Amélie at The Grafton, Cambridge

I developed a love of tarte flambee (as it’s known in French) when my husband lived in Strasbourg for a year during university. Known as flammkuchen in German, some people like to call this ‘pizza’ – maybe because they like getting into fights on the internet?

Actually, flammkuchen is a very crisp, light flatbread dough that’s traditionally topped with fromage blanc or crème fraiche, thinly sliced onions, and lardons – aka bacon bits. It’s absolutely delicious and why I was happy to trek across Cambridge to find Amélie inside The Grafton.

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Always go full brogue

You learn something new every day. I didn’t know this, but there are degrees of brogueness…

 

Full Brogue

 
This style is called the full brogue with wingtips, if you want to be all technical about it… I love brogues and have this style in navy from French Sole (available in black here), and in nude from Dune (available in various colours here). There’s just something really awesome about a nice pair of brogues!

What about you? Do you like to go full brogue?

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