Église Saint-Louis des Invalides

<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/8352443994/" title="2012 Mar 29 Paris_160DSC_4843 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Mar 29 Paris_160DSC_4843" height="800" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8352443994_ffe56f9cdb_c.jpg" width="530" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Louis des Invalides</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today is Epiphany, twelve days after Christmas in the Gregorian calendar, marking the end of the Christmas season.  It is also commonly known as Three Kings' Day, Twelfth Night, or the Feast of Epiphany.  It is one of the oldest Christian feasts and has been celebrated since the end of the second century.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Today I will be making a <i>galette des rois</i> for my family </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and will share the recipe with you tomorrow.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Louis des Invalides</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Les Invalides</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></i></div><br /></div>

Église Saint-Louis des Invalides

Église Saint-Louis des Invalides Today is Epiphany, twelve days after Christmas in the Gregorian calendar, marking the end of the Christma...

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Galette des Rois

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ6WH5bjeLMQQxsyaIaVjiXHg-UxIEZYsb6NXs0p3tyFMDQYl2Ql2bZa1R3Sa00shljwaUsG53T-JcBajM0kw3v5nShvZU6PAQwuUFepov3qUMi4SPJbP-P6G1buGWKpWth5Ff-X1QOg/s1600/2012+Jan+12+1st_0368.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ6WH5bjeLMQQxsyaIaVjiXHg-UxIEZYsb6NXs0p3tyFMDQYl2Ql2bZa1R3Sa00shljwaUsG53T-JcBajM0kw3v5nShvZU6PAQwuUFepov3qUMi4SPJbP-P6G1buGWKpWth5Ff-X1QOg/s640/2012+Jan+12+1st_0368.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Galette des Rois</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">"King's Cake" </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Tomorrow is Epiphany, January 6th, and every pâtisserie in Paris will have these delicious puff-pastry almond and butter cakes.  It makes my mouth water just to think about it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Each cake contains a fève, a small porcelain figurine and the lucky person who finds it will wear the crown.  Where I live in the US, we have the cakes but they are nothing close to the French version.  We bake our own.  Our tradition says that the one who finds "the baby" (plastic) is the King and will host the next party.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will put a real French fève in my Galette des Rois.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Galette des Rois</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulangerie on Ile St Louis</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75004, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div>

Galette des Rois

Galette des Rois "King's Cake" Tomorrow is Epiphany, January 6th, and every pâtisserie in Paris will have these delicious puff...

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