Want to celebrate? Eat a Crêpe!

Le Chandeleur was last week, on February 2nd to be exact.  Celebrated in the Catholic Church, it commemorates the day baby Jesus was presented at the temple, 40 days after his birth, as was the custom.  When Joseph and Mary arrived at the emple, they were met by Simeon, who proclaimed baby Jesus to be "the Light of the World."  Hence the name, le Chandeleur, meaning "festival of candles."  And what do the French do to celebrate this holiday?  Eat crêpes, of course!

So we decided to join in on the fun.  We purchased a crêpe pan and had a bunch of our friends over after class for a "crêpe happy hour"!  According to tradition, the chef must throw the first crêpe at the ceiling and if it sticks she will have good luck for the rest of the year.  I decided that I'd rather not clean uncooked crêpe batter off the ceiling, but almost mastered the one-handed flip.  We made nutella crêpes, complet crêpes (ham, cheese and egg), lemon and honey crêpes...the crêpe genre is really pretty open to anything you can imagine and execute.  By the time we return stateside, I'm pretty sure we'll be so creative that we'll put Gaia out of business.  :)