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Friday, July 16, 2010

Do U Shoot Yr Food?

0 comments Posted by pece at 7:37 AM

Laduree tea with M. plus Religeuse, watercolor, 9" x 11"

Like who doesn't shoot their food these days?

Tea at Carette with Amy AKA Sweet Freak, could only mean shooting our food like mad. When bloggers get together better duck.

Tea at Carette, watercolor, 9" x 11"

I naturally shot Amy's tea with plans to paint it...

This is Amy's shot of her clafouti and I did not even taste it :( Idiot moi...

I shot our neighbor's framboise compote after asking permission. I would have liked to taste this if he had offered, but he did not...

You should not covet thy neighbor's macarons.

Carette's terrace is a free-for-all for shooter-bloggers. The BBC Food Program had a recent chat on amateur food photography. Evidently we're giving the Pros a run for their money literally. We're stepping on their toes big time...Ouch

Amy and I went inside and started shooting like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. Duck for cover everyone!!

I shot this strawberry tartelette...

And these glass jars full of macarons...

But I like Amy's glass jar shot better...

Maybe because I once painted a mini macaron jar...

We both shot Carette's macarons bien sur...

Amy took this one of my box of 9 macs being prepped. These macarons did not arrive home in NYC safe and sound, sorry to report. They looked pretty shot up, banging around in that box with no tissue. Shame on you Carette.

'Course I shoulda eaten them onsite.

Lecon learned.

BONJOUR FOOD SHOOTERS!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Tarte Citron Yellow

0 comments Posted by pece at 9:58 PM

After studying at length Le Figaro's best tarte au citron survey, I thought I better get out there and follow up. Who knew Fauchon's squared tarte would come in at #11?

I've hit on some of their best 10 in the past and a few I just didn't get to.
Please forgive!

Numero uno at Carl Morletti was a surprise winner and I'd never visited this small patisserie before, exactly 1 block from the Metro Censier Daubenton (#7) in the 5th arrondissement...

Pristine and beautiful, this domed mountain of creamy lemon curd was the perfect balance of sweet and tart. A "domed" tarte evidently is far more difficult to achieve than a flattened tarte au citron. Who knew?

I did finish this tarte - I just wanted to give you a look inside. Marletti has a little outdoor cafe where you can sit at leisure and enjoy his luxe pastries. BRAVO Carl!

Next I traipsed up to much touted chocolatier and perfectionniste, Jacques Génin in the haut Marais. This place is really haut at the exact end of the very long rue de Turrene. The interior is like a laboratoire and was fairly empty. I wouldn't have dared to bring out my camera (2 pounds of caramels here are 110 euros...ahem). Since no one was much interested in helping me, I took a pass on #2 winner of Le Figaro's best tarte survey . Ca m'enerve

#3 Figaro winner has always been my #1, Pierre Herme and easy as pie to attain thank goodness. I never mind tasting this tarte over and over for recherche. There are chunks of actual lemon in this unctuous tarte, as well as lemon peel confit, so you never lack for intense lemony flavor. This is more like an immersion!

Yesterday I hit on Patisserie Carette at #5 and again the balance was fine. You will never, well almost never taste an excess of sugar in a French lemon tarte, unlike the home experience, here the lemon is top dog.