How Coffeehouses Changed the World
Coffee. It's the first thing caffeine lovers consume in the mornings and is a staple for students cramming for their exams all night. ...
top of page
.png){kind=spacer}
Jessica Taghap
- Sep 22
- 1 min
The French Workshop's Barista Throwdown 2023
Back in August, we débuted our first-ever Barista Throwdown event, held at our Wantagh location on the 28th. The event featured the...
51 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Sep 22
- 2 min
Tout de "Sweet": The Mille-Feuille
While many of the French-style desserts we've featured on our blog have certainly been widely influential in the years since their...
54 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Sep 12
- 1 min
A View into Viennoiserie: The Kouign Amann
Though technically a cake made with bread dough, the Kouign Amann joins the flaky-crusted ranks of your typical viennoiserie fare with...
56 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Sep 12
- 1 min
The Art of the Espresso
Our first ever Barista Throwdown a couple of weeks ago still has us thinking about coffee -- and not just any type of coffee, but...
26 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Tout de "Sweet": The Choux
For a language supposedly sparse in vocabulary, the French have multiple variants of the word chou, as made confusingly clear in this...
149 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Aug 8
- 1 min
A View into Viennoiserie: The Brioche
In Paris, a brioche with an espresso is seen as just as much a typical breakfast as that of a croissant and cappuccino. Though the...
92 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Aug 8
- 1 min
Our Daily Bread: The Focaccia
Three years ago, the pandemic suddenly became a time when seemingly everyone and their mother had turned to baking as a way to cope and...
154 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Jul 6
- 2 min
Tout de "Sweet": The Gâteau
Cake. What is it about the fluffy, cream-filled, layered confection that just makes everything feel like a proper celebration? From...
291 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Jun 30
- 1 min
A View into Viennoiserie: The Pain Au Chocolat
Ah, yes, the age-old question: is it a pain au chocolat, chocolatine, or a chocolate croissant? It's a debate that has seen many...
54 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Jun 27
- 2 min
Cafés of the World: London
Though our cousins from across the pond are much better known for their love of tea, a rise in equal affection for coffee has steadily...
50 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Jun 16
- 1 min
A View into Viennoiserie: The Croissant
Perhaps one bakery item even more quintessentially French -- aside from the baguette -- is, mais bien sûr, the croissant. Though easily...
89 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Jun 16
- 2 min
Tout de "Sweet": The Macaron
In this blog post, we'll be talking about the macaron -- and no, we do not mean the French President! The trendy confection has seen a...
43 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Jun 16
- 1 min
Cafés of the World: Seoul
Over the last decade, South Korean culture has slowly but surely made its mark across the globe. From their beauty products to their pop...
34 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- Jun 6
- 1 min
Spotlight on... Bayside
The borough of Queens is often hailed as a city within a city -- in that same regard, the Queens village of Bayside is often regarded as...
42 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- May 22
- 1 min
Our Daily Bread: The Sourdough
Ah. yes—the bread that will forever be known as the bread everyone obsessed over during the pandemic (sorry, focaccia). The frenzy over...
28 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- May 10
- 1 min
Cafés of the World: New York
Here at The French Workshop, we believe that a good café is not only defined by the quality of their coffee and desserts, but by the...
38 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- May 10
- 1 min
Our Daily Bread: The Baguette
Is there anything more emblematically French than a baguette? We don’t think so, given that it was recently given UNESCO status as a...
32 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- May 10
- 1 min
Cafés of the World: Paris
It’s no secret that part of what inspired The French Workshop was the laid-back culture of the classic Parisian sidewalk café. Having a...
34 views0 comments
Jessica Taghap
- May 9
- 1 min
A Week in Wantagh
The French Workshop has surpassed many milestones recently—not only have we hit the 10k follower mark on Instagram, but we also opened...
37 views0 comments
bottom of page