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Friday 29 Nov 2024   

Our Gift Guide For Our Friends Abroad!

For those French lovers who can't make it to France this season, but want to keep a little piece of France all year long - check out our gift guide for our friends abroad!







France At Home


HelloFrenchNY is your French language resource that will have you speaking like a local in no time! So that on your next trip to Paris you are ready to order your croissants with ease. This makes for the perfect gift for the loved ones in your life who are looking to learn a language, or just connect more with French culture this year!

POSH Chicago - always has a fine selection of fabulously French items. It is the place to stock up on beautifully curated items, including antiques direct from the antique Les Puces in Paris! 

For those looking at how to source your favorite French products at home, look no further than Les Producteurs de Caractère they have a hand-picked selection of gourmet products that will keep a little piece of France in your kitchens all year long!

La Slow Galerie - One of our absolute favorite places for locally sourced small art in Paris, and they also ship internationally!

Chateau Sonoma - has got you covered for everyone on your holiday gift-giving list. We love their gift guide this year and we think you will too; they ship throughout the United States!


The fabulous Bonne Maman ships internationally, so you can get all of your favorite confitures shipped right to your door! We love their advent calendar with 23 mini jams and spreads to enjoy throughout the month of December, as well as their jam filled Christmas crackers! 

Our friends over at La Maison du Chocolat have a selection of store locations worldwide, and shipping options around the US (for our friends in warmer climates they carefully pack your chocolate with ice so that your carefully crafted chocolate gets to you in one piece). 


Our Favorite French Inspired Gifts


We are big fans of all of David Lebovitz’s books, but this season we can't get enough Drinking French - his fabulously festive book on cocktails, aperitifs and café traditions. It features over 160 recipes to keep you feeling bubbly all winter long! A great gift for a loved one, or for yourself!
Be sure to check out his fabulous selection of pastry books while you’re there.



Madame de la Maison has you covered for unique antique and linen pieces that are sure to impress! We simply love her selection of elegant playing cards, they make for a perfect stocking stuffer this holiday season!


We love the new “A Year in Paris Calendar” by Everyday Parisian! It is full of beautiful Paris photographs that will take you on a journey of Paris through the seasons, and she even suggests cutting out the photo and framing it if you should wish, so that a little piece of Paris can forever remain with you. Be sure to check it out!

For the wine connoisseur in your life, the new must-have map from Jane Anson offers a little piece of France's famed wine regions that you can keep right in your home!


Dorie Greenspan has a selection of wonderful books that will make the baking enthusiast in your life but we just can’t get enough of Dorie’s cookies! A wonderful book on all thing’s cookie, that will have you perfecting your creations and baking up your own cookie storm back at home!


Edd Kimber or as some of you may know him as The Boy Who Bakes, has a fabulous book for those who love baking but don’t have a big community to bake for, his book Small Batch Bakes certers around easy bakes for singles, small households, students or anyone who likes to bake! Full of cakes tarts bars and desserts, a wonderful gift for those with a sweet tooth in your life!

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Last Minute Course Places

29 Nov 2024

  • French Technical Classes / Mastering Classic French Sauces
  • Three hours of mastering the French Classic Mother Sauces - the grand canon of Cuisine Française. We’ll tackle emulsions, roux, reductions and more!

  • La Cuisine Paris, 80 Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris     Time: 10:00 - 13:00
  • Price: €119.00     Availability: 1 place left

3 Dec 2024

  • French Macarons / Les Macarons : Technical 3-hour
  • For the serious Macaron lover. Three hours of intensive Macaron time - we will tackle two types of classic macaron shells and four types of classic macaron fillings!

  • La Cuisine Paris, 80 Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris     Time: 14:30 - 17:30
  • Price: €119.00     Availability: 2 places left

4 Dec 2024

  • French Baking Classes / Le Croissant & Breakfast Pastries
  • The 'Roi' of the Parisian breakfast table, Le Croissant ! Enjoy three hours of mastering this decadent, flaky, buttery French icon.

  • La Cuisine Paris, 80 Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris     Time: 10:00 - 13:00
  • Price: €119.00     Availability: 4 places left

4 Dec 2024

  • French Pastry / The Best of French Pastry
  • The perfect three hour experience for those that love the ‘best of’ classic French Pastries. Enjoy creating the delights you find adorning the windows of your favorite Paris Pastry boutiques.

  • La Cuisine Paris, 80 Quai de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris     Time: 14:00 - 17:00
  • Price: €119.00     Availability: 3 places left

Our Gift Guide For Our Friends Abroad!

Friday 29 Nov 2024

For those French lovers who can't make it to France this season, but want to keep a little piece of France all year long - check out our gift guide for our friends abroad!

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