Petits Fours on Limoges
We made a batch of petits fours glaces yesterday to add to the French food that my mom was serving at her Questers meeting last night (The Questers International is a group devoted to the study of antiques and history) as she presented her paper and research on the French porcelain known as Limoges.
Limoges is my absolute favorite kind of dishware because the moltant gold is so luxurious and so glorious--not to mention their equisite floral patterns. Limoges is a region of France with many porcelain factories that produced hard-paste porcelain starting in 1771, after they discovered kaolin in the locale (kaolin was the ingredient that helped achieve porcelain that could resemble Chinese porcelain).
So, Liliana watched and mixed and today she tasted!
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| Yes, she picked a fairy princess dress to wear today! And her favorite French baked good was the Madeline cookies that her Grandma made (partly because they tasted divine but also, I suspect, because she loves the Madeline books by Bemelmans right now). |
