This week I’m super-excited to share a guest post with you from food and wine writer and author of The Bonne Femme Cookbook, Wini Moranville. After cooking fifteen classics from Mastering the Art of French Cooking for the JC100 campaign, I found…
Welcome to Week 13 of the JC100 Celebration! With only two weeks left in the countdown, we are finally taking on one of Julia’s most famous recipes, Soufflé au Fromage, a show stopper of a dish that practically demands to be served…
Hello and welcome to Week 6 of the JC100 Celebration where, for the first time since the countdown began, we’re baking! This week’s special recipe is Julia Child’s Reine de Saba, a delightfully decadent chocolate and almond cake named for…
Happy Victoria Day and welcome to Week 3 of the JC100 Celebration! For most Canadians, Victoria Day marks the unofficial kick-off to summer; the weekend that we break out the barbecues, plant the garden, or spend time relaxing at the lake.…
I’m very proud to be taking part in the JC100: A 100-Day Celebration of Julia Child leading up to what would have been her 100th birthday on August 15th of this year. To say that I’m excited to be part…
Watch as Le Cordon Bleu Chef Instructor Edward Leonard demonstrates how to make Pommes Purée – mashed potatoes silky, creamy, dreamy French cousin. Try finishing with a sprinkle of truffle salt to add even more luxury to this classic side…
With cooler temperatures upon us, you may find yourself craving a little comfort food. Why not make this mouth-watering, soul-satisfying riff on a French classic that I like to call Not Your Grand-mère’s Cassoulet? With tender, aromatic lentils, luxurious…
During her lifetime, Julia Child starred in thirteen different television series, authored seventeen cookbooks and painstakingly developed thousands of recipes. In fact, in just a single cookbook (the hugely successful Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Vol.1), there are 524 recipes! What…
“In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.” - Julia Child My nights in Paris were a lot quieter than my days. The charming flat I had rented was in a beautiful old 18th century building…
My fascination with French food started when I stumbled upon Laura Calder and her James Beard Award winning TV series, French Food at Home. Soon after discovering Laura, I fell head over heels for Julia Child, and that love affair quickly…