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Showing posts with label Tea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tea. Show all posts
Monday, November 2, 2009
What you missed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
I know you'd wanna know - dark bark from Pure Dark...
More big tastes...from E.Guittard chocolate providers to chefs and sold only at the show to the public.
Maison Boissier was there from France...
Loads of bonbons...
Chocolate antiques...
Of course a chocolate fountain from Lily O'brien...
That chocolate tea I was telling you about - one of many...
Delicious chocolate from Italy - De Bondt with things embedded in it...
Fair Trade chocolate from Equal Exchange Co-Op - here they explain about chocolate...
I liked this concept - Organic, raw, no sugar, vegan, no gluten, no soy. But chocolate is included!
You got to chat directly with the chocolate makers...
And drink chocolatey things too that made your head spin and see...
Large haunted chocolate houses made by culinary students...
Finally there was a box of the 10 best chocolates in the show - a first I think. Y'all come next year. Munch..munch...munch...
BONJOUR NOVEMBER!!!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Parisienne Anne Corrons of MesVitrinesNYC (now Mes VitrinesParis/London) gave me a detailed tour of the first Xmas vitrines in Paris...i.e. Galeries Lafayette!
MIAM-MIAM
A fantasie tea party for two...
Dreamy Nicole Kidman-like femmes...
One of them very much turned... 
Upside down!
What was in the tea?
Anne tells me this means BIG Xmas!
Anne about to take a shot, and I'm about to go off to Philadelphia for the Holiday. Here's hoping I don't get turned upside down and you either!!!See you next week...
BON HOLIDAY!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Une petite visite today to an old fashioned candy shop -Les Chocolats Foucher
Just across the street from La Grande Epicier on 134, rue Bac, when you set foot in this tiny intimate shop you return to the 1920s.
Still family-owned since 1819, Foucher has cleverly kept all their original Arte Deco graphics on all their packaging. Why do so many shops feel they must modernise? :(
I love chocolate maps, but I really love all maps and this one is a winner!
A charming example of one of Foucher's box covers...they even have post cards of all these designs.
Foucher's boîtes de chocolats "Prestige"
I was first drawn to Foucher at the Salon du Chocolat by these irresistable art deco wrappers on their tablettes de chocolat, so I was delighted to find their shop. A PB reader sent me there.
But all of their candies have an old fashioned feel to them - it's the kind of place where your grandmere would have shopped...
And don't forget les petite bouchees! Bouchée means filled chocolate in a big version. The French sometimes skip lunch and have one entier bouchée instead. And if you have a big mouth, you can eat it in one bite, vous en faites une seule bouchée.
Here's a menu with all the details!
They have tea too at Foucher and bien sur, les macarons. In fact there's a tiny tea salon at the back of the shop for poor weary L'Epicier shoppers to come and recoup, but that's another story for another day...
Bye bye Foucher. See you in October :)BONNE JOURNEE!
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Are you bringing dessert to your Thanksgiving dinner destination?
Bad things can happen to good desserts - before.
When they are in transit - after.
I took these 3 desserts to Barbara Bleu for afternoon tea.I'm afraid the trip was too much for these fragile beauties...
Here's a lovely example of red and green harmony from Pierre Herme...
Not so lovely result from a trip on the Paris Metro -it went slip sliding away, because I did not treat it with kid gloves. c'est la vie
My 1st day in Paris I made a B-line for Pierre Herme and bought this lovely creation plus 2 others, thinking I'd have painting material for a while...
I made the fatal error of entering the Metro at rush hour. Quelle idiot! I know why French women snack on Pierre Herme's fabulous desserts in the street. 
Plus I did not request these 3 delights to be packed seperately.
Live and learn. It would be wise to reserve a hotel close to your favorite patisserie.Hotel Bonaparte is across from Pierre Herme.
Live and learn. It would be wise to reserve a hotel close to your favorite patisserie.Hotel Bonaparte is across from Pierre Herme.
Sometimes you will be sold les macarons sans /without a box top!Quelle sacriledge et tragedie!
Listen when the sales person asks if your dessert is "pour emporte?" Take-away and eat immediately? Tell her it's un cadeau/gift. You need une boite /box.Or there may be an unhappy surprise when you get back to your room to feast. Speaking of feasting...
Have a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
I'd like to be having Thanksgiving dinner where Francois Simon of Le Figaro is dining. The dessert looks especially fetching. I was once a guest at Les Crayères because I'd drawn a portrait of the chef, Gerard Boyer. I will draw for food anytime!
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