If your child has more than one language you can have fun cooking in a minority language and learning a bit about the culture behind the food. When my daughter was a toddler we started by baking bread in English, our main language, and making breakfast in German or French. Now she’s 13 and we’ve…
baking with kids
Hygge, and how we recreated it at home
I first heard of the Danish word “hygge” last winter, but this winter it’s all over the place in the UK and helping to sell lots of Christmas decorations and gifts. Candles, thick brightly-coloured socks, books, pastries, coffee, hot chocolate….The closest translation is “Gemuetlichkeit” in German. We don’t have an equivalent in English but the…
Galette des Rois, or Three Kings cake
Today is one of our special Galette des Rois cake days. We always feel a bit “flat” when we’ve taken down our Christmas decorations. Most people go back to school or work this week and it’s the end of all that special Christmas food. The Easter eggs are in the shops already. Hardly anyone waits…
French chocolate nuns: how to make them at home
My introduction to French chocolate nuns Pau is a lovely town at the foot of the Pyrenees in southwest France. Years ago, as a student of French and German, I spent several months at the university there as part of my degree course. There was a lot to explore in the area, and that…
