Christophe Michalak x Plaza Athénée

Christope Michalak, chef patissier at Paris' luxurious Plaza Athénée, has created his own version of a F/W 'lookbook' for his delectable creations. Top to bottom: Canadian maple syrup mousse and pear infused biscuit financier, citronnelle and ginger covered in cremeux and Carribean chocolate, Baba au Rhum covered in vanilla whipped cream, meringue and Ardèche bavaroise au marons, as well as Filipino pineapple, banana and mango cookies. YUM!

Song of the day: Porter Robinson - Say My Name

Fit for a king

La Galette des Rois is French. I am half French. Therefore, project!

Today, my mother and I made one (and a half) in celebration of the January tradition, commemorating the Epiphany. Now, our family is far from being religious, but when a celebration involves delicious and sweet treats, we're in.

The filling is usually a frangipane, which we sort of cheated by blending the butter, sugar and almonds.

Flattening out the phyllo dough.

Making sure to carefully seal and crimp the edges.

Our extra phyllo dough went into making a baby galette, which exploded in the oven. It was still tasty though.

A little egg wash on top to goldenize it.

Bing bang boom 30 mins in the pipin' hot oven.

THE fève. A.K.A. a cool button found in our for-all-the-buttons-and-random-small-objects-we-will-probably-never-need-bowl.

Who will be king tonight? (Well, actually that's not really hard to figure out because it's always my dad, amongst three girls), but WHO WILL HE CHOOSE TO BE HIS QUEEN? That's a fight we will have to sort out after dinner.

Song of the day: Kleerup feat. Lykke Li - Until We Bleed