Pierre Hermé :: Tarte Fine Porcelana
A couple weeks back, I mentioned in a post how I’m quite the chocolate snob. I love dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. A reader “found that humorous” that I’d refer to myself as a snob since “white chocolate is technically not chocolate”. I just had to shake my head and feel sorry for
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
Pierre Hermé :: Millefeuille Infiniment Vanille
As I continue to work on my magnum opus Parisian hot chocolate recipe, I’ve been thinking a lot about what makes something “the best”. Of course when I use hot chocolate and Paris together in the same sentence and ask you to think of the best we all know the answer is . . .
Pierre Hermé :: Carré Satine
A couple weeks back, Pierre’s Hermé’s PR agency wrote, on behalf of the Monsieur Hermé and Taittinger Champagne, to invite me to the pre-opening celebration of their ‘Bubble in Paris’ event. The idea of sipping champagne within a gigantic conceptual art bubble – just a hop skip and a jump from the Arc de Triomphe
Pierre Hermé :: Tarte Céleste
This past August, when almost all the other shops had closed, Pierre Hermé’s Bonaparte location became my usual haunt. Without the ability to gather a diverse range of pastries from pâtisseries across the city, I was “forced” to buy my five pieces from Monsieur Hermé. The staff didn’t quite realize this for the first few
