Hi folks! I’m here with an easy recipe that I’ve been wanting to share, as well as some of our summer news, the back-to-school, and my books. Let’s start with cake! This is a remake of a post I did eight years ago on a standard French goûter (pronounced goo-tay, and which means snack). Yoghurt cake! The French generally bake… Read More

Tarte au Sucre, or sugar tart, is a dessert that comes from the North part of France – Normandy and Nord-Pas-de-Calais, and the like – and if you’ve ever seen the movie Bienvenue Chez les Ch’tis, you’ll know all about Nord-Pas-de-Calais. (If you haven’t seen that movie, it’s hilarious). Tarte au sucre is such an interesting recipe. It’s like a coffee… Read More

This lemon mousse crumble is a ten-minute dessert if you use store-bought lemon curd, but I’ve included the recipe for homemade lemon curd.

I’ve been making this classic peanut-butter cookie recipe from the Joy of Cooking for years. One of the things I like about it is how suited it is to gluten-free flour. Oatmeal cookies and chocolate chip cookies need to be tweaked when using gluten-free flour so they don’t melt and run all over the baking sheet. But these peanut-butter cookies… Read More

Chocolate chip cookie cockaigne adds oats, chocolate chunks, and nuts to the regular chocolate-chip cookie recipe. This recipe can be made with gluten-free or regular flour.