about 5 months ago - 1 comment
Macaron lovers rejoice—March 20 is the Jour du Macaron in Paris. This annual celebration, dreamed up five years ago by the famed pâtissier Pierre Hermé, finds pastry shops giving their meringue-y little delights away for free.
Customers are encouraged to make a charitable donation on their way out the door. It’s a sweet idea in celebration of spring
about 8 months ago - 9 comments
Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product and location) in the comments section below. Hint: this is the only repeat (return to a a shop we’ve seen before) in the series. The reader who has accumulated the most victories by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present
about 8 months ago - 10 comments
Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product and source) in the comments section below. The reader who has accumulated the most victories by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present from me. I’ll keep your guesses hidden until the answer is revealed tomorrow on Budget Travel, then I’ll
about 8 months ago - 10 comments
Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product and location) in the comments section below. The reader who has accumulated the most victories by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present from me. I’ll keep your guesses hidden until the answer is revealed tomorrow on Budget Travel, then I’ll publish
about 9 months ago - 9 comments
Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product/location) in the comments section below. The reader who has accumulated the most victories by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present from me. I’ll keep your guesses hidden until the answer is revealed tomorrow on Budget Travel, then I’ll publish the
about 9 months ago - 5 comments
Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product/location) in the comments section below. The reader who has accumulated the most victories by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present from me. I’ll keep your guesses hidden until the answer is revealed tomorrow on Budget Travel, then I’ll publish the
about 9 months ago - 9 comments
Today’s challenge as part of the Edible Advent Calendar:
Can you name this treat?
Leave your answer (product/location) in the comments section below. The reader who has accumulated the most correct responses by December 24 will receive an edible Christmas present from me. I’ll keep your guesses hidden until the answer is revealed tomorrow on Budget Travel, then I’ll
about 10 months ago - No comments
No sooner had I posted my list of Top 5 Free Events in November, than I saw this from Secrets of Paris:
Next Thursday (November 12), some of the city’s sweetest men will be presenting their chocolate creations and signing books at Galeries Lafayette. From 5-9pm, you’ll be able to steal samples from Sadaharu Aoki, Pierre
about 11 months ago - No comments
The Blé Sucré bakery is by no means a secret place. Local bloggers (the holy trinity of David, Dorie & Clotilde) have been loving it for years, but mainstream media and printed guides have also jumped on the sweet wheat wagon. With all this press, the only thing saving Blé Sucré from an anglophone invasion
about 8 months ago
oh ! l’ Ispahan de Pierre Hermé…
et si on passait rue Bonaparte ?
about 8 months ago
The trademark of a lovely rose petal, atop pink macaron biscuit, and raspberry heart. That can only be Ispahan of Pierre Hermé.
(This makes me a tad nostalgic – it’s my ex’s favourite, of all the goodies from PH that I’ve fed him)
about 8 months ago
Okay…this took some digging but I think it’s Pierre Hermé’s Ispahan. Am going out of town and am not sure I can keep playing but have sure enjoyed this treasure hunt!
about 8 months ago
Pierre Hermé’s ispahan macaron!
about 8 months ago
it’s a baby ispahan from pierre hermé
about 8 months ago
I’m guessing Pierre Hermé’s Ispahan macaron, although I can’t recall if he has that little silver thing underneath.
about 8 months ago
Rose and raspberry macaron from Ladurée…
about 8 months ago
Well, it’s a raspberry macaron…but I have no idea from where.
about 8 months ago
OMG! Pierre Herme’s Ispahan!
about 8 months ago
That looks like a Rose Macaron. Is it an Ispahan from Pierre Hermé?
about 8 months ago
Oh, that there m’Ispahan is beeeeyooooteeeful!! *mouth watering*
about 8 months ago
Whoops. Mixed up the “m” and the “l.” Our keyboard gets so much use the letters have rubbed off. My AZERTY skilz are not good enough to keep the L and M straightened out without looking, lol.