Crepes Suzette on a blue plate with strips of orange zest on top.

Crêpes Suzette for La Chandeleur

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

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La Chandeleur

Need an excuse to eat crêpes today? Well here you go – it’s La Chandeleur in France! 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 like. In fact, in France, crêpes are eaten on … Read more

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How to make crêpes (video)

Last term the Petits Chefs tested some from my cookbook which was a fabulous experience for me (and a delicious one for them!).  Watching kids make a dish and seeing how they react to instructions/ recipe directions was extremely useful for me in terms of figuring out how to explain simple instructions – it’s often … Read more

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French Fridays: In the French kitchen with kids: Les Petits Chefs make crêpes and galettes

UPDATE: Check out this fab video that was actually part of the Grade 4 curriculum a few years ago! This term the Petits Chefs are testing out some of the recipes from my cookbook and this week, I had them work on something I’ve kind of been putting off as I’ve worked through the recipes. … Read more