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Since summer entertaining should be a breeze, this collection, designed with simplicity in mind, features 20 easy-to-follow recipes and a few menu suggestions. Download this PDF, which includes recipes for starters, main courses, side dishes, and desserts.

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Dessert · François de Mélogue · Pastries · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Delicious Recipe Rum and Orange-Scented Beignets for Dessert

February 19, 2025
While I cannot promise that these feather-light beignets are low-calorie, they are delicious. A traditional French recipe for rum and orange-scented beignets that most likely got their nickname pets de nonne (literally “nun’s farts”) from a slight bastardization of the earlier term paix-de-nonne (“nun’s peace”). They are delicious dipped in a rich, homemade hot chocolate. …
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Dessert · Guest Post · Pastries · Provencal Recipes · Taste

Mesturets a Traditional but Elusive Dessert from the Tarn

September 20, 2022
The Great Sugar Rush In the 17th century, Britain, France and other colonial powers established vast sugar plantations in the Americas. Sugar went from an expensive luxury to a commodity available to all in a couple of centuries. The dessert menu blossomed as chefs and cooks accidentally or deliberately created French classics such as mousse …
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