{"id":12154,"date":"2025-09-17T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=12154"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T12:58:19","slug":"a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-3-les-patisseries-francaises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/french.kwiziq.com\/blog\/a-bit-of-french-with-ac-episode-3-les-patisseries-francaises\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of French with A&amp;C Ep. 3: Les P\u00e2tisseries Fran\u00e7aises"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">French Conversation Podcast<\/h2>\n<p><em>In &#8220;A Bit of French with A&amp;C&#8221; podcast series, you&#8217;ll listen to Kwiziq superstars <a href=\"\/user\/23\">Aur\u00e9lie<\/a> and <a href=\"\/user\/320616\">C\u00e9line<\/a>&#8216;s light-hearted chats in French about fun (and random) topics. To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons, and interesting links to go further! Bonne \u00e9coute !<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>\ud83c\udfa7 Today&#8217;s podcast: &#8220;Les P\u00e2tisseries Fran\u00e7aises&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>First of all, thank you so much for your lovely comments on the previous podcasts: please keep leaving us feedback and contributing your own anecdotes, we love reading you! \ud83e\udd70<\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s podcast, A&amp;C (that&#8217;s us!) have chosen to talk about the delicious &#8211; and oh so French! &#8211; topic of <strong>French pastries<\/strong>. Which ones do we prefer? What&#8217;s the difference between a <em>viennoiserie<\/em> and a <em>p\u00e2tisserie<\/em>, or between <em>un pain au chocolat<\/em> and <em>une chocolatine<\/em>? 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expatri\u00e9e<\/em> = expat, person living in another country than their country of origin<\/li>\n<li><em>justement<\/em> = rightly \/ to the point<\/li>\n<li><em>un p\u00each\u00e9 mignon<\/em> = guilty pleasure [lit. a cute sin]<\/li>\n<li><em>la madeleine de Proust<\/em> = sensorial experience that triggers a cherished memory [Proust ate a madeleine and recalled his childhood]<\/li>\n<li><em>une bouch\u00e9e<\/em> = mouthful\/bite<\/li>\n<li><em>retourner en enfance<\/em> = to go back to one&#8217;s childhood<\/li>\n<li><em>le go\u00fbter<\/em> = after-school snack, usually around 4.30pm<\/li>\n<li><em>la cr\u00e8me \u00e0 la noisette<\/em> = hazelnut cream<\/li>\n<li><em>C&#8217;est une tuerie !<\/em> = It&#8217;s killer\/so good!<\/li>\n<li><em>une p\u00e2te au levain<\/em> = sourdough<\/li>\n<li><em>la levure<\/em> = yeast<\/li>\n<li><em>la cr\u00e8me patissi\u00e8re<\/em> = French vanilla custard<\/li>\n<li><em>le bord<\/em> = the edge<\/li>\n<li><em>jusqu&#8217;au bout<\/em> = 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(French region)<\/li>\n<li><em>Bordeaux<\/em> (French city)<\/li>\n<li><em>la Belgique<\/em> = Belgium<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udf70 <em>P\u00e2tisseries<\/em> and <em>Viennoiseries <\/em>\ud83e\udd50<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>les choux \u00e0 la cr\u00e8me <\/em>= choux buns<\/li>\n<li><em>une tartelette <\/em>= a mini-tart<\/li>\n<li><em>le Paris-Brest <\/em>(choux pastry ring filled with hazelnut mousseline)<\/li>\n<li><em>un \u00e9clair \u00e0 la pistache<\/em> = pistachio eclair<\/li>\n<li><em>une tarte au citron<\/em> = lemon tart<\/li>\n<li><em>un croissant<\/em> = croissant<\/li>\n<li><em>un pain au chocolat \/ une chocolatine <\/em>= chocolate bun<\/li>\n<li><em>un pain aux raisins<\/em> = raisin swirl bun<\/li>\n<li><em>un palmier<\/em> (a palm-leaf-shaped French pastry made from puff pastry and sugar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/details>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<details open>\n<summary><strong>\ud83d\ude49 <em>Peux-tu entendre cette phrase 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