Latest Blog Posts for Fête Foreign

• Special
  on Mar 24, 2013 in The Land Food French Food Fridays Holidays
  Every year, at this time, for the past 13+ years I have made the same cake. A chocolate mousse cake on a chewy coconut crust. It started as a "new recipe" and ended up becoming THE cake of the year---and every year thereafter. This year, though, I de...
• Crêpes
  on Jan 26, 2013 in Daily Life Food French Food Fridays Holidays
  It's that time of the year again. After the galette (frangipane almond paste smothered between butter-laden puff pastry) it is now time to get out the crêpes pans. Add a kilo or two of Nutella and other creamy goodness and you're fully equipped to t...
• Guess.
  on Jan 2, 2013 in Daily Life Food
     That's what you should make your guests do when you serve them this soup.Try it. Two main ingredients.Endless possibilities. Smile!
• Best Dip Ever!
  on Dec 28, 2012 in Food Holidays
  You have got to try this dip. Don't read the ingredient list too many times. It'll put you off. The end result is just Y U M M Y!  Hawaiian Island Dip Smile!
• Foreign Food Fridays : They're Coming to Town!
  on Dec 27, 2012 in Foreign Food Fridays Daily Life Food French Food Fridays
  Who? My in-laws.I will serve them this yummy Italian tarte for dessert.   Smile!
• Paris, Paris
  on Dec 26, 2012 in Daily Life Paris Holidays
  Paris during the holidays is lovely.....The weather was unusually mild....The people were nice (seriously they've improved so much)....The trains weren't on strike (but they will be tomorrow)...The shop windows were all aglow....The Nutella mutated..
• The One With the Hamster Resurrection
  on Nov 3, 2012
  Source   Yesterday I found myself rubbing a rather cold, stiff hamster. Let's go back to the beginning. I don't want a dog. The Princesses two are always campaigning for un petit chien.  We went the way of the compromise and...
• The One with the Nostalgia Induced Heart Attack
  on Sep 2, 2012 in France Daily Life Whaaaat
  It went like this : For years Monsieur has talked about his grandma's house where he used to spend his summers as a little boy. The house, the gardens, the memories made there. It sounded simply idyllic. So finally, we went back to the house, to see...
• Confessions of a Sugarholic, Part 2
  on Aug 29, 2012 in France Daily Life Food
   Well here is the recipe. (I call it macaroon cake because if you beat the yolks and whites separately you'll end up with a cake that has the same texture as France's famous macarons.) The cake is delicious by itself, but for a special treat go...
• Confessions of a Sugarholic : Part 1
  on Aug 27, 2012 in Daily Life Food Shape up Random
  The youngest princess used to ask me "what's for dessert?"--after breakfast. I'm going into my second year of consistently running and working out. It's become part of my life now and eventually I'll reach all my goals but until recently, I'd pretty...

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