It’s been a while since I shared a French Friday post but today I’ve got a favourite French recipe to welcome spring – financiers! This version has lemon and poppy seeds, so it’s a familiar flavour in bite-sized form! I love the brightness of lemon in these early spring days! What is a financier? Essentially … Read more
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 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 in Les Petits Chefs baking club, we made a favourite recipe from French Food for Everyone: le goûter (after-school snacks)! Torsades au Chocolat (Chocolate Custard Twists) are the sort of thing that always catches my eye at the bakery in France when I’m only supposed to be picking up bread 😉 Inevitably, one … 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 and Happy French Friday! Excited to be bringing you a delightful escapist read set in France this week by Gillian Harvey, who I wrote about earlier this year for one of my #summerreads picks, One French Summer. Harvey is an author and freelance writer living in France whose books are reliable good reads, fun, … Read more