French Home Cooking
Celebrate the Paralympics with 50 French Recipes!
The Lighter Side of French Cooking
Welcome to Mad about Macarons, the healthy French food blog in Paris with easy French recipes and simple ingredients. Expect lighter meals that will make your taste buds do the can-can - with less sugar, more flavour.
Famous French Dishes
Famous French dishes that are easy to make at home. From savoury to dessert - many with a story behind them.
Back to School Cookies - for la Rentrée
French Market Guide
What's in season this month? Choose from fresh fruits and vegetables from the French farmers' market guide. Discover fun facts, recipes - even popular French expressions using them!
Watch the recipes
Some of your favourite recipes are on video! From Jill's Corsican Mother-in-law’s mint omelette, make the same healthy and easy French recipes. Come behind the scenes in our local bakery in Saint Germain-en-Laye to make the best French Toast and coconut macaroons.
BONJOUR & WELCOME
Meet Jill
Jill Colonna’s Paris based food blog shares a healthy French lifestyle via easy recipes and local food guides.
A Scottish-French home cook, Jill shares over 30 years' culinary experience in Paris, cooking lighter meals with less sugar and more taste. Using local, seasonal ingredients, she proves that French cooking isn't all butter and cream!
Initially created in 2010 with her first cookbook, Mad About Macarons has inspired both home cooks and professional bakers alike.
