French Desserts

I like to bottle fruits which I have gathered during the summer, it is a habit I learned from my grandmother who had dozens of ‘bocaux’ which are large glass jars filled with summer fruits that she had cooked in sugar and spices to be bottled for use during the winter months. Wintertime means lots
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If like me, you love to do out for dinner in a French restaurant, there is one course that I always look forward to and this is the dessert. I must say that I am quite boring and usually like to have the same dessert because I just cannot resist crème  brulée. Whenever I prepare
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I adore French pastries and whenever I am in Paris I love to visit the patisseries and buy some of the exquisitely presented cakes that are on display. Of all these I do have my favorites and these are millefeuilles. These gorgeoulsy rich and creamy puff pastry cakes are just too morish and whenever I
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If you love French food then you will adore the cakes and ‘gateaux‘ that are created in France. I say created because cakes are works of art in France. They look as good as they taste and I for one have to go on a diet after I have visited France for a week or
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With Christmas fast approaching I am already organizing my festive menu and this year I have decided to make a Bûche de Noël, which is a log type cake that is very traditional in France. As a child I used to help my grandmother make it and would love to use my finger to lick
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French éclairs have to some of the most famous and popular cakes that are found in cakes shops all over the world. They are extremely light and very tasty with a variety of fillings from fresh cream to Crème Patissiere of every flavour. I am particularly fond of the coffee kind. The lightness of éclairs
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As with many regions of France, Haute Savoie has some specialities which are very unique to the area. I love to travel to the different regions of France so that I can taste the unique flavors of these areas. Haut Savoie also boasts a wonderful selection of wines and I have come to really enjoy
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Christmas celebrations are great wherever you happen to be. It is wonderful time when families get together to enjoy the festive season with lots of gift exchanging and sumptuous meals. In France Le Réveillon which is Christmas Eve is a very special time when cafés and restaurants stay open all night so that people can
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French food is exquisitely prepared whether cooked or raw. There are delicious meat and vegetable dishes as well as some very well known desserts and we definitely have favorites which we either love to cook at home or treat ourselves to when dining at a French restaurant. I grew up in the south of France
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There is no doubt in my mind that meringue cakes are the best in the world. They are beautifully light, crumbly as well as being totally ‘melt in the mouth morish’. These wonderful cakes have been made in France for years. As a child I would love the weekends when my grandmother used to make
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