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    Home โ€ข Recipes โ€ข French Food Guides

    French Baking

    Blog posts about French baking and lifestyle - plus tips, reviews of my cookbooks, details on ingredients and more.

    Have questions about baking in France? They're most likely under Frequently asked Questions, including oven conversions and a UK-USA-France glossary of equivalent baking terms.

    • French menu ideas for Bastille Day on 14th July with a tomato tart, whole baked sea bass, brioche and blueberry tart
      What the French Really Eat on Bastille Day (Fรชte Nationale)
    • Jill Colonna, author of Mad About Macarons, at a book signing event at WHSmith Paris
      Book Reviews of Mad About Macarons
    • macarons with feet baked on a silicone mat next to a them stuck to the mat
      Macaron Silicone Mat Review
    • black cone witch's hat with chocolate macarons with eyes and spider liquorice legs
      Top 10 Halloween Macaron Ideas For Spooky Treats
    • large pink macaron heart on top of a pastry cream topped with fresh berries
      How to Make Macaron Hearts - Think 'V' for Valentine
    • land and sea salad with a savoury beet macaron
      Savoury Macarons - Ideas How to Serve Them
    • box of pink macarons with lemon yellow filling
      Pink Macarons - Flavours and Party Themes
    • glass dessert dish of creamy pistachio panna cotta topped with a strawberry coulis
      Top 40 Valentine Dessert Ideas
    • measuring chopped fresh figs in a bowl on digital scales
      Why You Need Digital Kitchen Scales
    • typical french breakfast with a large bowl of coffee
      5 Ways to Eat Like the French
    • Terraillon tall whisk baking utensil
      Essential Baking Utensils: Terraillon Review

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    Portrait of Jill Colonna, French cookbook author in Paris
    Welcome

    Bonjour - I'm Jill

    Here you'll find easy French recipes worth coming back to.
    After 30+ years cooking for my French family in Paris, I share reliable recipes made with everyday ingredients - from family meals to classic French desserts with less sugar and more flavour.

    -> Plus discover France like a local.

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    Latest Summer Recipes

    • large plate with thinly sliced heirloom tomatoes, both red and yellow, topped with olive oil, spring onion or cebettes, herbs and seasoning with a Provencal backdrop
      Tomato and Onion Salad (Carpaccio de Tomates)
    • Parisian salad with ham, Emmental, hard-boiled eggs, dry-fried mushrooms and mustard vinaigrette
      Parisian Salad (French Ham and Cheese Salad)

    Popular this month

    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
      Raspberry Macarons (White Chocolate Ganache Filling)
    • plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel
      French Crรจme Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • saute pan of fried green beans in garlic and breadcrumbs
      Sautรฉed Green Beans with Garlic - French Style
    • fig jam with bread and cheese
      Corsican Fig Jam Recipe (Confiture de Figues)

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    Macaron Guides

    • boxes of various different French macarons from Paris to taste for the ultimate guide
      Best Macarons in Paris
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      Types of Macarons in France

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