I love madeleines, they are one of the most iconic French pastries. When I received the book French Appetizers from Marie, the fellow Canadian food blogger of Food Nouveau I was so excited to try the Spiced Madeleines with Salted Caramel Sauce recipe. Marie is so inspirational in many ways, she is a mother, she sharesRead more
It has been a while since I posted here. It seems like after writing the book, I just subconsciously wanted to take a mental break from blogging about recipes. I think I finally came back 🙂 I wanted to do something different with hot cross buns this year. I was actually inspired by Jamie Oliver’s recipeRead more
Every Christmas I try to do some cookie recipes on the blog. Though a little busy and unmotivated, I didn’t want to break my own tradition. So here I am finally in front of my laptop scrambling to post this before Christmas. This year I made two different recipes: macadamia strawberry crescents and hazelnut tuiles.Read more
With all cookbooks, even in the most well-edited ones, there are bound to be human errors. I apologize in advance if you have tried to make a recipe in the French Pastry 101 and that it may not have worked for you, the measurement inconsistency in volume and grams might be the reason. (The mainRead more
This is one of my favourite pastries from French Pastry 101. I first made a similar tart in a French cooking class using plums, and fell in love with the beautiful flavours and textures of the dessert. The almond pear tart is a French classic, filled with almond frangipane, and topped with fresh or poached pears.Read more
My dream has finally came true, my first cookbook French Pastry 101 with Page Street Publishing (distributed by MacMillan) is coming out on November 6, 2018! All the hard work for the past year is finally coming to fruition. On some days, I think to myself, “You wrote a cookbook, Betty!” and still can’t reallyRead more
