This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was actually a Bay Leaf Pound Cake with an orange glaze but I opted for a plain orange pound cake that David suggests. The bay leaf version involved infusing butter with bay leaves for a while and I thought that apart […]
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French Fridays – oeufs en cocotte aux champignons
As the temperatures get cooler, I’m ready for a bit of what the French call “le cocooning” (basically being a homebody which I already am but even more so in the winter) and of course, along with that, goes comfort food. In the winter months, I love nothing more than a leisurely breakfast that’s a […]
French Fridays: Madeleines from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was madeleines – and, in fact, I made madeleines twice in a day – once with a parent-child cooking class and once making David’s recipe. (my 7-13 year old kid bakers did a great job in my class didn’t they?) Madeleines […]
French Fridays: Almond cakes with browned butter from My Paris Kitchen
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays from David Lebovitz’s My Paris Kitchen was little browned butter almond cakes aka financiers. These are one of my absolute favourite “goûter” (tea time) snacks (so much so that I have a recipe for them in In the French kitchen with kids) so I’m always happy to […]
Les Petits Chefs make gougères from In the French kitchen with kids
We’re back! The Petits Chefs are back for the term! We had a huge amount of boys sign up (many many more than I can accommodate) which is heartening and hard at the same time. SO happy so many boys are interested in learning to cook, it’s hard because I can’t take everyone at the […]
French Fridays: Roasted tomato quiche
Nope, it doesn’t seem I can seem to quit tomatoes – even when they are on their way out of season… This is a dish I made countless times over the summer when tomatoes were at their peak but I love that it works just as well with tomatoes that are not in season – […]
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