Happy French Friday! This summer, I spent 6 weeks in southwest France and Spain and this week’s French Friday pick is, ostensibly, an exploration of the origins of a very southwest France dish – cassoulet – but it turns out that it’s so much more just than a history of this quintessentially French dish. This … Read more
Hello September and hello back-to-school season. Yikes! How can it already be “la rentrée” as they call it in France? For various reasons, August has gone by in a flash and we’re back to classes next week (I want to say “already” but it’s really been a lovely long summer so can’t complain…). As well … Read more
Hello and Happy French Friday! Today I’m looking at the perfect armchair travel read for Francophiles! It’s the third in a series written by the unstoppable Janine Marsh (of the fabulous The Good Life France website and newsletter. From the publisher: Following on from her hugely popular books, My Good Life in France and My … Read more
Happy French Friday, friends! Today’s post is short and sweet and it’s a lovely little recipe to keep in your back pocket – my favourite French vinaigrette recipe! When I lived in France in the mid 1990s (my gosh that dates me!), I didn’t really cook. I had a SMALL kitchenette (hello 1 tiny bar … 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
This post is sponsored by Cuisipro. If you read this blog often, you’ll know what a huge financier fan I am (see: here for other financier recipes). I love them because they sound (and often look) fancy, they don’t use many ingredients, the ingredients they do use are pantry and fridge staples and they don’t … Read more