Megan Chapman
Encountering God through Creative Arts
If you want a quick substitution for apple pie but don’t want to spend all day baking, my Brie and Apple Galette is easy elegance at its best. But you don’t have to wait for autumn or the holidays to roll around to make it. Any night of the week, it’ll satisfy the most stubborn …
I’m having a love affair with galettes. They’re so easy, versatile, and satisfying— and a lot of fun to create. They work as an appetizer, main dish, or dessert. You can experiment with your own favorite flavors using a premade puff pastry to speed up the process— or make your own pastry if that’s your …
Almost always, whenever we dined at a restaurant in France offering a prix fixe menu, a dollop of olive tapenade was served with crusty French bread before the meal. An aperitif, a beverage used to stimulate the appetite, was also encouraged. We never passed up this opportunity to Santé or Cheers, before digging in. My …
I always loved eating canard, or duck, as a kid but have shied away from cooking it as an adult. I guess I thought duck was hard to prepare, or maybe it’s because my husband told me he wasn’t a fan. Chicken, like most people, has been our go to bird. But after traveling to …
Goût de France (Taste of France) is a series of recipe remakes inspired by my first time traveling to Provence and Paris—a lifelong dream. The recipes are all tried and tested by Mom. But first, let me explain how I became interested in France. . . Thanks, Mom! Most of us know the famous quote …
Ever since sixth grade geography class, I’ve dreamed about going to France—maybe because I’m a diehard romantic-foodie-art-lover that has always been fascinated by the avant-garde Parisian fashion. Even the language intrigues me—everything always sounds plus chic in French. Over the past twenty years that I’ve known my husband and within our fourteen years of marriage, …
