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Jill Colonna
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Join me for a tasting of a selection of the best Bûches de Noël yule logs, new in Paris this year.
Every single year during the holiday season, the best pastry chefs all around Paris reveal their much-anticipated Bûches de Noël, or yule logs. This year, there are some truly magnificent bûches to choose from, from Angelina's White Peacock to Foucade's gluten-free version. Any of these would make for a stunning centerpiece to your holiday dessert table!
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Looking for a perfect mincemeat recipe? +Hester Casey  will have you covered with this Apple and Cranberry Mincemeat. Time to get stirring!
#stirupSunday   #mincemeat   #mincemeatrecipe  
First published in 2010 - the snow has long since melted! Now is the time to make mincemeat so that it has time to mature before yo...
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A delicious topping for your festive desserts, cakes and pastries that takes under 30 minutes! Salted Caramel and toasted nuts for the easiest French nougatine!
#glutenfree #nutrecipes #nougatine 
The easiest nougatine recipe, made with simply butter, sugar and toasted nuts to make the perfect added crunch to most French desserts and patisserie.
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A guide to the best patisseries and chocolate shops in Saint Germain-en-Laye, the 2nd part of my day visits just outside Paris.
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Saint-Germain-en-Laye Chocolate Pastry Tour - part of Jill Colonna's series of day trips outside Paris, taking a walk around the best pastry shops
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A light and easy gluten free dessert. Figgy pudding French style, with Parisian macarons!
#glutenfree   #macarons   #figpudding  
Fig & almond pudding with raspberries and topped with mini Parisian macarons to give an elegant French touch for an easy gluten free dessert.
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Discovered Isma, a talented illustrator in Paris, during a tasting of Angelina's Christmas patisserie collection of yule logs for 2016. Here she presents the collection, all based around the white peacock!
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Make this Paris Brest pastry ring as your perfect Christmas dessert. Recipe taken from my new book, Teatime in Paris, now on The Good Life France +Janine Marsh !

#parisbrest   #Frenchbaking   #Frenchpastries   #TeatimeinParis   #TheGoodLifeFrance   #Christmasdesserts   #holidaydesserts  
Paris Brest, those delicious French cakes that once tried are never forgotten. Here's a fab recipe for a Christmas Paris Brest cake - totally yum!
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Looking for light and fun desserts this festive season? Try these mini macaron trifles with a Parisian touch of rose, raspberry and lychee.
#glutenfree #macarontrifle #macarons #easydesserts #minidesserts #trifle
Mini macaron trifles with raspberry, rose and lychee inspired by Pierre Hermé's Ispahan pastries for a touch of Paris for a perfect trifle dessert
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The best French pastry and chocolate weekend ever! Christophe Roussel's Annual Amateur Pastry Competition in La Baule, France - mark your diaries now for 2017! Great fun being on the jury with Mercotte, Cyril Carrini (Meilleur Patissier M6), Thierry Bamas MOF, and the Roussels.
#pastrycompetition   #frenchpastry   #labaule   #christopheroussel   #mercotte   #meilleurpatissierM6  
The prestigious annual Christophe Roussel Pastry Competition, an exceptional weekend in La Baule, France and the Salon du Chocolat winners
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The easiest and most deliciously citrus cheesecake from Corsica, a popular family dessert: the Fiadone.
#glutenfree   #desserts   #corsican   #fiadone   #corsicancheesecake   #brocciu   #corsicancheese  
Fiadone Corsican Cheesecake - the simplest and quick classic dessert from the Island of Beauty using Brocciu ewe's milk cheese and laced with lemon
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Looking for a quick, easy risotto? This Chorizo Risotto has a saucy kick to it and great with prawns, chicken or fish - and a handy recipe to have if friends pop in unexpectedly.
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An easy yet delicious recipe for Chorizo Risotto, quick and handy if you have impromptu friends for dinner. Serve with prawns, fish, chicken or on its own.
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Looking to make the perfect checkerboard cake? Liz +That Skinny Chick Can Bake shares her tips while making a special birthday cake!
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Katie combs Pinterest all year long for the perfect birthday cake. This year was a challenge. She selected a Red Velvet Checkerboard Cake.
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Food and travel writer in Paris 24 yrs; author of recipe books Mad About Macarons and Teatime in Paris; French-Corsican-Scottish family
Introduction
Author of "Teatime in Paris", publication release 7 May 2015 and of the bestselling macaron cookbook, "Mad About Macarons! Make Macarons Like the French".
Blogger of French travels, recipes and foodie life in Paris at MadAboutMacarons.com. 
Bragging rights
Played the flute for James Galway, managed to include wine consumption into my University Masters Degree (a reason how I met my French husband!) and now go around Paris with groups tasting the best patisseries!
Education
  • MadAboutMacarons.com
    Author, blogger, photographer, recipe developer, 2011 - present
  • Strathclyde Business School
    MSc Marketing, 1991 - 1992
  • Edinburgh University
    Honours Degree in Music, 1986 - 1990
  • Napier University
    Music diplomas, 1985 - 1986
  • George Watson's College
    High school, 1982 - 1985
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Gender
Female
Other names
Stobie,
Work
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Full time mum disguised as author, blogger, photographer, recipe developer, Paris chocolate-walker & music teacher
Employment
  • Keeping a sense of humour
    present
  • OECD Paris
    Online Marketing Manager, Various assistant posts, 1993 - 2002
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Near Paris, France
Previously
Paris - Glasgow - Edinburgh
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How to make a Paris Brest Christmas Cake
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Paris Brest, those delicious French cakes that once tried are never forgotten. Here's a fab recipe for a Christmas Paris Brest cake - totall

Apple & Cranberry Mincemeat - It's beginning to smell a lot like...
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First published in 2010 - the snow has long since melted! Now is the time to make mincemeat so that it has time to mature before yo...

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Enter INSPIRELLE's lucky draw to WIN a Seaside Spa Escape in La Baule!!

Postcards from Beguiling Sri Lanka & Pol Sambol - Lavender and Lovage
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~ Seasonal fragrance and flavour from my country kitchens in England and France....celebrating local seasonal produce with traditional feast

Great Cakes of France | The Religieuse
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The Religieuse is one of the great cakes of France. Delicious cream filled choux buns, an almost 200 year old invention that's adored in Fra

Alain Ducasse Plaza Athenee Paris
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Alain Ducasse Plaza Athenee Paris, tres chic and tres expensive, the legendary chef is on a mission to serve sustainable, utterly delicious

Mad about you: Why éclairs are all the rage in Singapore right now
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SINGAPORE, Sept 24 — Who would have thought that the humble éclair once available in less than a handful of flavours — more often than not i

Eclair Week Fauchon 2015 : les pâtisseries françaises à l'honneur | Comp...
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Pour son édition 2015, l'Eclair Week Fauchon, qui se tiendra du 11 au 19 septembre à Paris, met en lumière une collection d'éclair à la fran

Great Cakes of France: The French Éclair
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Great cakes of France, the French Éclair, invented by a genius almost 200 years ago but still celebrated around the world.

It's Not About the Love Locks
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The Pont des Arts bridge, as it was meant to look, returns! All of this buzz about these love locks. It’s a whole lot of baloney, honestly.

Teatime in Paris Review
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Teatime in Paris, a special time of day and this delicious books shows you how to make Paris pastries at home anywhere, any time so you can

Double Chocolate Tartlets - Teatime in Paris
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It's nice to be able to impress your friends and family with a dessert that looks like it was made by a pastry chef, but I often feel those

Diamond Biscuits Recipe - Party Pieces Blog & Inspiration
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Due to be released in the UK on 7th May (30th June USA), Teatime in Paris by Jill Colonna is a charming book packed with lots of delicious r

Green
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Think Green No, not Saint Patrick’s Day, although that is what you are thinking. I have never been one to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, no gr