La tentation

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi859uXepylJy3Fs9CUDHlan9145zJuo8gSISvTTTAYctstnJ6luO_pd44r_gDoTO9XdvLCKq6jgDMZ0p6LKc0n25OznW_kDz9QVrSihh4azEOhjtNVD5LRNyzYKkm4zd8-thaleiz5pUY/s1600/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0934cropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi859uXepylJy3Fs9CUDHlan9145zJuo8gSISvTTTAYctstnJ6luO_pd44r_gDoTO9XdvLCKq6jgDMZ0p6LKc0n25OznW_kDz9QVrSihh4azEOhjtNVD5LRNyzYKkm4zd8-thaleiz5pUY/s640/2010+0620+Paris+DSC_0934cropped.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Temptation</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Can you get so close to your </div><div style="text-align: center;">screen that you can almost taste these?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">At least there is fruit</div><div style="text-align: center;">so it must be healthy!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Miam-miam</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Mouffetard</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

La tentation

Temptation Can you get so close to your  screen that you can almost taste these? At least there is fruit so it must be healthy! Miam-miam Ru...

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Eric Kayser

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKn97DMEq0Z1iCGjqOdHyt9O9NBw5Zro0nhtkhg9PC9SOrAlpIviarEcItExWXKUg4YnBSS025Bbrgr7GRuLnxM0uOTmeMWsYBSNcoCq1vmQ06aZR3Wk9Vbdc-ql5ERurtKoasZbzewc/s1600/2010+June+19+DSC_0768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAKn97DMEq0Z1iCGjqOdHyt9O9NBw5Zro0nhtkhg9PC9SOrAlpIviarEcItExWXKUg4YnBSS025Bbrgr7GRuLnxM0uOTmeMWsYBSNcoCq1vmQ06aZR3Wk9Vbdc-ql5ERurtKoasZbzewc/s1600/2010+June+19+DSC_0768.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eric Kayser</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are so many amazing pastries in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but this boulangerie/pâtisserie is a favorite.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For many years my daughter and I stayed just around the corner </div><div style="text-align: center;">and could smell the baguette ovens </div><div style="text-align: center;">from our beds in the early morning hours.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">Eric Kayser's orignal store is here on rue Monge, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and if you are nearby you should definitely </div><div style="text-align: center;">have a "baguette Monge."</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">The lemon tarts are pretty tasty, too</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam! </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eric Kayser</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Monge</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Eric Kayser

Eric Kayser There are so many amazing pastries in Paris,  but this boulangerie/pâtisserie is a favorite. For many years my daughter and I st...

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Le Jour du Macaron, ici et là

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DKf4NxD9iULfDRZ5UGDryO_V6fBOpnnYaQjYW4SCZpZpqeA73z4iIv6Glh2mt5U4ceth4cVe1wR-XjqjEjOXZt3hemzD6BF68ODbgnSoSXTJlXMRQ_I2BId9zRGq5BhqYroIV568B-M/s1600/2010+0419+DSC_0095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7DKf4NxD9iULfDRZ5UGDryO_V6fBOpnnYaQjYW4SCZpZpqeA73z4iIv6Glh2mt5U4ceth4cVe1wR-XjqjEjOXZt3hemzD6BF68ODbgnSoSXTJlXMRQ_I2BId9zRGq5BhqYroIV568B-M/s1600/2010+0419+DSC_0095.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"here"</div><div style="text-align: center;">(chez Holly)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today is the 10th anniversary of Le Jour du Macaron, started by Pierre Hermé.</div><div style="text-align: center;">In the early years it was a bit like a scavenger hunt all over Paris, and at each stop (famous Paris pâtisseries) you could collect three macarons and they would stamp your "macaron map."  At the end of the day if you had a map with all of the stamps, you then received a treasure chest of 36 macarons from Pierre Hermé!  In exchange you were asked for a small charitable donation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was so successful that after a few years, the bonus at the end of the day was halted.  Can you imagine how many Parisiens and tourists chased all over the city collecting macarons!  Now, Jour du Macaron is celebrated in many cities and countries around the world.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My daughter Holly and I have been making them (amid much scientific study and experimentation) for years now.  Our favorites to make: pistache with chocolate ganache filling, pecan with caramel au beurre salé, rosemary with lemon curd.  A good Swiss buttercream cut with Nutella will be great in any of these.  </div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyeXvyWCCi4kc0MS97l5_6Ffp3fNEO5shjwbgZ2SiYj02Aw-NPe3W5tuTUzbV6ZEZ86n1iwxLav9GwfSNwgaW4kgMZrWAGVcOdk-65SmMfO6aOxfxM2MRFALlMYEt6UOY_3u9VVCYihc/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+159+DSC_7671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyeXvyWCCi4kc0MS97l5_6Ffp3fNEO5shjwbgZ2SiYj02Aw-NPe3W5tuTUzbV6ZEZ86n1iwxLav9GwfSNwgaW4kgMZrWAGVcOdk-65SmMfO6aOxfxM2MRFALlMYEt6UOY_3u9VVCYihc/s1600/2014+Sept+16+Tues++++_20140916+159+DSC_7671.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">"there"</div><div style="text-align: center;">(in Paris)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(miam-miam)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">"ici" et "là"</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">là - Spécialités Artisanales</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Biscuiterie de Montmartre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">16, rue Norvins</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75018, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Jour du Macaron, ici et là

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Boulangerie aux Castelblangeois - un régal pour l'oeil

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ7M_HvAOjO6L7m8Yzx9h5oxU1bsHO_n8XldAlVDGOF_c3E1stsrrSzrQX_4gis3Mxfe059aCB_2QL2g6crr0XKg9kkxon7ad30BlMl-migg2awzjkIhL2xTBdck6LXkk3vY6lPBfRwo/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+026+DSC_9137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ7M_HvAOjO6L7m8Yzx9h5oxU1bsHO_n8XldAlVDGOF_c3E1stsrrSzrQX_4gis3Mxfe059aCB_2QL2g6crr0XKg9kkxon7ad30BlMl-migg2awzjkIhL2xTBdck6LXkk3vY6lPBfRwo/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+026+DSC_9137.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Boulangerie aux Castelblangeois</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Just before anyone considers a New Year's resolution </div><div style="text-align: center;">regarding the consumption of delicious desserts, </div><div style="text-align: center;">gaze one last time at these beauties.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually, there are no calories when feasting with the eyes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>miam-miam</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulangerie aux Castelblangeois</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Ledru-Rolin </span></i></div>

Boulangerie aux Castelblangeois - un régal pour l'oeil

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Pâtisserie Thevenin - des gâteaux

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdoAqZPQUfzFrn3K3JxYL-9HA8ObLZfpKNOdGcP_KHWYWX4yxkCBnsZyXmgESf6WZxeBYVOhVrL3i5m5K6OskR-Bai2kEGOMTCSFRPK_yZHijaFf_40VL2RStXJWJbP3m49zcQK0TvGs/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdoAqZPQUfzFrn3K3JxYL-9HA8ObLZfpKNOdGcP_KHWYWX4yxkCBnsZyXmgESf6WZxeBYVOhVrL3i5m5K6OskR-Bai2kEGOMTCSFRPK_yZHijaFf_40VL2RStXJWJbP3m49zcQK0TvGs/s1600/2011+April+13+DSC_0598.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The window at Thevenin</div><div style="text-align: center;">will surely tempt you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">For me, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I will have the <i>pistache et framboise</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pâtisserie Thevenin</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">5, rue Notre-Dame des Champs</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Pâtisserie Thevenin - des gâteaux

The window at Thevenin will surely tempt you. For me,  I will have the pistache et framboise miam-miam Pâtisserie Thevenin 5, rue Notre-Dame...

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Un petit repas

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_78O16znQdMs7q8_rZxWs6YF5fVJDzykbiuC2As-2onZ2ralPoRx0cVpFbDSLlmVkb1kS3xKVO5oryp5-yrMuX2aqmrkt2yfitQsBQx4YJEfIisOOT6hyphenhyphenLebQJuIdJrnyNsIj1NMW4pQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+253+DSC_9206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_78O16znQdMs7q8_rZxWs6YF5fVJDzykbiuC2As-2onZ2ralPoRx0cVpFbDSLlmVkb1kS3xKVO5oryp5-yrMuX2aqmrkt2yfitQsBQx4YJEfIisOOT6hyphenhyphenLebQJuIdJrnyNsIj1NMW4pQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+253+DSC_9206.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br />After a full day in Paris </div><div align="center">this is my preferred evening meal along with fresh fruit.  </div><div align="center">And, yes, that is a very large slab of amazing French butter.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">After a recount of the day's adventures </div><div align="center">over this simple but delicious <i>repas</i>, </div><div align="center">it is back out to capture the night scenes with our cameras.<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center">When you are walking over 20,000 steps a day, </div><div align="center">the French butter and baguettes do not "stick on you" for long.<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam! </span></span></i><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>l'apartement </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75006, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Un petit repas

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Un grand macaron de framboise!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrq7Wz3JlRDCnPQtwtDCxF0y8KEJ0wILpXGkjNRtGJKXm0JvDJQPO5ftNoYxeG-KsTWgrt8UxqYr_-PGeLC3SOWEZkkYKoIVjWvwV_475EJEm53eJ7Um1PRSRpbzNiwc8egHGmD9woAU/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_109DSC_3978.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="540" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrq7Wz3JlRDCnPQtwtDCxF0y8KEJ0wILpXGkjNRtGJKXm0JvDJQPO5ftNoYxeG-KsTWgrt8UxqYr_-PGeLC3SOWEZkkYKoIVjWvwV_475EJEm53eJ7Um1PRSRpbzNiwc8egHGmD9woAU/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_109DSC_3978.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A large raspberry macaron!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Macarons are a challenge to make with careful attention </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the humidity, the age of the eggs, the balance of heat in the oven, </div><div style="text-align: center;">the phase of the moon.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">However, I cannot imagine</div><div style="text-align: center;"> how many attempts it would take </div><div style="text-align: center;">in order to get a perfect one of this size.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">At least the failures become "family macarons" </div><div style="text-align: center;">and no one complains!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(just kidding about the phase of the moon)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Boulangerie aux Castelblangeois</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">104, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Un grand macaron de framboise!

A large raspberry macaron! Macarons are a challenge to make with careful attention  to the humidity, the age of the eggs, the balance of hea...

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Eric Kayser - Brioche Mousseline

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvO0eVvo1OdtfGf8mF6S42VaVuQtRB1e9gdF9e8kJWjTXAa42rJnzJlLgZnHnxoRoR03Bg3499Ch3n-K3UNhK3SJ9P1vlLWzq-KUbmmFpMhZkgnD0PNQtyVqkXf8qbdUGTRpHwqdsVbM/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+110+DSC_0216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMvO0eVvo1OdtfGf8mF6S42VaVuQtRB1e9gdF9e8kJWjTXAa42rJnzJlLgZnHnxoRoR03Bg3499Ch3n-K3UNhK3SJ9P1vlLWzq-KUbmmFpMhZkgnD0PNQtyVqkXf8qbdUGTRpHwqdsVbM/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+110+DSC_0216.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eric Kayser</div><div style="text-align: center;">Brioche Mousseline</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Want to share one of these?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eric Kayser</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">14, rue Monge</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></i></div>

Eric Kayser - Brioche Mousseline

Eric Kayser Brioche Mousseline Want to share one of these? miam-miam! Eric Kayser 14, rue Monge 75005, Paris

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blé sucré - miam-miam

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91DAy1vgTEHBYPAE44H-btXlzjyBz0CIQNEvNvhyphenhyphenu6DOQ8BPfGQEOgY0IN4CuV-V1d69HAg5TO1B4X3AM-ANxA9-9SzEtce7jHQupDR4p9Y-2iLfDAc5n8XIeu-ZdKGjfQ3VLlM9ggws/s1600/2011+April+17+-+DSC_0016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj91DAy1vgTEHBYPAE44H-btXlzjyBz0CIQNEvNvhyphenhyphenu6DOQ8BPfGQEOgY0IN4CuV-V1d69HAg5TO1B4X3AM-ANxA9-9SzEtce7jHQupDR4p9Y-2iLfDAc5n8XIeu-ZdKGjfQ3VLlM9ggws/s1600/2011+April+17+-+DSC_0016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">blé sucré</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">blé sucré is relatively new on the Paris bakery scene when one considers the legends of Ladurée and Pierre Hermé.  Founded by patissier Fabrice Le Bourdat, the list of temptations is long.  The quality is high and yet the prices are not.  So, what should you choose?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>pain au chocolat, madeleine, and financier</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Still hungry?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> éclair, croissant, chaussons aux pommes</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">More?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">How about an assortment of <b>macarons</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>blé sucré</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>7, rue Antoine Vollon</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>Métro Ledru Rollin</span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span>75012 Paris</span></span></span></i></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b> </b></span></div>

blé sucré - miam-miam

blé sucré blé sucré is relatively new on the Paris bakery scene when one considers the legends of Ladurée and Pierre Hermé.  Founded by pa...

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Ladurée - miam-miam!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40ph0S0TVgUNytX2s97BGGj0VQUYXaVxe7PYR1e01vKlDVsI7_yvTpA1sJ5A8nEjJSLzQDkEZwmikq-ULA1f3KWl83ruZRwTkhiggzrZB5l4o44d7YwQYKMdUhY_seorAg4X5D7yBDm8/s1600/2010+June+21+00012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi40ph0S0TVgUNytX2s97BGGj0VQUYXaVxe7PYR1e01vKlDVsI7_yvTpA1sJ5A8nEjJSLzQDkEZwmikq-ULA1f3KWl83ruZRwTkhiggzrZB5l4o44d7YwQYKMdUhY_seorAg4X5D7yBDm8/s1600/2010+June+21+00012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ladurée</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is probably not a healthy way to start the week, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but who could resist these lovelies?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps just share one with a friend.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ladurée</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">21, rue Bonaparte</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Ladurée - miam-miam!

Ladurée It is probably not a healthy way to start the week,  but who could resist these lovelies? Perhaps just share one with a friend. miam...

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des oeufs de chocolat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALCUfqYICslYnikeSIC3ca43hpWMHQomH-av52YjtzvfG_DDkUz2ZVdxCL6Iv9RsOiuamFo-ku9S_PbaFMldvDxLYFmisHH2ol_nL4wmSqhFf7WwvIV8kzJDcA9lDQi8WwXsCJMLchck/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiALCUfqYICslYnikeSIC3ca43hpWMHQomH-av52YjtzvfG_DDkUz2ZVdxCL6Iv9RsOiuamFo-ku9S_PbaFMldvDxLYFmisHH2ol_nL4wmSqhFf7WwvIV8kzJDcA9lDQi8WwXsCJMLchck/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0228.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Chocolate Eggs!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When it comes to sweets </div><div style="text-align: center;">and my <i>péché mignon</i>* in the world of indulgences </div><div style="text-align: center;">(seen here in the form of chocolate eggs), </div><div style="text-align: center;">it is important to decide if the calorie splurge is worth it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These eggs are totally in the "worth it" category!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon weekend</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Au Levain du Marais</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">28, Boulevard  Beaumarchais</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(at corner of Rue du Pasteur Wagner)</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">*guilty pleasure</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

des oeufs de chocolat

Chocolate Eggs! When it comes to sweets  and my péché mignon * in the world of indulgences  (seen here in the form of chocolate eggs),  it i...

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Julien - pâtisserie

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYiqyIx4n4CNu6k4pWa-UpW-pr2EVsJQjPrkvsovoZBAXJRs17oDbIzPjykmpcYUZhVIYkiKeZ-z6JNneUt4Qb5tXRnhR2At2DcXLavoLNNGRZfNhc1yj85GwZaqUkSPUq-3Rt2JTOtk/s1600/2011+April+18+DSC_0103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqYiqyIx4n4CNu6k4pWa-UpW-pr2EVsJQjPrkvsovoZBAXJRs17oDbIzPjykmpcYUZhVIYkiKeZ-z6JNneUt4Qb5tXRnhR2At2DcXLavoLNNGRZfNhc1yj85GwZaqUkSPUq-3Rt2JTOtk/s1600/2011+April+18+DSC_0103.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Julien</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Perhaps not the best for the start of a healthy week, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I do see four things that make me drool in this display case.<br /><br /><br />At least there is no harm in looking </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">miam-miam!</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Julien</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>73, Avenue Franklin D Roosevelt</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>75008, Paris</i></span></span></div>

Julien - pâtisserie

Julien Perhaps not the best for the start of a healthy week,  but I do see four things that make me drool in this display case. At least the...

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Eric Kayser - une tarte aux framboises

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbPcbLETdxS_55C_9lZ_BLtN9PStZSvLSKs5Fj1CS9RFdR27ZTF3pGyzfAWPXANmQGngwQQpKbo4gf54zYrGGcGlkFCFw19NY1KIVm2RxSpUTCPGZHu7KzCEVU8i6VuuSBtriS8sJql8/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+107+DSC_0213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="584" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghbPcbLETdxS_55C_9lZ_BLtN9PStZSvLSKs5Fj1CS9RFdR27ZTF3pGyzfAWPXANmQGngwQQpKbo4gf54zYrGGcGlkFCFw19NY1KIVm2RxSpUTCPGZHu7KzCEVU8i6VuuSBtriS8sJql8/s1600/2013+Nov18+Paris+_20131118+107+DSC_0213.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Eric Kayser's</div><div style="text-align: center;">raspberry tarte</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it is not as healthy as a bowl of raspberries (perhaps), the delicious bed of custard and perfectly prepared pâte sablée makes it "almost healthy" and too divine to resist.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">miam-miam</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eric Kayer</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Monge</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75005, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Eric Kayser - une tarte aux framboises

Eric Kayser's raspberry tarte Although it is not as healthy as a bowl of raspberries (perhaps), the delicious bed of custard and perfect...

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Les Marquis de Ladurée - papier et chocolat

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhroqhrfRVxvV6f75n2nVi98km-vl7VzG-6PMjoHR90Ji0bj-0FRTt4J8VMr4u647OkEU0jfMGijZI-86RjJ6EhoZBhbYqTD5aFP0gTLcNdBZ9Uoc8Eh5ul2J_b3YHAWhl5mI34IAoXCk/s1600/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+917+DSC_2616.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhroqhrfRVxvV6f75n2nVi98km-vl7VzG-6PMjoHR90Ji0bj-0FRTt4J8VMr4u647OkEU0jfMGijZI-86RjJ6EhoZBhbYqTD5aFP0gTLcNdBZ9Uoc8Eh5ul2J_b3YHAWhl5mI34IAoXCk/s640/2013+Nov21+Paris+_20131121+917+DSC_2616.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Les Marquis de Ladurée</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Expanding the Ladurée brand beyond the pastries and macarons, <a href="http://marquis.laduree.com/en_int/#!house" target="_blank">Les Marquis de Ladurée</a> is a luxury product dedicated to exquisite gourmet chocolates.  The flagship boutique is found just off Place Vendôme with a window full of branded chocolates.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What you may not notice at first glance...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Everything in the windows other than the chocolates are made of paper.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The chandeliers, the candles, the plates, the flat-ware, the goblets, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and even the "crystals" hanging from the chandeliers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Les Marquis de Ladurée</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">14, rue de Castiglione</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75001, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Les Marquis de Ladurée - papier et chocolat

Les Marquis de Ladurée Expanding the Ladurée brand beyond the pastries and macarons, Les Marquis de Ladurée is a luxury product dedicated t...

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Gérard Mulot - citron, citron vert, pistache!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi85TKOw-Evs3XrCSuYt0bzoUz-zirFr5Qf7MMdSbyUpHH_HNRnvaMjbugAaKR1bK_zT22YQjRiaOx-SoaHtEgL2q-J_1AqNuWf32gYwDKn0FYl7FdKs3rkef1uTuPoHHLIqRptMZ4jXg/s1600/2010+gerald+mulot+DSC_0812vertical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="780" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi85TKOw-Evs3XrCSuYt0bzoUz-zirFr5Qf7MMdSbyUpHH_HNRnvaMjbugAaKR1bK_zT22YQjRiaOx-SoaHtEgL2q-J_1AqNuWf32gYwDKn0FYl7FdKs3rkef1uTuPoHHLIqRptMZ4jXg/s640/2010+gerald+mulot+DSC_0812vertical.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Gérard Mulot</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Some of the best macarons in Paris are found here.  </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Although I make some very fine macarons, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have never been able to make a tree.  </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Perhaps it is because they are all too quickly consumed!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">miam-miam</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Gérard Mulot</em></span><span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>76, rue de Seine<br />Métro Odéon, Métro Mabillon</em></span></span> </div>

Gérard Mulot - citron, citron vert, pistache!

Gérard Mulot   Some of the best macarons in Paris are found here.      Although I make some very fine macarons, I have never been able to ma...

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Hugo et Victor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXj-bPHmL9G9P-4x-Y2JSgnJaJTEBB4ez78AT45-E0vvk5b-GhHL2hjaANOwpV7PlmystLLbFLWbCwFZFTkIzRwUx0qVEEDJnS1H9ijG19X3kjkpKCpufD-XcP8fccN693M-CTbKe8G4I/s1600/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+199+DSC_9405.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXj-bPHmL9G9P-4x-Y2JSgnJaJTEBB4ez78AT45-E0vvk5b-GhHL2hjaANOwpV7PlmystLLbFLWbCwFZFTkIzRwUx0qVEEDJnS1H9ijG19X3kjkpKCpufD-XcP8fccN693M-CTbKe8G4I/s640/2013+Nov16+Paris+_20131116+199+DSC_9405.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hugo et Victor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This round of mouth-watering tart slices will have you pressing your nose to the glass.  Well, you will unless they give you the "look" and you remember that you are not in a dream of your own...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Hugo et Victor is the creation of Hugues Pouget who was formerly the pastry chef at Guy Savoy.  Pastries are categorized as either "Hugo," reinterpretations of the classics, or "Victor," traditional desserts created with an edge.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The shops look more like the displays of fine jewelry than pastries and chocolates with glass cases and downcast spotlights.  For my taste, the chocolates are more outstanding than the pastries.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">bon weekend</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Hugo et Victor</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">40, boulevard Raspail</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75007, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Hugo et Victor

Hugo et Victor This round of mouth-watering tart slices will have you pressing your nose to the glass.  Well, you will unless they give you ...

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Ladurée - un petit déjeuner parfait

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSXGMFtrhL0v0ZOXkb4KrNiyfkwKf-rghOQ4zNtKSSFpuOZVK1BDKP1S2JvsCetsZ7YsxJ4RV0207eKOcjwmDqp0sVGoULiEDrizCicrXcg3V1fgGuSFjegdU36ArMMXmQX-IzF4tA0k/s1600/2010+June+21+00011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPSXGMFtrhL0v0ZOXkb4KrNiyfkwKf-rghOQ4zNtKSSFpuOZVK1BDKP1S2JvsCetsZ7YsxJ4RV0207eKOcjwmDqp0sVGoULiEDrizCicrXcg3V1fgGuSFjegdU36ArMMXmQX-IzF4tA0k/s640/2010+June+21+00011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ladurée</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a perfect breakfast</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After buying a selection of macarons, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I peeked into the adjacent dining area for a quick look.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You probably notice the ample servings of breads.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Do not worry as you will walk it off in Paris.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ladurée</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Jacob</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Ladurée - un petit déjeuner parfait

Ladurée a perfect breakfast After buying a selection of macarons,  I peeked into the adjacent dining area for a quick look. You probably not...

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Une tarte aux figues

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/10433852596/" title="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_95DSC_8186 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2012 Oct 4 Thursday_95DSC_8186" height="552" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2825/10433852596_64a2be93d1_c.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Fig Tart</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This pâtisserie was filled with tarts </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and the most unusual and colorful was this one of figs.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Combined with the violet blooms and a perfectly formed pastry, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this confection looks like a work of art.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">miam-miam!</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">La Pâtisserie - Cyril Lignac</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">24, rue Paul Bert</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75011, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Une tarte aux figues

Fig Tart This pâtisserie was filled with tarts  and the most unusual and colorful was this one of figs.   Combined with the violet blooms an...

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Lenôtre

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS-w0FjpaWr7bJjkpuMlgfRsgUJraf2F3B4bispl6JKdJ1SD69zHsYAQqN7P5AY11pLA9QbfrGXDiOsqLgPz-FFMGcIaq1RLbNFCLIp7Ft2vyc5WNirP5OIGvSB6gKTxOijv0RFwNFG4/s1600/2012+Mar+30+Paris_102DSC_5050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGS-w0FjpaWr7bJjkpuMlgfRsgUJraf2F3B4bispl6JKdJ1SD69zHsYAQqN7P5AY11pLA9QbfrGXDiOsqLgPz-FFMGcIaq1RLbNFCLIp7Ft2vyc5WNirP5OIGvSB6gKTxOijv0RFwNFG4/s640/2012+Mar+30+Paris_102DSC_5050.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Lenôtre</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A little something for your  sweet-tooth on a Monday.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Schuss cake is one of the crown jewels </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">of a famous French cooking school: Lenôtre.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The base is a sponge cake with a layer of mousse </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and a topping of whipped cream.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The varieties and flavors are endless. </span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Although I admire the aesthetics of this dessert, </span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I prefer a tart or a portion of chocolate.</span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">How about you?</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lenôtre</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">15, boulevard de Courcelles</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75008, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>

Lenôtre

Lenôtre A little something for your  sweet-tooth on a Monday. The Schuss cake is one of the crown jewels  of a famous French cooking school:...

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Le Marie Stuart - Paris café

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrkGXIgBUt2da5JlH_a4wQSezu_enbOh8aHnfXXCSbJwXXeXNzY_pkLyR2xg1UnQOYJ63kRH53R69z9_bTL_FbCXHyzp9w7n0pOm19NmW9BH25V1p4-3QAFpf3UW2muwVoyEG_eFQF54/s1600/2011+0412+DSC_0070.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrkGXIgBUt2da5JlH_a4wQSezu_enbOh8aHnfXXCSbJwXXeXNzY_pkLyR2xg1UnQOYJ63kRH53R69z9_bTL_FbCXHyzp9w7n0pOm19NmW9BH25V1p4-3QAFpf3UW2muwVoyEG_eFQF54/s640/2011+0412+DSC_0070.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Le Marie Stuart</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Montorgueil</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Rue de Montorgueil is lined with food from one end to the other.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One should come often and always hungry!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Thinking of the "moules-frites" here at Le Marie Stuart </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">just made my mouth water...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Marie Stuart</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">49, rue de Montorgueil</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Marie Stuart - Paris café

Le Marie Stuart Rue de Montorgueil Rue de Montorgueil is lined with food from one end to the other.   One should come often and always hungr...

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