Jane,
Cannot help you in Paris but Villedieu les Poeles in lower Normandy is where they are all made. This is a wonderful town with plenty of outlets and a copper factory where they make all the copper pans you'll ever need. If you cannot get to Normandy go to a restaurant supply store, they'll have the copper sauteuse etc. And the food is better than Paris as well. |
Don't laugh but the easiest way to clean your copper pots and pans is with Ketchup, just smear it on , let it sit a bit then wipe off with paper towels before rinsing. Mine pots all gleam and they are used almost daily.
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There is a Villedieu les Poeles outlet in Paris on the Via de Aquaduct (something like that) that runs at street level from the Bastille Opera along Ave Daumesnil. We priced there & Dehillerin/A.Simon and the Villedieu prices were higher because it was higher quality (thinker & heavier). Several years ago, there was an article by someone like Particia Wells that said she always took her copper there because she didn't trust anyone else to re-nickel it.
Stu Dudley |
Thanks Everyone! I found Dehillerin and bought a small saute pan. This was more about having an extra special purchase on my first visit to Paris. I'll remember it everytime I use the pan.
Jane |
If in the Périgord noir, pass by St. Amand de Coly to visit the workshop of MOF Alain Lagorsse next to the information office. My wife now regrets not buying a whole set of his pans, but the stuff was pricey even then.
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