Boulangerie St. Antoine - la Parisse

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC1w8GZPW21ckrNWEt-xb48teWOB9fOXUUEIq4prNHo5TCyaagCxpTGOhqX9yWR3NcdDkxKB27rumCE41SkuHpi8LLws6-LxlPupH3Ea25QFT1Ugh2P2-H8Sed0gVVy8DYip8ZLncZwU/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQC1w8GZPW21ckrNWEt-xb48teWOB9fOXUUEIq4prNHo5TCyaagCxpTGOhqX9yWR3NcdDkxKB27rumCE41SkuHpi8LLws6-LxlPupH3Ea25QFT1Ugh2P2-H8Sed0gVVy8DYip8ZLncZwU/s1600/2011+April+14+DSC_0290.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Boulangerie St. Antoine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The window was filled with tempting pastries, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but we opted for baguettes for our spring soirée.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">I seem to remember pinching the end off of one before we left the street.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The reflections set the scene here in the heart of the Marais.</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;"><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;"><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;">Boulangerie St. Antoine</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;">29, Rue Saint Antoine</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;">75004, Paris</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Boulangerie St. Antoine - la Parisse

Boulangerie St. Antoine The window was filled with tempting pastries,  but we opted for baguettes for our spring soirée.   I seem to remembe...

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Tout le monde aime des baguettes!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhqk2S1fAK1oJ2VuL7SPjugO7-_GZvEYdZ6DAFlwZiRK2v1V3RNMT9bvSf-NHCCDoCGgRvAVOQGnzSvNjgl4S9KTZjOo0Jd7NZgTZd5e1cYqycbWHTy-8r9VrxdtPAgX1unOqWBatFYw/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_25DSC_3894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="636" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhqk2S1fAK1oJ2VuL7SPjugO7-_GZvEYdZ6DAFlwZiRK2v1V3RNMT9bvSf-NHCCDoCGgRvAVOQGnzSvNjgl4S9KTZjOo0Jd7NZgTZd5e1cYqycbWHTy-8r9VrxdtPAgX1unOqWBatFYw/s1600/2013+May+18+0518+Sat_25DSC_3894.jpg" width="640" /></a></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;">Mid-morning errand...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Does she go daily to bring back the baguettes?  </div><div style="text-align: center;">How is it that I have not seen her before?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It pays to keep one's eyes open in Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">...and camera ready</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;">Rue des Petits 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;">75002, Paris</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></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Tout le monde aime des baguettes!

Mid-morning errand... Does she go daily to bring back the baguettes?   How is it that I have not seen her before? It pays to keep one's ...

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vin, baguettes, fromages, saucisson sec....

<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/90442945@N06/11143701315/" title="2013 Nov17 Paris _20131117 452 DSC_0101 by Genie Paris, on Flickr"><img alt="2013 Nov17 Paris _20131117 452 DSC_0101" height="800" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7398/11143701315_6b1c537943_c.jpg" width="530" /></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;">A light dinner </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;"></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;">If I had easy access to this simple fare at home, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">it would be a regular evening meal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When it was cold and drizzling and we had already walked many miles, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">this scene around our apartment table was a favorite of mine...</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;">-food, wine, and great friends-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the laughter was abundant</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>(Thank you Alexa and Virginia)</em></span></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;">Rue du Cherche Midi</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>

vin, baguettes, fromages, saucisson sec....

A light dinner   If I had easy access to this simple fare at home,  it would be a regular evening meal. When it was cold and drizzling and w...

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Baguette Monge et saucisson sec

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiSVuylR-_38ZqZkLK-7xc834U0EWMbNcJBj_hNwx4xCeNulyupVVwA4A6S2FsgMaIFAd8Xdv_qJyRPJnkRSWOiYTvCFvR0BrThjVMKFEWaPFmkbG745j3edgAEJhjo-sMFguNjE4vqc/s1600/2010+Dec+5+IMG_3507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiSVuylR-_38ZqZkLK-7xc834U0EWMbNcJBj_hNwx4xCeNulyupVVwA4A6S2FsgMaIFAd8Xdv_qJyRPJnkRSWOiYTvCFvR0BrThjVMKFEWaPFmkbG745j3edgAEJhjo-sMFguNjE4vqc/s640/2010+Dec+5+IMG_3507.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;">Eric Kayser's </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Baguette Monge</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;">Certainly there are many fine boulangeries in Paris but for me, the perfect baguette can be found at Eric Kayser (on Rue Monge).  You must ask for the Baguette Monge, and if you have good timing, it will be still warm from the oven.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">They are a little over 1€ - what a bargain.</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;">For a little piece of heaven, step outside, pinch off the top, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and take a bite while the steam fogs your face.</span></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: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Baguette Monge, Eric Kayser</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">8, rue Monge (and other locations in Paris)</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>

Baguette Monge et saucisson sec

Eric Kayser's  Baguette Monge Certainly there are many fine boulangeries in Paris but for me, the perfect baguette can be found at Eric ...

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Jour de Nutella

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHhDMwP4PKV1wBPJaE6UM6_4E1KCTs464GfUL3g5O8NZC-eZqo9s2OdOlrd_CMp5mByh6jxSnW-i1_b2zhfkdgHtAGY2sSli2IzE8UZplyb3sZAgLDwhAFnRbjacYy9XOSBhHCg9oTjA/s1600/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494+-bw+light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHhDMwP4PKV1wBPJaE6UM6_4E1KCTs464GfUL3g5O8NZC-eZqo9s2OdOlrd_CMp5mByh6jxSnW-i1_b2zhfkdgHtAGY2sSli2IzE8UZplyb3sZAgLDwhAFnRbjacYy9XOSBhHCg9oTjA/s640/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494+-bw+light.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;">World Nutella Day</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;">Today you can celebrate "World Nutella Day 2013" - a day to eat Nutella, to spread it on a croissant or a baguette.  If you are in a hurry, you can just eat it off a big spoon.</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;">There are probably hundred of ways to use Nutella and if you have something special in mind like Nutella Baklava, a Nutella Gooey Butter Cake, or Nutella Mascarpone Chocolate Tarts, just let me know and I will send you a link to recipes.  </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;">Whether the "day" of Nutella is celebrated in Paris or not, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you cannot miss seeing the big brown jar wherever crêpes are made. </span></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;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">World Nutella Day</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">5 fevrier, 2013</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">  </div>

Jour de Nutella

World Nutella Day Today you can celebrate "World Nutella Day 2013" - a day to eat Nutella, to spread it on a croissant or a baguet...

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Le petit déj

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIB2dFM0VABhjguiLAYLeJIC9bUXwIutfWZgFq8r4qGqbUD2rUCO1x7UkA-lJ41-7f-rFICPjg31V9fWiMfqxZ8Uwv1fuQRm0jnNsdORwJBI5tzm8rZofZal98CWx_Cbanuuph-48YzI/s1600/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="462" kea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQIB2dFM0VABhjguiLAYLeJIC9bUXwIutfWZgFq8r4qGqbUD2rUCO1x7UkA-lJ41-7f-rFICPjg31V9fWiMfqxZ8Uwv1fuQRm0jnNsdORwJBI5tzm8rZofZal98CWx_Cbanuuph-48YzI/s640/2010+June+17-18+DSC_0494.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Le petit déjeuner</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Join me?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Enjoy your weekend</em></span></div>

Le petit déj

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Déjeuner à Paris!

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFbLWp1h4Ob0oMkm6-sqUV6gmIOv3UHia0npr78y0WdMCqtCZvwIFETQy-8YalLCSVVomw5h5FVbuGfRZz5CS6LweHz0gfp5gFrEtcPpI4DHl100BgWP7JJ-AHtGMlOTwbH-Cn3Ayr1w/s1600/2010+dec+paris+2+DSC_0268.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571142789440025058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnFbLWp1h4Ob0oMkm6-sqUV6gmIOv3UHia0npr78y0WdMCqtCZvwIFETQy-8YalLCSVVomw5h5FVbuGfRZz5CS6LweHz0gfp5gFrEtcPpI4DHl100BgWP7JJ-AHtGMlOTwbH-Cn3Ayr1w/s640/2010+dec+paris+2+DSC_0268.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><br />Can you just get a whiff of these still-warm baguettes sliced and filled with an assortment of deliciousness... Holly and I bought several in December and took them back to our apartment where we were meeting Peter (<a href="http://peter-pho2.blogspot.com/"><strong>Peter's Paris</strong></a>) for a quick déjeuner and a spot of wine, bien sûr! Yes, they were delicious and not a crumb was left! Then we were off for an afternoon of discovery and photography!<br /><br /><br /><br />Wish that I had a few of these right now... miam-miam!<br /><br />Boulangerie<br />Rue Montmartre<br />(near Saint-Eustache)

Déjeuner à Paris!

Can you just get a whiff of these still-warm baguettes sliced and filled with an assortment of deliciousness... Holly and I bought several i...

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Boulangerie St Louis -- miam, miam

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCb8gtfWI43byksy6Z1wQboiWuLSp_J-1Vxgg3IP1eB2tG0sXA95OfxvDqK9qvLenmBYU6PtRZ7QwwM0WWwft__TJWmoNvMq22Tcf2ZEdxZbS_3_OPBr4eYx5ozB8Nbubae5q5A0T5to/s1600/00108cropped+colored.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499533626596175218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCb8gtfWI43byksy6Z1wQboiWuLSp_J-1Vxgg3IP1eB2tG0sXA95OfxvDqK9qvLenmBYU6PtRZ7QwwM0WWwft__TJWmoNvMq22Tcf2ZEdxZbS_3_OPBr4eYx5ozB8Nbubae5q5A0T5to/s640/00108cropped+colored.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br /><div align="center"><strong>Boulangerie, pâtisserie, fromagerie, charcuterie, </strong></div><div align="center"><strong>épicerie, marchand de vin....</strong> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>How can you <strong>not</strong> love the French language with the beautiful sounds of these words! As a quiz, which of the above does not belong? You say "marchand de vin" as there is no alliteration? Oh, mais non! <em>Je pense que tu te tort</em> because how can you stop at each of these and not also stop in at the wine shop for une bouteille de vin rosé to round out le dîner? (Trick question, n'est-ce pas?)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>J'adore baguettes! At any time of day you will likely find a queue for the warm baguettes, and the aroma of baking bread will lure you off the street. I found this scene at Boulangerie St Louis (on Ile Saint Louis) on my recent June trip to Paris, and identified with the young woman who seems to be having trouble with her decision. The little person in the stroller looks quite interested as well!</div>

Boulangerie St Louis -- miam, miam

Boulangerie, pâtisserie, fromagerie, charcuterie, épicerie, marchand de vin.... How can you not love the French language with the beautifu...

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