Are you bringing dessert to your Thanksgiving dinner destination?
Bad things happen to good desserts when they are in transit.
I took these 3 desserts to Barbara Bleu. The trip was too much for these fragile beauties.
Here's a lovely example of red and green harmony from Pierre Herme.
Not so lovely result after a trip on the Paris Metro. It went slip sliding away, because I did not treat it with kid gloves. c'est la vie
My 1st day in Paris I made a B-line for Pierre Herme and bought this lovely creation plus 2 others, thinking I'd have painting material for a while.
I made the fatal error of entering the Metro at rush hour. Quelle idiot moi!
I know why French women snack on Pierre Herme's fabulous desserts in the street.
Plus I did not request these three to be packed seperately.
Live and learn.
It would be wise to reserve a hotel close to your favorite patisserie. Hotel Bonaparte is exactly across from Pierre Herme.
Live and learn.
It would be wise to reserve a hotel close to your favorite patisserie. Hotel Bonaparte is exactly across from Pierre Herme.
Sometimes you will be sold les macarons sans /without a box top! Quelle sacriledge et tragedie!
Tell her it's un cadeau/gift. You need une boite /box.
Or there may be an unhappy surprise when you get back to your room to feast.
That looked fabulous, Carol! Enjoyed the video and the dessert--I was smiling at how large the portions were on that spoon and fork--yum! A very happy Thanksgiving to you! Your watercolor is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSame to you LoveItaly!
ReplyDeleteYes Francois Simon gets down on the plate and let's you join in the delicious fun!
How beautiful! You know that I loved seeing these. Thanks for the treat. The watercolors are fabulous! They gave me a lift and a smile. Happy Thanksgiving you clever one! Yumm on the video.
ReplyDeleteAll best, Jan
I always look at your art work and photographs and enjoy all of them. This current "batch" has me longing for a place to enjoy a lovely afternoon tea!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing all the beauty in your world and the watercolor renditions of the yummy "still lifes."
Just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the illuminated tours. I'll be sure to use "en boite" in the future.
And 500 EURO for that meal?
Isn't that a bit excessive? lol
Very beautiful presentation !!!;-)
ReplyDeleteCarol,
ReplyDeleteI now carry a tupperware container just for my macarons! As for our Thanksgiving (numero deux demain), I'm making a blackberry crisp, maple walnut/pecan tart and pumpkin pie. I don't think the word macaron will be mentioned.
Happy Thanksgiving.
nm
Oh I will definitely stay at a hotel just near by PH!
ReplyDeleteI'll bet they still tasted fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI recognize those cups, Carol, from your paintings! ;))
(If someone brought this to me, I wouldn't be thinking it was a tragedy...;))
That fruit tarte concoction is my kind of dessert.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that simple and elegant!
Bet it tasted DIVINE!!
You're making me salivate ---!!! GORGEOUS painting!
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS Desserts!
Only say, Oh my God!!!! looks delicious all!!!!! Gloria
ReplyDeleteHappy thanksgiving Carol.
ReplyDeleteCarol~ I have to say...I thought this
ReplyDeletebreakfast was going to be about the
Mojave (just kidding~~well, almost).
Happy Thanksgiving...you bring us so
much light and air and happiness.
Hugs from the Mojave
One time at a dinner I attended, a guest brought a dessert that didn't travel well. It was a disaster. A four-layer cake in about seven different sections. The hostess served it nevertheless and graciously said, "What delicious ingredients". We all burst out in laughter.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving.
It all looks so delicious.
ReplyDeleteAnd me on a low-carb diet!
Still one can dream...
Gorgeous painting and photos. Also I think that blue tea pot & cup with all those goodies on the plate should be painted by you. Sooo pretty.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the visual. yummm
even though the treats slipped, your photos were still mouth watering :) Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteLOL @ the slip-sliding-away picture.
ReplyDeleteYou bought a few treasures intending to "paint" them, then arranged to "jostle" them on the metro.....how very, very convenient! And you did it not just ONCE, but again and again....selective amnesia no doubt! Ah, well, I can hardly begrudge you your rationalizations. I'm quite attached to some of my own.
ReplyDeleteHave a very happy Thanksgiving, josteled desserts and all!
Almost forgot- I was enjoying the video immensely, that is till the bill came!
I love your thought about staying at a hotel across form the shop...oh so true! Any edible material for research, especially from Herme does not, cannot, should not stay untouched for long!!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving!
I sauntered along with your poor sweets' travails, giggling all the while. I paused in front of your beautiful painting. A heart warmer.
ReplyDeleteThank you and a very happy Thanksgiving to you!
I am grateful to be able to feast on Paris Breakfasts every working day of the week (and then go back enjoy all the week's posts on Sundays, of course! *smile*)
I love your stories, pictures and watercolors!
ReplyDeleteSo happy each time your email arrives!!
I don't think that the dessert that I'll be taking for the feast will look quite like these...but we do what we can.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving!!
Meilleurs voeux!!
I once carried a birthday cake to a friend on my bicycle, hit a bump and destroyed the entire top!
ReplyDeleteHappy to say that 38 years later, she's forgotten all about the mess.
Guess that's what friends are for.
The photos are beuatiful. Thanks, Carol. I would love to take the chocolate tour or the pastisserie tour any day or week. Your work is lovely. Thaks for sharing and Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog, but if you keep making me want to go out and stuff my mouth with sweets, I'm going to stop reading. If I can just... tear... myself... away...
ReplyDeleteYou and your evil-evil dessert posts. Thankfully (literally) I am too full today to be as adversely effected as usual. Will try to avoid this post tomorrow however, after Thanksgiving dinner has worn off...
ReplyDeleteChére Carol,
ReplyDeletePersonne n'a jamais fait de telles merveilles de simples gâteaux. C'est génial!!!!!!
Barbara
I demand a divorce! And a restraining order!
ReplyDeleteThe FORMER Mrs. Peter R.
What an adventure for your desserts!
ReplyDeleteIs that your work, the painting? I love it!
ReplyDeleteAnd, oh my...I LOVE your blog! I just found it but am adding it to my blogroll right now...will definately be back...delicious!
xo
Rebekka