After And there you goManon Lagrève is releasing a new recipe book. Soberly titled, At Manon’sthe work is very different from the first, published a year ago and which brought together easy-to-make pastry recipes. The public having known her in 2018 in the show “The Great British Bake Off”, it seemed obvious to her to devote her first book to the art of desserts and other French cakes.
Dishes that she developed or inspired by her mother and grandmother
For this second work, which she had had in mind for a long time, she admits, Manon Lagrève wanted this time to put on page recipes that she developed in London but also inspired by her mother and her grandmother. mother. Simple dishes to make to make people want to cook healthy and delicious. Mother of two children, the last of whom is barely a few months old, the Frenchwoman explains that she has always been very attentive to what is on her plate and that of her family. “We can eat very well by only consuming meat, for example, twice a week”, she emphasizes, before adding that she wanted “really bringing more options to people, especially when you know that good meat can be expensive in a city like London”. The photos that accompany the book were also taken in his grandparents’ house in Brittany, his native land. What “bring back a little of France” in the United Kingdom and to highlight his origins and his family.
On the menu in this recipe book: quiche Lorraine, salmon en croute, spaghetti with pink shrimp, shallot steak with homemade oven fries, leek gratin, but also desserts such as chocolate fondant, Basque cake or lavender panacotta and even drinks like kir royal… Something to entertain as you would in France, but with products accessible to all and seasonal. “I wanted to offer modern cuisine, with for example a lot of traditional dishes but a vegetarian version”confides the young woman.
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A career at your own pace
At Manon’s comes in addition to all the content she already creates on her social networks, where she has more than a million subscribers, more than half of whom are on Instagram. She obviously shares recipes – “all I present is what I eat” – but also her very French lifestyle, which she values very much. “My career is developing slowly but surely, my goal is both to raise my children and to share this joy of eating and living,” analyzes the young mother. Manon Lagrève says she is happy to be able to work at her own pace and above all, as a content creator, with brands that she appreciates. “For the moment, I’m very happy, I have the chance to do what I love.”
She has plenty of new projects. “I always have lots of ideas, lots of recipes that I want to share”, she enthuses, “if people want to see more, then I will present more”. But always around these themes that are dear to him, those of good cooking and family.
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