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King Cake with Almond Filling Recipe After fiddling around with almond cream filling for the Epiphany cake, I found I had taken a liking to it. Actually, I developed an unrelenting craving for it, so I worked on incorporating it into a king cake recipe for Mardi Gras next month. Let me tell you, it's delicious. The flavor of rich almond cream melds so deftly into the mildly spiced sweet bread that it could be a year-round treat. Just make sure to trade the tri-color sugar sparkles for something subtle, like pearl-toned sanding sugar; otherwise, the bright colors may get some well, that's sure creative "compliments" any other time of the year. Kings Cake Photo: Martin Rottler King Cake with Almond Filling Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Saturday, January 14th, 2012 at 07:15:39. Permalink | Comment | Email this Christmas Morning Pastries
Wake up to these delectable breakfast pastry recipes on Christmas morning. It's a delicious way to start the holiday, as you sip on coffee and open gifts. The recipes range from quick and easy breakfast treats, to slightly more elaborate pastries to impress guests. Joyeux Noël! Pain au Cinnamon Raisin Recipe Photo: ©Mike Fleming Christmas Morning Pastries originally appeared on About.com French Food on Friday, December 23rd, 2011 at 12:25:23. Permalink | Comment | Email this Pain de Seigle Recipe
This rustic French rye bread recipe, known as pain de seigle mixes wheat, rye, and barley flours flavored with a pain de campagne starter to produce a hearty loaf with a chewy crust. It tastes best fresh, with salted butter, to accompany savory main dishes. This is artisan bread at its best! Bon appetit! Pain de Seigle Photo: ©Mike McCune Pain de Seigle Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Monday, January 2nd, 2012 at 10:56:16. Permalink | Comment | Email this Langoustine Gratin Recipe
For a luxuriously rich alternative to the vegetable gratins so popular in the winter, try this langoustine gratin recipe. The langoustines can easily be found in larger fine food markets, but lobster meat makes a perfectly flavored and textured substitute if you cannot locate them. Offset the heaviness of the gratin with a crisp, chopped salad for a satisfying meal. Bon appetit! Langoustine Gratin Photo: matsuyuki Langoustine Gratin Recipe originally appeared on About.com French Food on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at 10:14:09. Permalink | Comment | Email this Cheery Flavor
Perk up the same, old roasted chicken and potatoes with one of these sauce recipes for winter dishes. Whether it's savory, tangy, or downright buttery, add new flavor to your daily menu by coordinating these sauces with your favorite meals. Bon Appetit! Butter Sauce Photo: ©Glen MacLarty Cheery Flavor originally appeared on About.com French Food on Wednesday, January 18th, 2012 at 14:31:16. Permalink | Comment | Email this Wordless Wednesday
Wordless Wednesday originally appeared on About.com French Food on Wednesday, January 4th, 2012 at 11:21:36. Permalink | Comment | Email this Increase Online Traffic |
| J'accuse, I accuse and the Dreyfus affair A hundred years ago, in 1906, Alfred Dreyfus was finally exonerated of the charges against him for espionage, and readmitted into the army, after his ordeal on Devil's island's prison where he was sentenced to life... Emile Zola is going to risk his career by writing J'accuse, an open letter to then France's President Felix Faure, accusing the French government of anti-semitism in the Paris daily newspaper L'aurore (the Dawn). Thank you to France Culture and the program Repliques for the enlightment. Note that actor Richard Dreyfus is said to be one of Alfred's descendant... Update: Interesting found on Liberation.fr There is currently an exhibition about the Dreyfus affair at the Musee d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme in Paris. Antoine-Marie-Roger de Saint-Exupery Long name for a special man... Today is the 60th anniversary of the Little Prince (le Petit Prince), one of Antoine's famous novel. 60 years... You cannot think about "St Ex" and not wonder... Poet, writer, explorator, aviator, etc etc... Many lives in one body... Bon anniversaire petit Prince...You only see rightly with the heart, what matters is invisible to the eyes. Jacques Prevert On this day, in 1977, Jacques Prevert (poet, writer, screenwriter, actor, composer) left us. Anniversaire de la mort de Jacques Prevert. He wrote Les feuilles mortes/The Autumn Leaves (music by Joseph Kosma) Wrote screenplays for movies like Quai des brumes/Port of shadows and les Visiteurs du soirs/the Devil's enjoys, les enfants du paradis/Children of paradise (Director Marcel Carne, I had the privilege to meet once) A treasure, merci Jacques ! Seasons in the sun-Le Moribond I'm following Steve's post about Terry Jacks and Nirvana very own versions of Seasons in the sun, which is originally titled Le Moribond and written by Jacques Brel, a Francophone (Belgium) singer, songwriter, poet, actor, etc, who influenced so many other artists like David Bowie, Leonard Cohen and so on... To this day, there are not much artists that have this amazing theatrical side of them, sarcasim, writing skills, voice and all of this combine with elegance, drama, and to put it blunlty, BALLS... This is such a poignant song, and I remember growing up thinking how heavy it was... My wildest dream would have been to see Jacques performing Don Quixote on stage... He died way too early, leaving us with a nostalgic taste in our mouth... It's amazing the legacy he leaves behind him... (as well as Georges Brassens and others...). I feel we are all children of Jacques Brel... At least there are some footages and movies where we can really appreciate his talent. For instance he was great in My uncle Benjamin. Adieu Jacques, on t'aimait bien... the Santa Cruz band! The Santa Cruz band... Is not from Santa Cruz, not even from California, no no, not even from...the US!!!!!! They are from ... ... ... FRANCE!!! from Rennes! Yep, great americana French band! Oh man, I just discovered them on CdBaby!!! Aurevoir Gerard Oury French filmaker Gerard Oury dies... Merci for the good laughs! He leaves Michele Morgan and Daniele Thompson (great writer)... (I've got to say, it's so hard to come up with anything and feeling is it important considering what's happening in the middle east right now...I guess the show must go on but man, it's so hard...)... Increase Web Traffic |
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