Bringing a little piece of France to the everyday. Travel, food and lifestyle with a French vibe.
Autumn is my favourite season for cooking. Our blackberries have been collected and our apples harvested. Warming crumble leaves the sweet smell of cinnamon filling the air. Blackberry recipes are hard to beat in the Autumn. Blackberries have such a short season though, so we always collect plenty and freeze them to use throughout Autumn …
A French Classic This flan could quite possibly be my favourite dessert (although I do love a cheesecake…..A LOT). Flan Pâtissier (or Parisian) is a simple custard tart and a classic French recipe. I first tried this flan on holiday in Paris. Sat outside a cafe on a Spring afternoon. Perfect. However, it was only …
Cotswold Lavender Farm have kindly agreed to be featured on our blog today to talk about distilling the lavender oil. We always wondered what happened to all that beautiful lavender after it had been harvested. How is it distilled? How does it become that pure essential oil that helps us to sleep or reduces our …
