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My Fève Collection

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

This is a photo of my fève collection from the galette des rois. You can click on it to see the fèves in more detail. You can see that some come from the same bakery (the two see-through carafes, the … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Week – Galette & Crackers

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

We were invited by our neighbours for a galette des rois. Liliane and Alain had bought two types – one with almond filling (frangipane) and one with apple filling just in case we didn’t like frangipane. I took along some … Continue reading →

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Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Galette des rois – The Cake of French Kings

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

For this week’s Blogger Round-Up and as a follow-up to my last Friday’s French post, I thought I’d find three different posts about the galette des rois or the French cake of kings, an increasingly popular tradition in France which … Continue reading →

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Friday’s French – bonne année

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Rosemary Kneipp

I couldn’t resist the temptation to take a look at new year’s greetings in France particularly since I overheard my father-in-law explaining the tradition of mistletoe in France to Jean Michel and it didn’t seem very clear to me so … Continue reading →

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A Rainy Winter’s Day in Paris

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Rosemary Kneipp

It’s Saturday and I’m back in Paris at last. The scaffolding has been removed from our windows so we decide to replace some of our house plants because I’m not the only one to have suffered from Seasonal Affective Disorder. … Continue reading →

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Galette des Rois – Kings’ Cake

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Rosemary Kneipp

When I first came to France, the galette des rois was only celebrated on the feast of the Epiphany, the famous 12th day of Christmas, January 6th, the day on which the three kings reached Bethlehem. Now you see the … Continue reading →

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