Win a copy of Pancakes in Paris! Thanks to Sourcebooks I have one copy of Pancakes in Paris (I wrote about it here) to give away to one lucky reader in the US/ Canada. How to enter: There are 2 ways to enter (maximum of two entries per person for the duration of the contest). 1. Leave … Read more
Admit it, you’ve dreamed of leaving behind your everyday life and moving to France (or Italy, or the Caribbean or… fill in the blanks!). Haven’t we all? But for most of us, it’s just not feasible to up and completely leave one’s life, job, family, house etc and start again in another country. It’s why … Read more
If you’ve followed me on Instagram over the past little while, you’ll have noticed I’ve been cooking from Jamie Oliver’s latest book, Super Food Family Classics. While the book is released here in Canada today, it’s been out since the summer in the UK and I ordered it from there, unable to wait the extra … Read more
I’m always on the lookout for new books to review that might interest my Francophile readers and today for French Fridays, I’m excited to share one with you that combines a few of my absolute favourite things – cooking and baking, Paris and markets. My Paris Market Cookbook: A Culinary Tour of French Flavors and … Read more
If you’ve been reading here for a while, you’ll know how much I love France. I lived there, studied there and have travelled there countless times. Heck, we even bought a house there 😉 So it won’t come as any surprise to you that I love reading about all things French and that when I … Read more
I’ve got a soft spot for books written by expats living in France. As someone who up and left her life in Australia and moved to Paris with not much idea what I was doing back in 1995 (pre-Internet, imagine!!) I’m always interested in reading about how others came to be in France. In Kristen … Read more