Avez-vous l’accent ?

L’accent est un text littéraire ( poeme) de Miguel Zamacoïs, dans son oeuvre, La Fleur Merveilleuse The accent is a poem written by Miguel Zamacoïs from his essay La Fleur Merveilleuse. C’est quoi l’accent? What is the accent?  Ce poème exprime gaiement et simplement ce qui nous donne une individualité de part notre langue. Il y…

TOUR DE FRANCE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

The Christmas season is fast approaching and with it some beautiful lights displays. We select for you some of the best Christmas lights displays in France this year.  1- Aix-en-Provence 2- Montpellier   3- Nimes   4- Strasbourg 5- Toulouse 6- Paris 7- Clermont-Ferrand 8- Colmar 9- Bordeaux 10- Montbelliard → Like to learn French and have fun doing…

CANELES: THE PASTRY TREASURE FROM BORDEAUX

When I visit family and friends in Bordeaux, canelés are often offered and served with dark coffee or desert wine. I’m actually not leaving town without a box of those little pastry treats. I love everything about them: their little squat fluted column shapes, their caramelised crusts and their delicious custardy interior with vanilla and rum! The ingredients are very…

CLASSIC FRENCH MADELEINES RECIPE

This classic French biscuit is perfect with a cup of tea or coffee or for your kids’ snacks. You can find a lot of recipes on the net, with or without butter, with honey, chocolate, lemon or vanilla. As for me, I will follow my grand-mother recipe with butter and lemon. Easy and quick to bake, it…