Edible Advent: Dec. 18
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 the comments and name the winner for this challenge.
YESTERDAY’S WINNERS: That one – the signature Ispahan dessert with two rose macarons stuffed with rose petal cream, fresh litchis and whole raspberries – was easy for fans of Pierre Hermé. Points go to Janet, Lil, Anne, Food Snob, Sophie, Shelli, Christopher and Kelaine. Zeva Bellel and Sarah C. were close but no cigar. Better luck today! The full description can be found on the Budget Travel Paris Page.
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March 20: Free Macarons in Paris!
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
Edible Advent: Dec. 20
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
Edible Advent: Dec. 17
about 8 months ago - 12 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
Edible Advent: Dec. 7
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
Edible Advent: Dec. 3
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
Edible Advent: Kickoff Post
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
Damn, Fabrice!
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
48 Hours in Bargain Paris
about 11 months ago - 1 comment
To all you British readers who are mourning the loss of Petite Anglaise (the blog, not the girl): a comforting dose of Paris can be found in the current issue of the BBC’s Olive food magazine.
48 Hours in Bargain Paris asks four local writers (including moi) for their tips on markets, restaurants, wine bars and
about 8 months ago
Aaah, les voilas: macarons from Ladurée
about 8 months ago
A box that ornated can only be Ladurée, filled with delicious melt-in-your-mouth macarons.
It has been a while since I dropped in to their shop, but let’s play guess the flavour – from left to right: citron, pistache, rose, cassis, and pistache and citron (again)?
about 8 months ago
on va rue Royale ou on retourne rue Bonaparte, même sous la neige ?
de toute façon ce sera pour déguster les divins macarons de chez Ladurée…
about 8 months ago
The box looks like Ladurée and of course what’s inside are macarons! The purple one there looks like the cassis-violette. Oh golly. Whatever flavors they are, my mouth is now watering and I have a serious macarons jones goin’ on. Oy.
about 8 months ago
it’s a gift assortment of macarons from ladurée. i see what looks like violet, rose, and maybe orange blossom? and pistachio?
about 8 months ago
Macarons from Laduree. Sigh.
about 8 months ago
Macarons from Ladurée
about 8 months ago
More macaroons! From Laduree! The place of the pretty boxes. I’m such a sucker for packaging.
about 8 months ago
Ps: funny how we’re talking of this today and guess what, my friend has just came by with a box of 6 macarons from Ladurée :D
about 8 months ago
Those must be Ladurée macarons – but do they come in at under 10 Euros?