
Celebrate rhubarb and rose season with this financier style rose rhubarb orange cake, an easy French teatime treat with reduced sugar, making it also ideal for breakfast or brunch - or dessert served with rhubarb compote and some rose macarons.

This sign popped out to say bonjour as we were meandering on a mid summer’s walk in Rhône wine country.

Macarons, or to be precise Macarons Parisiens are those stunning little almond sandwiched delicacies which we all know because they are absolutely everywhere these days.

A perfectly simple yet healthy winter warming pumpkin soup with a few benefits of leeks and ginger.

The recipe for Italian meringue chocolate macarons with whipped milk chocolate ganache filling (for 20 macarons)

A light, moist lemon cake made with ground almonds and soaked in tart lemon syrup that just happens to be gluten free.

Could you get me some basil, please? Antoine came back from the market with not just a few leaves but two huge plants of my favourite herb.

Who prefers light desserts to heavy puddings? I do; particularly during the festive holiday season when the odd additional course creeps in to ambitious holiday menus.