Our Easter Specials are in — we're so ready to delight you and your loved ones!
This year's Easter selection features scrumptious chocolate hens, eggs, and bunnies by Abtey, Bovetti, Chevaliers d'Argouges, Le Chocolatier Sablais, and Maison Pécou; Mathez chocolate truffles; and Comptoir du Cacao chocolate bars and pralines.
We have also included Maffren marzipan eggs and bunnies; Chabert & Guillot pastel nougats; François Doucet pastel marshmallows; Maison Pécou jelly fruit bunnies and dragées (sugar-coated almonds); Biscuiterie de Provence butter cookies in egg tins; La Sablésienne butter cookies in Easter box and spring-themed tins; and Ercus hen and egg-shaped sugar pieces.
Happy Easter! Happy spring!
Marianne Prébet
Founder & Gourmand-in-Chief
Just in: more French favorites
Among the French favorites recently added to our shelves you will find André Laurent choucroute cooked with white wine and seaweeds (coastal style), Les Mouettes d'Arvor tuna rillettes with sundried tomato, the mini version of Fossier's famous Biscuit Rose, Francis Miot Cœur d'Amour jam, Schweppes Lemon soda, Les 2 Marmottes Agrumes (Citrus) and 7ème Ciel (Seventh Heaven) teas, and gorgeous artisan chocolate eggs by Le Chocolatier Sablais.
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 Gustave Caillebote: Painting Men. Through May 25.
L'Alliance New York presents Guy de Maupassant: Stories Into Films, its new film series. March 4-18.
L'Alliance New York presents Comics Arts Fest 2025, a full weekend of conversations, masterclasses, screenings, book signings, parties, and workshops. March 28-30.
In New York the MoMA presents Lillie P. Bliss and the Birth of the Modern. Through March 29.
In San Francisco the de Young Museum presents Matisse's "Jazz" Unbound. Through July 6.
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, French star comedian Gad Elmaleh is scheduled to perform (in French) in New York on September 10.
Try out Sabarot's recipe for Le Puy green lentil hummus
Perfect for a gourmet, nutritious apéritif !
Ingredients (serves 4)
300g Le Puy green lentils, cooked
juice of 1 lemon
1 Tbsp sesame puree
3 Tbsp olive oil
1 clove garlic
½ tsp cumin powder
Directions
Peel and mince the clove of garlic.
Puree the cooked lentils in a food processor.
Add in the garlic and the rest of the ingredients and mix well until smooth.