honey ice cream dome on circle of shortbread topped with oat praline and raspberries
Dessert Love

Be inspired this Valentine’s Day with my top 30 desserts!

Valentine Desserts

Easy French Recipes

Jill’s not just mad about macarons here. Looking for a particular recipe?  Go to the Recipe Index for the full listing of French recipes – some with her Scottish touch.
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In Season in France:  Every day is market day on le blog! Follow the French market food guide for seasonal recipes and fun facts around fruit and vegetables; plus cosy up with our family’s authentic French classic recipes, teatime bakes, gluten free recipes and favourite winter warmers:

Recipe Index & Filter
plate of oat flapjacks studded with dried fruits, nuts and seeds
Breakfast •
Healthy Flapjacks (with Fruit and Nuts)
individual rose panna cotta with a dark cherry and cardamom sauce
French Desserts •
Rose Panna Cotta (with Cherry & Cardamom Coulis)
French white porcelain bowl of leek and potato soup with a baguette and butter
Light Lunches •
Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
slice of galette des rois filled with pistachio and chocolate
Teatime •
Galette des Rois (French King Cake)
sauce boat of light creamy sauce next to a filled green apple, served with smoked salmon
Light Lunches •
Apple Horseradish Sauce (for Smoked Salmon or Beet Macarons)
French gingerbread or pain d'épices topped with glacé fruits next to the christmas tree
Breakfast •
Pain d'épices (French Gingerbread)
plate of snowmen, decorated trees and gingerbread men in front of the Christmas tree
Teatime •
Gingerbread Men and Decorating Ideas (Biscuits Speculoos)
plate of fluted cannelé cakes dusted with gold on a Christmas plate next to a robin candle
Teatime •
Canelés (Cannelés de Bordeaux)
Jill Colonna at the Pyramide du Louvre in Paris with macarons

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Meet Jill

Jill Colonna’s Paris based food blog inspires a healthy French lifestyle via do-able recipes and local guides. A Scot cooking in Paris since 1992, she shares 30+ years of making everyday food for her French family – starting with fresh produce at the market.

Initially created in 2010 on the release of her first bestselling fun book, Mad About Macarons, which inspired many now professional bakers to make macarons, this blog instead centres on her experience of the food life in France.

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Macaron Talk

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Find out the difference between macarons and macaroons. Get my recipes for coconut macaroons, eggless vegan macarons plus ideas what to serve with sweet and savoury macarons from my books and more.

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macarons with feet baked on a silicone mat next to a them stuck to the mat
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black cone witch's hat with chocolate macarons with eyes and spider liquorice legs
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Paris map Mad About Macarons

French
Food Guides

Here you’ll find Jill’s local food guides to Paris’s best tea rooms (by arrondissement) near your favourite museums or landmarks.
Also discover many popular Parisian pâtisseries and chocolate shops and what makes them so famous.
Central to French culture, is the market guide, so choose your fruit and vegetables and let’s get cooking!

French Food Guides

Watch the recipes

Some of your most popular recipes are now on video! From monkfish stew, Palets Bretons to her Mother-in-law’s Corsican mint omelette, make easy dishes with Jill from her kitchen near Paris.
It’s also where she plays flute. So stay tuned by subscribing – there’s much more to come in 2023.

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