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My Fève Collection
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
Photo of the Week – Galette & Crackers
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
Weekly Blogger Round-Up: Galette des rois – The Cake of French Kings
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
Posted in French customs, Weekly Blogger Round-Up
Tagged galette des rois, weekly blogger round-up
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Friday’s French – bonne année
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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Tagged Friday's French, galette des rois, happy new year in French
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A Rainy Winter’s Day in Paris
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
Posted in Flowers & gardens, Paris
Tagged ferns, galette des rois, houseplants, quai de la Mégisserie, SAD, Seasonal Affective Disorder
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Galette des Rois – Kings’ Cake
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
