Disclosure: I received a review copy from the authors. I was not asked to write about this book nor am I being compensated for doing so. This post was not reviewed by the authors/ publisher prior to publication. Happy French Friday! Coming at you with a lovely escape from real life in the form of … Read more
Happy French Friday! This summer, I spent 6 weeks in southwest France and Spain and this week’s French Friday pick is, ostensibly, an exploration of the origins of a very southwest France dish – cassoulet – but it turns out that it’s so much more just than a history of this quintessentially French dish. This … Read more
Hello and Happy French Friday! Today I’m looking at the perfect armchair travel read for Francophiles! It’s the third in a series written by the unstoppable Janine Marsh (of the fabulous The Good Life France website and newsletter. From the publisher: Following on from her hugely popular books, My Good Life in France and My … Read more
Hello dear reader and Happy French Friday! Remember when I made those Barquettes au Chocolat and I named the post “Round 1”? And they looked and tasted great but weren’t quite the right shape? And then I made the recipe again, tweaking it slightly and using the correct shaped mold? Yep, that was Round 2 … Read more
Hello dear reader! Remember when I made those Barquettes au Chocolat and I named the post “Round 1”? And they looked and tasted great but weren’t quite the right shape? (you have to look closely but once you do, you’ll see my “barquettes” are oval and not “boat-shaped”) Well, I managed to get my hands … 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