A la Mère de Famille head chef Julien Merceron‘s twist on one of the traditional symbols of Easter deliciously combines humour and imagination. Exquisitely handcrafted, “La poule mouillée” — a playful hen basking in a tub of crispy chocolate spheres — comes in dark chocolate (68 per cent cacao) or milk chocolate (36 per cent cacao). Its [...]

Founded in 1761, A la Mère de Famille, is Paris’s oldest sweets shop. With its period exterior and furnishings, the store on rue du Faubourg Montmartre is like a time capsule, filled with traditional sweets of all kinds: artisanal chocolates, jams, candied fruit, calissons, marrons glacés and teas from around the world line its shelves [...]

Paris’s oldest sweets shop, A la Mère de Famille, has come up with a cool new treat, just in time for summer. The confectioner and chocolatier’s rochers glacés (frozen rochers) feature a mouthful of delicious ice cream or sorbet covered in a thick layer of milk or dark chocolate sprinkled with bits of almond, hazelnut or pistachio. [...]

Paris’s oldest sweets shop, A la Mère de Famille, is one of the city’s most famous historic shops. Founded in 1761, the flagship store on rue du Faubourg Montmartre has been operating in the same location for more than 250 years. Both the exterior façade and the interior décor date from the 18th century. A [...]

From a chocolate alphabet to create your own Valentine’s message (Jean-Charles Rochoux) to limited edition chocolate “diamond rings” (A la Mère de Famille), Paris’s chocolatiers have come up with some deliciously creative ways to mark the day with chocolate. Le Figaro newspaper offers this round up of special Valentine’s day sweets created for the occasion [...]

Paris’s oldest sweet shop, founded in 1761 and still operating in its original location, is a marvellous little store that hasn’t changed much over the past 250 years. Here, chocolate lovers will find ice cream in several enticing flavors, among them chocolate sorbet, chocolate-mint, and chocolate with candied orange and a hint of vodka. Of [...]