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zChocolat pop-up store at Printemps Haussmann

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Online luxury chocolate seller zChocolat has opened a pop-up store in Paris. Located in the Printemps department store’s ultra-luxurious Boutique Noire, the store, which will remain open until December 31, 2013, features the French company’s gourmet holiday chocolate collections. zChocolat’s signature gold bullion-shaped chocolates are made with 26 different recipes and feature single-origin couvertures from … Continue reading zChocolat pop-up store at Printemps Haussmann →

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“Bûche à Oreilles” from A la Mère de Famille

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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 … Continue reading “Bûche à Oreilles” from A la Mère de Famille →

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Pierre Marcolini Noël 2012 Christmas Collection

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“I wanted this year’s collection to be simple and mysterious. A structured combination of crunch, crackle and smoothness in streamlined shapes,” Brussels-based chocolatier Pierre Marcolini writes on his website. And indeed it is. Pierre Marcolini has created a collection of “sphere-themed” Christmas chocolates, inspired, he explains, by the spirit of sharing and family get togethers during the … Continue reading Pierre Marcolini Noël 2012 Christmas Collection →

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Bûche de Noël “Le Burgundy”

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One of this year’s most distinctive bûches de Noël can be found at the upscale Hôtel Le Burgundy, in Paris’s 1st arrondissement. This limited-edition chocolate dessert is in fact an edible replica of the hotel’s colourful bar, painted by artist Véronique Charpy. It features a chocolate and chestnut sacher sponge, delicate mandarine jelly and cognac mousse topped … Continue reading Bûche de Noël “Le Burgundy” →

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Sadaharu Aoki Noël 2012 Christmas Collection

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Since his arrival in Paris from Tokyo in 1991, Sadaharu Aoki has established himself as one of Paris’s top pastry chefs and chocolatiers. His creations artfully combine the aesthetics and flavours of traditional Japanese confections with classic French pâtisserie. Chef Aoki has won numerous awards both in France and Japan. He was recently awarded 5 bars … Continue reading Sadaharu Aoki Noël 2012 Christmas Collection →

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Un Dimanche à Paris Noël 2012 Christmas collection

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It was two years ago that chocolatier Pierre Cluizel (son of renowned chocolatier and chocolate maker Michel Cluizel) launched his new chocolate concept store, Un Dimanche à Paris, in the historic Cour du Commerce Saint-André (6th arr.). Today, Cluizel’s one-stop “everything chocolate” shop is busier than ever, with its chocolate store, pâtisserie, chocolate cuisine restaurant, lounge, tea … Continue reading Un Dimanche à Paris Noël 2012 Christmas collection →

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Angelina: A taste of Austria

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The pastry chefs at Angelina, the celebrated Paris tea room once frequented by Coco Chanel and Marcel Proust, have dreamed up a spicy, fruity bûche de Noël in honour of the salon’s Austrian roots. Indeed, Angelina was founded in 1903 by Austrian pastry chef and confectioner Antoine Rumpelmayer (1832-1914). Mr Rumpelmayer came to France in 1870, first setting … Continue reading Angelina: A taste of Austria →