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    Jill Colonna plating a dessert with raspberries in a French kitchen with a plate of homemade macarons next to it
    FROM PARIS · 30+ YEARS COOKING IN FRANCE

    Real French Food
    Less Sugar · More Flavour

    Explore Recipes

    Welcome to Mad about Macarons - easy French recipes, macarons, lighter desserts and food discoveries from Paris and across France. New to French cooking at home? Try these reader favourites and seasonal dishes.

    • plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel
      French Crème Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • black pot with bubbling tomato and fish stew topped with chopped parsley
      French Monkfish Stew (Lotte à L'Américaine)
    • bright orange mini pumpkins baked and stuffed
      Stuffed Mini Pumpkins - The Most Versatile, Easy Recipe
    • Round toasted custard tart with apples topped with an edible flower
      French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)
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    round crepe pancake perfectly cooked in a pan

    Breakfast

    Kir Royal cocktail in front of a French chateau

    Drinks

    spoonful of dark chocolate mousse next to a macaron

    Desserts

    thin brown pancake folded into a square with egg in centre, ham and cheese and side salad

    Lunches

    black pot with bubbling tomato and fish stew topped with chopped parsley

    Mains

    slice of cherry custard clafoutis dessert

    Picnics

    large choux bun filled with smoked salmon and runny cream with apple and dill

    Starters

    close up of caramel macarons with a thick filling

    Teatime

    French Recipes for Autumn

    • glass bowls of rice puddings topped with golden sultana raisins
      French Rice Pudding (Riz au lait)
    • classic Parisian brioche with a little head on top
      Classic French Brioche - Parisian 'Brioche à Tête'
    • two rows of whole sardine fish stuffed together in a roasting dish with fresh parsley
      Roasted Fresh Sardines (Sardines Farcies)
    • pasta bowl of egg noodles tossed in olive oil, butter, garlic, herbs and garlic
      Fresh Alsatian Egg Noodles (Pâtes d'Alsace)
    More autumn recipes
    BONJOUR & WELCOME

    I'm Jill

    Scottish-French home cook and author, living and cooking in Paris for 30+ years. In 2010, I wrote one of the first macaron cookbooks published in English.

    Today I share reliable French recipes - from family meals and seasonal market cooking to macarons and desserts with less unnecessary sugar and more flavour.

    My aim? To help you feel at home with French cooking - and taste France like a local.

    More About Jill
    Portrait of Jill Colonna, French cookbook author in Paris

    French Classics

    • spoonful of creamy homemade Tartar sauce made with shallot, spring onions, gherkins, capers
      Homemade Tartar Sauce (Sauce Tartare)
    • high raised round buttery biscuits with a rough texture with air-holes
      French Butter Cookies (Palets Bretons)
    • galette des rois French puff pastry almond cake glazed and decorated with a paper crown
      Traditional Galette des Rois Recipe
    • mini cup of creamy ice cream with a sprig of lemon verbena leaves
      Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)
    More Classics

    Teatime Treats

    • French tuiles cookies made with almonds and rounded like tiles
      How to Make Tuiles - The Easiest French Almond Cookie
    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
      Raspberry Macarons (White Chocolate Ganache Filling)
    • Lemon madeleines with a scalloped shape and hump on a plate served with a cup of tea
      How to Make Classic French Madeleines With Lemon
    • golden bar shaped financier cakes
      Traditional French Financier Cakes (Financiers)
    More teatime

    French Market Guide

    What's in season this month? Choose seasonal, local fresh fruits & veg and discover fun facts, recipes - even popular French expressions using them!

    Market Guide
    • baskets of different varieties of apples in France
      Apples (Pommes)
    • piles of chopped fresh figs in front of whole figs on leaves
      Figs (Figues)
    • crates of fresh tomatoes in all shapes and colours at the French market in Provence
      Tomatoes (tomates)

    Best of Paris

    • boxes of various different French macarons from Paris to taste for the ultimate guide
      Best Macarons in Paris
    • biting into a lemon macaron at afternoon tea
      Guide to the Best Tea Rooms in Paris
    • mug of French hot chocolate in front of a Paris skyline at sunset
      Best Hot Chocolate in Paris - Your Local Guide
    • carrying shopping bags Paris metro
      Rue Du Bac - Paris Pastry Street
    More Paris Addresses

    Food Travel in France from Paris

    • château de Monte Cristo, home of Alexandre Dumas in Port Marly near Paris
      Monte Cristo and Alexandre Dumas' Love for Cuisine
    • The grand entrance to the château of Fontainebleau
      What to Do in Fontainebleau: Food Guide
    • Monet's house and gardens with roses and green shutters
      Giverny - Where to Eat on a Visit to Monet's House and Gardens
    • French baguette pointing to the chateau of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
      Visit Saint-Germain-en-Laye: Royal Market Town Near Paris
    Explore France like a local

    Watch the Recipes

    Start with my latest crispy lemon chicken that tastes far more expensive than it is. Then explore more everyday French recipes on video.

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    Portrait of Jill Colonna, French cookbook author in Paris

    Bonjour - I'm Jill

    Enjoy reliable French recipes for real home kitchens - seasonal family food, macarons and desserts with less unnecessary sugar and more flavour.

    I’m Jill Colonna, a Scottish-French author and home cook, living and cooking in Paris for 30+ years. In 2010, I wrote one of the first macaron cookbooks in English.

    More About Jill

    Latest Autumn Recipes

    • bowls of bright green watercress soup
      Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • French Semolina Cake (Gâteau de Semoule)

    Popular this month

    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
      Raspberry Macarons (White Chocolate Ganache Filling)
    • soft scalloped potatoes in a gratin dish topped with crispy cheese
      Potato Gratin Savoyard (Without Cream)
    • plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel
      French Crème Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • upside down caramelised apple tart glistening on a glass plate
      Tarte Tatin Recipe

    More from France

    • Guide to Lyon's restaurants and food in France's gastronomic capital
      Lyon's Best Value Restaurants in 3 Days
    • bustling café in Aix-en-Provence in the sunshine with people drinking coffee outside next to a plane tree
      What to Do in Aix-en-Provence: Food Guide to the French Capital of Calissons

    Macaron Guides

    • boxes of various different French macarons from Paris to taste for the ultimate guide
      Best Macarons in Paris
    • Thin, rustic French macarons traditionally made in St Emilion showing a rougher texture than the smooth Parisian macaron
      Types of Macarons in France

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