Archive for December, 2011
Paris Pâtisseries :: The Sweetest Images of 2011
With just a few days left to 2011, I thought it would be fitting to pause and reflect on my gluttony of the last year. But how do you capture the spirit of shameless excess? And is that really, at its core, what I share with you? The more I thought about it, the more
Pierre Hermé :: Surprise Céleste
You’d think that visiting Pierre Hermé’s shop every day, as I’m wont to do, could quickly get a bit played-out, but, no. The man has an uncanny knack for introducing fresh work on a very regular basis. It’s not uncommon to walk in one day and discover two new pastries that hadn’t been there the
Café Pouchkine :: Paris-Moscou
While I was living in Paris this past year, my experience with Emmanuel Ryon’s work at Café Pouchkine vaulted him into my Holy Trinity of great Parisian pâtissiers. His croissant vanille was like crack, as were his macarons coeur pistache. That’s to say nothing of the half-dozen pastries of his to which I’d grown addicted:
Parisian Macaron Crimes & Misdemeanors
For anyone who’s ever tried to craft their own macarons, there might not be a single more demoralizing experience. Even if you’re a master of cakes and creams, your first 20 attempts to get something presentable are pretty much doomed to fail. Most people either give up entirely or just resign to the fact that
Jean-Paul Hévin :: Crème Brûlée Macarons
Most shops keep their macaron lineup pretty standard. You get the usual chocolate, pistachio, raspberry, vanilla, coffee and whatnot. Then there are the shops that do a good job of mixing it up a bit more – like Un Dimanche à Paris with their coquelicot macs, Hugo & Victor with their combawa lime, or Aoki
