This week we are showcasing the many lovely items that celebrate the French language in our store. Cheer up with our Play with French selection — and keep in mind it's also a great source of gift ideas for the Francophiles in your life!
Our Play with French selection includes fruit preserves, chocolate, candies, sugar pieces, colorful tea towels, stationery items, key rings and brooches — all featuring beloved French words or little messages in French. Vraiment charmant et délicieux! ;)
Enjoy French. Take good care of yourself.
Marianne Prébet
Founder & Gourmand-in-Chief
Just in: more French favorites
Among the French favorites recently added to our shelves you will find Brets jalapeño & chedddar and sauce pommes frites potato chips from Britanny, Esprit Provence extra virgin olive oil with Provence herbs, Maison Marc gazpacho, Martin-Pouret mustards and ketchups, Ortiz canned fish, Teisseire syrups in three new flavors (coconut, ginger, and pistachio), Le Petit Prince mint pastilles, Anis de Flavigny lemon mints, and Filt1860 cotton mesh bags.
If there is a French treat you would like to find on our website, please share your craving with us.
Suggestions for your French agenda
There is plenty of exciting French cultural events all around America. Enjoy your picks!
The Denver Art Museum presents The 19th Century in European and American Art.
In Los Angeles, the Getty Museum presents Odilon Redon: Otherwordly Visions. Through October 18.
In New York, the International Center of Photography presents Yves Saint Laurent and Photography. Through September 28.
L'Alliance New York presents the 2026 edition of its acclaimed Crossing the Line festival. Through December 5.
L'Alliance New York presents its new film series, Jean-Luc Godard: Unmade and Abandoned. Through October 15.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Rodin's Hands. Through January 31, 2027.
In Princeton, the Lewis Center presents the 15th edition of Seuls en Scène, the very current French theater festival organized in partnership with Festival d'Avignon and Comédie Française. September 18-26.
In Washington, DC Marc Chagall's magistral Orphée mosaic in on view in the sculpture garden of the National Gallery of Art.
Last but not least, the 2026 edition of Films on the Green, the multi-city outdoor French film festival, spans seven cities this year: Chicago, Houston, Marfa, TX, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Santurce, PR, Washington, DC. Through October 9.
Also, French touch pioneer Sébastien Tellier returns to North America with his first tour over a decade. He will perform in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Mexico City. September 21-30.
Try out La Patelière's recipe for mango tiramisu
Succulent and very easy to make, this exotic dessert is a winner through and through!
Ingredients (serves 4)
165g mango coulis
1 lime (zest and juice)
20-25 soft ladyfingers
500g mascarpone
90g + 90g sugar
4 eggs
4 Tbsp grated coconut
Directions
Peel the lime and set the zests aside.
Squeeze the lime for juice. Mix teh lime juice and the mango coulis.
Separate the egg yolks and whites.
Mix the yolks and 90g sugar until the mixture is very light. Pour a little part in the mascarpone and whip in. Add in the rest of the mixture and keep whipping delicately.
Beat the egg whites with a clean whip at low speed. Add in the sugar and whip at medium speed until the mixture is stiff.
Soak the soft layfingers in the lime and mango coulis briefly. Lay of first layer of ladyfingers in a tray. Top with a layer of grated coconut (2 Tbsp).
Mix the mascarpone cream and the egg white mixture delicately. Spread a layer of that cream on the first layer of soft ladyfingers.
Add a second layer of soft ladyfingers. Cover with the rest of the grated coconut and top with the rest of the mascarpone cream (you can use a piping bag).
Refrigerate at least 12 hours.