Beyond Eclairs: Your Favorite French Pastry
Oct 10th, 2004, 10:52 AM
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Beyond Eclairs: Your Favorite French Pastry
all,
we're planning to visit more than one patisserie in paris, and are looking to expand our horizons as well.
what are your favorites that we should look for?
thanks!
we're planning to visit more than one patisserie in paris, and are looking to expand our horizons as well.
what are your favorites that we should look for?
thanks!
Oct 10th, 2004, 01:11 PM
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"tartet" was meant to be "tartest," but what I was trying to convey is that Mulot's lemon tarts taste lemony rather than sweet.
But the best lemon tart I've had in France was last month in a little tea salon in Beaune, where we had breakfast.
But the best lemon tart I've had in France was last month in a little tea salon in Beaune, where we had breakfast.
Oct 10th, 2004, 01:20 PM
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Gerard Mulot had the best desserts and a fabulous salmon in a puff pastry. If I can remember the name of the pastry we had many times I will post again, but I think it was a mille fleur. So delicious!
Underhill, why did you do this to me??? Now my lemon and fig squares desserts for tonight's dinner will just not be right anymore!!
The desserts! The wine! The food! Oh, to be be in Paris once again!!!
Underhill, why did you do this to me??? Now my lemon and fig squares desserts for tonight's dinner will just not be right anymore!!
The desserts! The wine! The food! Oh, to be be in Paris once again!!!
Oct 10th, 2004, 01:44 PM
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Honestly, it wasn't so much the taste that impressed us as the apparent time and effort that go into creating pastries such as seen here: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/80689/photo5.html, called "tutti fruitti". Sure, it all tastes good, but Parisians have made presentation almost a form of art.
Oct 10th, 2004, 01:56 PM
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One of my favorite things to do in France is just stand and look in the windows of boulangeries and pâtisseries. So different from at home (many more items on offer, and I love the small-sized cakes and tarts) and so beautiful.
Oct 10th, 2004, 01:57 PM
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Hi Melissa,
A macaron is like a sandwich cookie. The pastry part is puffed up (not at all like an Oreo). The filling is creamy and flavorful.
They are not at all like macaroons.
Go to www.google.com, click images and enter macaron.
A macaron is like a sandwich cookie. The pastry part is puffed up (not at all like an Oreo). The filling is creamy and flavorful.
They are not at all like macaroons.
Go to www.google.com, click images and enter macaron.
Oct 10th, 2004, 02:47 PM
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Hi Iregeo and pdx,
Pierre Herme' opens at 10:00.
He provides almond croissants and a variety of flaky pastries, still slightly warm, at very reasonable prices.
His shop is across the street from the Hotel Bonaparte - one more reason why that is our favorite hotel in Paris.
Pierre Herme' opens at 10:00.
He provides almond croissants and a variety of flaky pastries, still slightly warm, at very reasonable prices.
His shop is across the street from the Hotel Bonaparte - one more reason why that is our favorite hotel in Paris.
Oct 10th, 2004, 02:56 PM
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Underhill, we just finished dinner but come for coffee (made on the cucina duo we ordered from the UK like the one we used in Villefranche-sur-mer) and the lemon and fig squares. We'll wait for you! Won't be the same as desserts in Paris though but they are very good!
