queen for the day

© Jessie Kanelos Weiner
© Jessie Kanelos Weiner

The galette des rois is the indisputable mascot of the month of January in France, flocking every school, workplace, pastry shop window, and get-together.  Galette de quoi?  Two buttery layers of puff pastry sandwich a rich almond cream and a tiny toy, determining the king or queen for the day.  And I am much too competitive to eat just one losing slice…

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5 Comments

  1. thefrancofly says:

    Hi Meg.

    I bought one for CW and I this morning with the intention of sharing, but it didn’t make to dinnertime. : /

  2. Meg says:

    You’re adorable. These are so good! I always tend to eat more than one slice if the first one is a losing one, haha! 🙂 I love seeing all the little French children drooling over them in the boulangeries, trop mignon!

  3. thefrancofly says:

    Lucky you! I’ve never won anything but a belly ache.

    Bonne journee!

  4. I found the feve this weekend and worked my tiara… 😉

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