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’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. I got my picks of the recipes this month because it’s my birthday so it’s ALL about choux this month (we made Cream Puffs with Crackle and Cream for the first recipe this month). This week we made Gouga Gougères. Now I’m no stranger … Read more
Ah… it’s been a while since I shared posts about little hands cooking. Obviously with school moved to distance learning, cooking club in-person had to take a bit of a break 🙁 And now we’re nearly 6 weeks into this “new normal” (with 5 weeks of school to go), and I’m kind of settled into … Read more
This week I was invited to my school’s holiday market cocktail party to sell and sign copies of In the French kitchen with kids so, of course, I put the Petits Chefs to work making some snacks for everyone to enjoy (and sent some home for the boys as well!). I chose something I knew … Read more
This week’s recipe for Cook the Book Fridays comes from Dorie Greenspan’s latest cookbook, Everyday Dorie, which released this week and I’m excited to say that the Cook the Book Fridays crew will be cooking our way through it starting today! From the publisher: To the hundreds of thousands who follow her on Twitter, Instagram, … Read more
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 … Read more