Bread baking wasn’t the only attraction last Sunday at Les Grouets. We could also try our hand at a lathe. I got in early before the kids and their dads arrived – after that, you couldn’t even get close up! Le four à pain n’était pas la seule attraction à la Fête du pain dimanche dernier …
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Bread-Baking Day – La fête du pain
For the 9th consecutive year, our neighbourhood, Les Grouets, held a bread-baking day at part of the French national fête du pain celebrations. Norbert, the owner of the century-old wood-fired oven, starts heating it four days beforehand. Local children bring along their brioches on Friday but the main celebration is on Sunday. I took along two …
Bread Day in Les Grouets – Fête du Pain aux Grouets
The fête du pain or bread festival takes places in France every year on the feast of Saint Honoré, patron saint of bakers. Norbert Gourget, who has his own bread oven in our neighbourhood, Les Grouets, turns into a baker once a year for the local association Les Amis des Grouets to bake bread, brioche …
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