Celebrity French chef Cyril Lignac has just opened a pâtisserie in the heart of Paris’s 11th arrondissement, just across from his restaurant Le Chardenoux. Named La Pâtisserie by Cyril Lignac, the shop is a collaboration between Chef Lignac and former Fauchon pastry chef Benoît Couvrand. Together they offer modern adaptations of traditional french pastries and … Continue reading La Pâtisserie by Cyril Lignac opens in Paris
Chocolatier Patrick Roger is known as much for his larger than life chocolate sculptures as for the subtle, exotic flavours of his delicious ganaches and pralines. His windows displays are always amazing, whether giant chocolate Easter Eggs, chocolate elephants, or even a chocolate Berlin Wall. Monsieur Roger’s line-up for the 2011 holiday season is no … Continue reading Patrick Roger Noël 2011 Christmas collection
Chocolatier and pastry chef Jean-Paul Hévin is one of Paris’s most famous chocolate artisans. His flagship chocolate shop in Paris on the upscale rue Saint-Honoré (1st arr.) is a sleek modern space filled with exquisite chocolate creations and pastries. Monsieur Hévin is notably famous for his chocolate Eiffel Towers, chocolate cigars and fashionable chocolate stiletto … Continue reading Jean-Paul Hévin Noël 2011 Christmas collection
La Maison du Chocolat is probably France’s best-known chocolate shop, synonymous internationally with luxury gourmet chocolate. Founded in Paris in 1977 by legendary master chocolatier Robert Linxe, it today boasts stores in Cannes, London, New York, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Along with Salon du Chocolat and some of France’s greatest chocolatiers, the company recently paid … Continue reading La Maison du Chocolat Noël 2011 Christmas collection
Clafoutis is a speciality of the Limousin region of France, a simple flan traditionally made with black cherries. The name clafoutis (sometimes spelled clafouti) is said to come from the Occitan word clafotis, in turn derived from verb clafir or claufir, which means “to fill.” And a filling dessert it is. Made with just a … Continue reading Clafoutis aux poires et au chocolat (pear and chocolate clafoutis)
The French writer Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) noted during his travels in 1580 that innkeepers of Bâle, Switzerland served “cooked pears with the roast” and that the locals “mixed cooked plums, apple and pear tarts with meat.” While the noble pear has a long and illustrious culinary history, today pear tart is of course served … Continue reading Tarte aux poires et aux amandes (pear frangipane tart)
Salon du Chocolat has just closed its doors in Paris for another year. But in a city where chocolate is as almost as ubiquitous as art, there’s already another chocolate fair coming up. Chocorama, Paris’s “chocolate market”, is taking place from November 11-13, 2011 at Espace des Blancs Manteaux, in the Marais district. Thirty-five French … Continue reading Chocorama chocolate fair November 11-13
