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The Cafe Sucre Farine

I'm married to Scott, my best friend and amazing photographer. I'm also a mom & grandmother and I love talking about food, cooking, hospitality, and easy entertaining. Subscribe and join over 58,000 newsletter readers every week!

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A Café Mother's Day Gift Guide: 2026

Hi, Reader! With four moms on the Café team, we thought it would be fun to share what each of us would truly love to receive… just in case you’re still looking for a few last-minute ideas! 😉 Some of the links below are affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission (at no extra cost to you). But please know, we only share things we genuinely love. Thank you for supporting The Café! Chris I don’t have this rolling pin, but I think it would be so fun to make simple shortbread...

Hi, Reader! Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with something sweet and homemade. We’ve gathered 12 of our favorite desserts that feel extra special, but are also super easy. The fancy looking chocolate dessert you see pictured above? It's our Magical Melt-in-Your-Mouth 5-Minute Chocolate Mousse. I know what you're thinking... "Really, 5 Minutes? 🤔 It can't be that easy". Really, it is! And if you're still a bit skeptical, here's what...

Our Best Bites A peek into our kitchen... the recipes our team makes again and again! Hi, Reader! Hey everyone, Scott here! Chris’ sidekick, husband and resident photographer. It’s my turn this month to share something delicious with you from The Café’s voluminous cavern of recipes that Chris and I have cooked and shot over the past 15 years. I can’t tell you how many “favorite recipes” I have from over 2,000 blog posts. My only regret is that, after the week of testing and testing a recipe,...

Our Best Bites A peek into our kitchen... the recipes our team makes again and again! Hi, Reader! This is Scott, the resident photographer and business guy. I work with my bride, Chris, who thought of this blog in the first place! As our daughter, Cait, shared with you in the first Best Bites email, different members of the Café team will be sharing one of their favorite recipes from the deep (1,700+ posts!) archives of The Café Sucre Farine. Well, today it's my turn! Most of you know me as...

Our Best Bites A peek into our kitchen... the recipes our team makes again and again! Hi friends, Cait here (Chris’s daughter!) As many of you know, The Cafe isn’t exactly a young blog- let’s just say…she’s of a certain age 😉. Over the last few months I’ve been working behind the scenes finding recipes in need of a face-lift…or in some cases, let them gracefully retire. But, as I’ve been digging through the archives I realized something: some of these recipes are really good! I’ve been busy...