Bakeries
My All-Carb Diet
Apr 22nd
Many who have seen in recent weeks have been asking, “Meg, how do you stay so curvy?” It’s time to divulge my secret: the all-carb diet. After posting earlier about the annual competition to name the best baguette in Paris, I began researching a longer article for Budget Travel. By “researching,” I of course mean eating bread. My particular brand of gluttonerdery compelled me to analyze, using a spreadsheet, the performance of bakeries in this competition over several years. I selected the bakeries with the most top ten prizes, and paid them a visit to better understand their carbolicious wares.
The resulting More >
The winner: the best baguette in Paris is from Djibril Bodian at Le Grenier à Pain
Mar 22nd
A twittering birdie has just revealed that Djibril Bodian from Le Grenier à Pain in Montmartre has won the 2010 Grand Prix de la Baguette de la Ville de Paris.
Bodian, a Senagal-born baker who grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis, is no stranger to awards. He earned a 5th place ranking in the 2009 competition and 4th place in 2007. Bodian was also one of only a handful of bakers to earn a 3/3 rating in the Palmarès 2005 (most recent) guide to Paris boulangeries.
Phyllis Flick, who served as a judge in today’s competition, promises a full report on her blog about what it’s like to More >
The Best Baguettes in Paris
Mar 22nd
Every year, in a closed chamber on the Ile Saint-Louis, a panel of carb-loving judges select the Best Baguette in Paris. The top ten winners of this annual contest – the Grand Prix de la Baguette de Tradition Française de la Ville de Paris – are listed below. You can click on any of the links below in order to see the bakery on the Google map. Afficher Grand Prix winning baguettes in Paris sur une carte plus grande
Grand Prix de la Baguette de la Ville de Paris 2010
- Djibril Bodian (Le Grenier à Pain Abbesses), 38 rue des Abbesses, 75018
- Daniel Pouphary, (La Parisienne) 28 rue More >
Damn, Fabrice!
Oct 6th
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 is its “inconvenient” eastern Paris location.
Here’s what those tied to the center of Paris are missing:
Is that not beautiful? A tarte tatin – the classic upside-down apple tart – turned completely on its head. One hardly wants to cut it open and disturb the symmetry, but it’s only More >
