Oh my, it’s been a long time since a Petits Chefs post, hasn’t it? In-person cooking club came to a halt in March 2020. We had online cooking club right up until March 2024 at my school with a brief interlude into a baking club in Term 2 last year. I didn’t manage to write … 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
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Goat Cheese-Black Pepper Quick Bread is a great little recipe to have in your back pocket for when guests drop in for afternoon apéros! Basically it’s a savoury quick bread which, if you haven’t tried you should! It comes together so fast because for … Read more
Hello and Happy French Friday! I’m THRILLED to be sharing this memoir today by a good friend and inspriring-all-round-human. Jane Bertch’s The French Ingredient is a story I always knew was going to be told, as soon as I walked through the doors of the fabulous La Cuisine Paris cooking school back in 2011 (of … Read more
This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Parisian Custard Tart is something I’ve eaten a fair few times whilst in France, mostly the tall “flan” version – this version looks more like a giant Portuguese custard tart so I figured I could minify this to make individual serves (especially as I … Read more
Hello and Happy French Friday! I’ve got a feel-good French read for you today by one of my favourite authors – Gillian Harvey’s The Bordeaux Books Club! From the publisher: Love books? The Bordeaux Book Club is seeking new members! When Leah and her husband moved to France, it was with the dream of becoming … Read more