Welcome to French Fridays where I’m so happy to be sharing a video of a classic French dessert (my fave… well, one of them…) – crème brûlée! This version was made by a group of my Grade 4 students as past of a research project where they choose classic French dishes and research the history […]
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French Fridays: Kids make no-knead baguette
I’m lucky in my day job that I get to incorporate a lot of what I love into the everyday. French language, French culture and, of course, French food are part of my everyday and I am so grateful. My boss is very supportive of my schemes to get kids cooking en français and what […]
Writing a cookbook – a timeline, part 2
So…. you might remember the “Writing a Cookbook” timeline, part 1. The post where I explained what happened from October 2015 when I first chatted with the folks at Appetite by Random House to April 2017 when I handed in the manuscript. Soooo, right, manuscript is in – I’m done right? All finished. Yeah, right, […]
In the French kitchen with kids: Le café gourmand
It was a bit of a banner day in cooking club this week – first of all, the boys welcomed a Grade 7 boy and his dad into the club (“Cook with Les Petits Chefs” was an item to bid on at last year’s holiday market at school and we’ve been waiting for an appropriate […]
Writing a cookbook – a timeline, part 1
(aka: “WHEN is your book coming out?”) You all must know I have a book coming out in just over two months right? (hey did you know if you pre-order now, you can get a lovely bonus bundle of recipes? Details here) Many of you have been along for the ride since August 2016 when […]
French Fridays: In the French kitchen with kids – the first copy and pre-order bonus!
It’s been an exciting week here – not only did my Petits Chefs cook a dinner for 6 featuring recipes exclusively from my cookbook but – drumroll – the first few copies of the book arrived in Canada! (for those wondering, this means the book has actually been printed and the majority of them are […]
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