Archive for July, 2011
Des Gâteaux et du Pain :: Saint-Honoré Cassis
For the first two or three months of this visit, I basically refused to take the metro. Even when I’d go to shops far from my apartment – Café Pouchkine, Jacques Genin, and Des Gâteaux et du Pain – I would just walk. It seemed the sensible thing to do, given that the guy who
My Life in Paris :: Assorted Random Photos
August is almost here, which means Paris is about to shut down for a month. While I’ll continue to give you Monday, Wednesday and Friday pastry entries, I’ve decided to temporarily cut back on Tuesday or Thursday posts. They’re some of the most time-consuming photo/musing spectacles to create, and the August dip in site traffic
Pierre Hermé :: Infiniment Pistache Macaron
A number of Pierre Hermé’s pastries are just amazing. The Tarte Vanille, Tarte Fine Porcelana, Céleste, Surprise, Constellation, Croissant Ispahan, and Montebello must be enjoyed as part of a life well-lived. And those are just the ones currently in the case. In fact, I love them so much I just now bumped Pierre Hermé’s shop
Eiffel Tower :: Paris July 23, 2011
This past Saturday afternoon, the clouds were amazing – on the heels of a morning of rain showers. So I waited for the last drops to pass, packed up my camera and headed out the door. A quick stop at Coutume Café – for my cold extraction brew – and I was off into the
Café Pouchkine :: Roulé Pavot
I’ve started visiting Café Pouchkine quite often . . . again. It’s only when it’s fairly cool outside, as it is these days, that I feel comfortable carrying the pastries home – without fear that summer heat will damage them in transport. I even managed to get one of their most beautiful pieces, the Feijoa,
