Students at San Diego French-American School learn about galette des rois
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- Creating crowns out of paper and decorating them with paint and sparkles is part of the fun of King’s Day, enjoyed by the children in Martine Senechault’s class of 3-year-olds. Photo: Courtesy
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- Children from Philippe Thevenot’s class of 4-year-olds at San Diego French-American School can’t wait to taste the galette des rois they made. Photo: Courtesy
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- Children from San Diego French-American School enjoy the galette des rois, a cake traditionally eaten by children in France during the month of January to celebrate King’s Day. Photo: Courtesy
This special cake is generally eaten throughout the month of January. The 3- and 4-year-olds prepared the cake with their teachers Dominique, Cécile, Claire, Laurence, Martine, Mylène, and Philippe.
The traditional celebration begins on Jan. 6, which coincides with the Epiphany, and celebrates the day on which the three wise kings came to pay their tribute to baby Jesus. Nowadays, the celebration is more of a family and friend ritual which consists of sharing the galette, a puff-pastry cake filled with almond cream, in which a fava bean is hidden. Traditionally, the youngest child of the family hides under the table, an adult divides the galette in even slices, and the child calls out which slice goes to whom. Whoever gets the fava bean or “fève” in French, is named King (or Queen) for the day, gets to wear the golden paper crown that came with the galette, picks who the Queen (or King) will be, and glows with pride
For safety’s sake, the school did not include the fava bean.
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Posted by Kathy Day
on Jan 17, 2011. Filed under Featured Story, La Jolla, News.
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