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
This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations – a series of “not just cookbooks”. Coming at you this week with “not a cookbook” and “not a travel guide” but a delicious blend of the two! Carolyn Boyd’s Amuse-Bouche: How to Eat Your Way Around France came out earlier … Read more
This is part of my Summer Reads series where I’ll be sharing book recommendations – a series of “not just cookbooks”. I’ve got a feel-good French read for this week’s #summerreads instalment by one of my favourite Francophile authors – Gillian Harvey. The Riviera House Swap releases tomorrow, June 11th! From the publisher: Nina has … Read more
Coming at you with a recipe for a fabulous cool-weather dish (works well for rainy, still chilly spring days here in Toronto or early autumn days in the Southern Hemisphere!) Cassoulet is a slow-cooked (but not made in the slow cooker) casserole containing white beans and meat – typically duck confit, sausage and perhaps pork … 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
When I lived in Paris in the late 1990s, I was *really* into entertaining. I regularly hosted groups of 4-6 friends for dinner. Sound fancy, huh? Well here are a few more facts for you to consider about those statements: For 4 of the 5+ years I lived in Paris, my apartment was 18m2 (just … Read more