While you don’t need an excuse to make French toast, I have one for you anyway ... All you need is: an unsliced loaf of bread, an egg, some milk or cream, and some fillings.

Pain perdu, or French ... your egg custard without dissolving. I recommend purchasing a whole loaf if you can find one and slicing it yourself into pieces roughly ¾ of an inch thick. This type of ...

Whisk the egg, Parmesan, paprika ... The white sourdough bread I keep in the house is a modest-sized loaf. If you happen to have a huge loaf of bread use just one slice and halve it.

Nigella Lawson has whipped up the ultimate weekend brunch delight by merging two breakfast favourites into one: doughnuts and French toast ... Start by whisking the eggs, milk, and vanilla ...

Slices of bread are soaked throughly in beaten eggs. If serving as a sweet dish, milk, sugar, vanilla or cinnamon can be added to the eggs or if serving as a savoury dish, season with salt and pepper.