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mostly french

Makenna Held

a long-form, once-a-month, adjacently food-related musing (with recipe) from an American immigrated to France who also happens to run a recipe-free cooking school and is opening a restaurant

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reflections on year one of Mostly French

Y’all.

One year ago (and some change), Mostly French went out into the world. And it’s been quite the journey. (If you missed my last post on what happened after book tour, take a looksie if you want a really ugly deep dive into what inter...

a month ago
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A tell-all, sorta 2025 Year in Review

I wrote a comprehensive post about my 2025 year in review. With a play-by-play of the entire year. Warning: It’s detailed. It’s not beautifully written, per se. It’s just a journal entry of sorts. But also feels like I need to just write it...

5 months ago
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I'm opening a restaurant; Pausing Paid Substack Memberships; and a Maple Roasted Pork Whoopsie in Mostly French

I’m back from the book tour of Mostly French (the best six weeks of my career ever), and now deep into the process of opening …Which has been in the making for over 38 months!!!! We are slated to open in downtown Grasse sometime in the next...

a year ago
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my favorite recipe from my cookbook, Mostly French

Y’all….My book, Mostly French is coming out in exactly ONE WEEK. And I am a bit overwhelmed by the excitement.

BEFORE I begin waxing poetic about writing a book, shooting it with the incredible Emma Lee, and stying it with Kitty Coale...

a year ago
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COOKBOOK PHOTO OUTTAKES & TWO Favors

Y’all.

It is about to be book tour time. Like…I am coming to CITIES NEAR YOU in 75 days. And that time is getting closer and closer. (Comment on this post to tell me where you’ll be meeting up with me! I’m still building my city list!...

a year ago
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  • Makenna Held

    get a copy of my debut cookbook, Mostly French, wherever books are sold founder of: RecipeKick, detour a restaurant, courageous cooking school writer of: recipes, plays, books, things. \ud83d\udccdGrasse, France | La Pitchoune (Julia Child’s French home)

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