TRADITIONAL FRENCH PAIN D’EPICES
Pain d’epices is a strange but perfect mix between cake and bread, not a million miles away from banana bread in fact. Only with no banana. In my mind,...
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YOGURT, OLIVE OIL AND CHOCOLATE CAKE
I’ve been wanting to bake all week but motivation is low and all I want is something that will only take couple of minutes to put together. If even...
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TRADITIONAL FRENCH THREE KINGS CAKE RECIPE
You’ve heard about la Galette des Rois or maybe of the French Three Kings Cake? But do you know much about it? Do you know what it is and...
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HOW TO MAKE BETTER HOT CHOCOLATE
I like hot chocolate a hell of a lot but it needs to be good. Back home, in France, hot chocolates were mainly functional. Your mam would scorch some...
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GREEN BEANS AND TOMATO CASSEROLE
I bought a bunch of green beans at McNally’s farm at the weekend and I asked for suggestions on what to do with them over on twitter and insta....
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Women Of The Irish Food Industry – Sheena Dignam, Food Tours Operator
Sheena Dignam is the creator of Galway Food Tours. I met Sheena Dignam over two years ago now. I was at the media launch of the Galway Food Festival...
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Stuffed Tomatoes – Tomates Farcies A La Francaise –
We say tomates farcies, you say stuffed tomatoes. I’ve been chatting with Christine Theze. With her husband Eric, she owns and manages La Boheme, a well known and loved...
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Pear And Vanilla Clafoutis Or The Five Minutes Cake
See the way somedays you’ve got a massive hankering for a bit of cake? I find that those hankering regularly happen to me when I’m feeling lazy and sluggish....
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Traditional French Chouquettes Recipe
What are French chouquettes? They are sweet choux pastry buns sprinkled with pearl sugar. French chouquettes are a traditional, back home in France. Mind you we don’t go around...
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Gougères Also Known As French Cheese Puffs
Gougères are a thing of beauty. Warm cheesy little choux pastry puffs best eaten straight out of the oven. Gougères hail from Burgundy in France and are commonly served...
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