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
Des Gâteaux et du Pain :: J’Adore la Fraise
“I think I love you. So what am I so afraid of? I’m afraid that I’m not sure of a love there is no cure for… I think I love you.” For those of you with a sophisticated literary and musical background, you’ll recognize that as David Cassidy’s indomitable 1970 hit, “I Think I Love
Des Gâteaux et du Pain :: Pomme Tatin au Sirop d’Érable
Last year, I was so late in “discovering” Des Gateaux et du Pain that I only got to enjoy a handful of their pastries. To most people that might mean 2 or 3, but of course to me that denotes like 10. However, what I wanted was to partake of everything in the pastry case,
Des Gâteaux et du Pain :: Saint Honoré Pistache-Griotte
Although I’ve given Des Gâteaux et du Pain a hard time in the past, I actually do enjoy their pastries quite a bit. I’m also suspicious that they might occasionally read the site here, given a response of “see you very soon” to a recent comment I left on a recent Des Gâteaux Facebook posting.
Des Gâteaux et du Pain :: Tarte aux Framboises
I’ll readily admit that I neither know the official name of this pastry, nor the exact constituents of it. Why? Well, Des Gateaux does not allow photos (and therefore photos of pastry nametags) in the shop, many of their pastries have like 20-word names (and if I was buying 3-5 at a time, I wasn’t
