Bûche de Noël – Christmas Yule Log
Go to Recipe Go to Video Bûche de Noël – Yule Log Bûche de Noël is the traditional French Christmas cake that shows up in pâtisseries well before Christmas, to …
Meringue into…Mushrooms?
Go to Recipe Go to Video Yes it’s possible! Meringue is a foundation of French pastry making, a fluffy, slightly sticky and malleable mix of egg whites and sugar, it …
Jansson’s Temptation
Go to Recipe Go to Video A Swedish dish for a French Christmas? Mais oui! That is because there is no real, traditional Christmas dish. Generally in France we eat …
Watercress and Red Gold Salad
Go to Recipe Go to Video Ok, so “red gold” is code for “beet”. I use it because too many people think they don’t like beets, so they see the …
Introduction to Dancing Tomatoes
Go to Video Let me tell you about Dancing Tomatoes. It all started with a little bag of homemade cookies. It was Paris, March 2020. I had my suitcase packed …
WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
There are so many labels attached to our foods it can be hard to keep track. Let us do our best to help you untangle the information. First, a generalization …
Buying Local
In an ideal world buying your food locally means that you put your money in the hands of the person who produces it. Today that is becoming increasingly simple because …
Seasonal
Let’s say you live in the northern hemisphere. Spring arrives and so do strawberries and, later on, sweet little peas. But it’s December and you want them now. You go …