What? 😂

Le respect c'est pas compliqué pourtant 🙃

@ you’re right: respect isn’t complicated. However, I don’t respect the French, so that’s irrelevant

@myhouseisfulloftraps "Je sais que je plais pas à tout le monde… Mais quand je vois à qui je plais pas, je me demande si ça me dérange vraiment." Dikkenek, bisous.

Can’t peel yourself away from those yoga pants I guess 😂

Is it? Don’t worry, I’m not here to convince people to try and come here. If putting on pants and saying hello is to hard for you, please don’t travel 😅

@WineDineCaroline you really thought you ate with that, maybe you should do less of that... Eating that is! Do you have to buy multiple seats when you travel? Or do they let you sit in the aisle??? Maybe say bonjour to weight watchers.

Because greeting when entering a restaurant and behaving nice at public is so difficult. Lol

Si ça ne te plais pas 👋

@@diraltmcallister3523 it’s cool nobody is wondering if you have a passport

@@Oceania_Vista thank you!

@@rubber4943 lol no it’s just one piece and was very easy to collect and dispose of 💀

Alright for some 😂 I’ve never tried it!

@@WineDineCaroline I tried only once, but I never forgot.

🤣🤣🤣 a lot of people do!

🎉🎉🎉

Maybe in the cities we bake less? This is not my experience, almost always when I’m a guest in a French home someone has bought something from the patisserie

@@WineDineCaroline I've always lived in Bordeaux, so a quite big city. Maybe they wanted to have something especially fancy for guests? In everyday life though it is common, for guests or during the week-end

Indeed, I mention that in my video 😂 this is why we watch more than 3 seconds before we comment 😉

@ Nah, not watching fake facts content videos just to get a reaction. Not interested 👎🏼

I’m a cordon bleu trained chef and wine expert who has lived in France for 7 years 😂 but you can keep being judgmental and ridiculous in your sad little corner of the internet

I’ve lived here for 7 years and this is my observation! Home baking is very simple here, a bowl and a fork, people don’t get very creative, don’t invest in equipment or ingredients, and don’t try to make fancier stuff. Yogurt cake or a simple chocolate cake or a tarte with supermarché pastry. It’s ok, but bakers in the states do much more elaborate, creative stuff at home! But they don’t have patisseries the way we do here, that is the point of my video 😊

@WineDineCaroline oooooh I see !!! Sorry I clearly misinterpreted what you said then ! I guess I had no idea the americans baking would be different ! Thanks for explaining what you meant ! Hope you're enjoying your life here !

Seems typical self-centered American to me. To me it seems like there's a much larger tradition for baking in France, then in America. I got a deal today with my mother that I would learn to make the bread the whole family is crazy about, but unfortunately her hips are getting very bad as she's a pensioner, so I promised I will start supplying the white, sweet, braided loaf that everyone is so crazy about. Only lasts a few days, because there's lots of butter, milk and eggs in it. So it's best warm, with something delicious on slices of the bread.

I’m pretty sure that I… baked this cake. I made the cake, and then I made the frosting, and then I put it together. That counts as baking!

@WineDineCaroline Do you just... have no reading comprehension? TT

Lots of the food colorings and things they use in USA are illegal here in Europe, for good reasons.

Totally worth it for the twice a year birthday cake, everything is dangerously and toxic in this world 😅

“Not worth the risk” you’ll be fine..

A list of common stuff we bake at home ♡ : - tartes (mostly tarte aux pommes which is the most famous, all the way to the tarte au citron meuringuée for the most experienced cooks !) - brioche - gâteau au chocolat / fondant au chocolat / moelleux au chocolat (yes they are all different! - crêpes (easy to do and literally the best thing !! Secret ingredient for amazing crêpes ? Beer !!) - Marbré (its a classic, especially when you cook for kids) - Quatre-quarts (other big classic, very easy to do) - Roulé (au chocolat / à la fraise) - Tiramisu (yes, this is not a french cake, its from our lovely italians neighbours ! But GOD KNOWS its a classic in numerous households) - Biscuits ! - and many more !!! So yeah ! We love to bake !!

This was an interesting and delightful read! Thank you for taking the time to share a piece of your culture with us!

Also french here, and I agree. I never buy industrial cake or biscuit. I make everything at home and loving it.

My experience here is that most people can make a mostly flavorless yogurt pot cake and a basic chocolate cake, and… that’s it. They never make pastry, it’s always purchased from the grocery store so the most important part of the tart, the crust, is industrial! But I’m in a city and people have small kitchens, maybe that is part of the difference.

Love your comment. Thanks for taking the time to share 🩵

Sounds great! Margaret Rose runs our daily tastings now, but you can always book a private tasting with me 🎉