Tag: sweets

  • La Galette des Rois – A cake made for a king!

    La Galette des Rois – A cake made for a king!

    One of the traditions in France for every new year is to eat (and share) “une galette des rois” otherwise known as “a king’s cake”. The galette des rois is traditionally eaten and shared at Epiphany, on 6 January, which celebrates the arrival of the Three Wise Men in Bethlehem. The galette is normally made…

  • Macarons!

    One of the best ones we’ve ever tasted are from Ladurée – the famous Parisian “Maison de Macarons” that started in 1862…