SO many great titles that came out and and my living room coffee table AND my dining room table are both groaning under the weight of all my new books that I am slowly making my way through – easier […]
Les Petits Chefs make gougères and chouquettes
This week I was invited to my school’s holiday market cocktail party to sell and sign copies of In the French kitchen with kids so, of course, I put the Petits Chefs to work making some snacks for everyone to enjoy (and sent some home for the boys as well!). I chose something I knew […]
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