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Monday, February 16, 2026

Crepes for Fat Tuesday by Ruth Paget

Crepes for Fat Tuesday by Ruth Paget

Tomorrow is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, 47 days before Easter.  Lent, the period of fasting, begins on Wednesday, the day after Mardi Gras..

Our family celebrates this holiday with crepes made with extra organic eggs, Guerande flour de sel salt, and cold press extra virgin olive oil.

I have included links for our family’s California Crepe Recipe and the crepe making technique my husband Laurent uses to make crepes in an online exhibit devoted tobChandeleur;

California Crepes Recipe

Crepe Making Technique Online Exhibit

Bonne Fete!

By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France and developer of the Novgorod and Bento War Games