Scroll down for a holiday gift for you (12 recipes!) and info about baking with me in 2026! So my intentions to write about cooking with kids each week after our sessions kinda got waylaid with, well, life! But don’t worry – we’ve had some amazing sessions since we prepared that excellent ratatouille back in … Read more
This week was the final Les Petits Chefs baking club for the school year and we went all out and made CHOUX PASTRY! Despite what many people think. choux pastry is one of the easiest pastries and it has a VERY good ROI – as in, low fuss, forgiving recipe with super impressive results! It’s … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe is from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking with Dorie and is one I was interested in trying out – cinnamon puffs are basically chouquettes with a hint of cinnamon. Chouquettes are empty cream puffs sprinkled in pearl sugar (< affiliate link to the closest product I could find to the one … Read more
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 … Read more
UPDATE: for the ultimate baking with kids resource, how about picking up a copy of my book, In the French kitchen with kids? Click here for info and order details! French baking. Sound too complicated to attempt? Let alone with your kids? Never fear – it’s actually much easier than you’d think to create gorgeous … Read more
If you live in France, there’s nothing better than an after school snack, straight from the boulangerie. A pain au chocolat or a handful of still-warm chouquettes (choux pastry puffs studded with pearl sugar)… Since we don’t live in France, the next best thing might be an after school snack that you make yourself, right? … Read more