You might think, being an artist I go to museums in Paris.
You'd be wrong.
I'm stalking the Yuzu Mania gateaux ever since I noticed it in the Paris Patisseries:History Shops Recipes book.
I can't get it out of my head. This big mouth is all too appropriate in the vitrine of La Grande Epicerie.
Anyone sporting a red coat is game for me to follow.
What with my Paris red obsession...
There's a lot to see in La Grande Epicerie - soooo many works of art.
Et voila - red coat again.
Chasing down some fruits rouge no doubt.
What does one do with strawberry/fraise-flavored sucre/sugar? Do tell if you know.
More bottles of mysterious ingredients - blue guimauve-flavored stuff.
At last a study in red I understand.
So many choices of bread - how does anyone decide? I can not.
I just browse.
Lovely shell-shaped madeleines.
And of course they have macarons in 20 flavors/parfums!
Who would not be contented as a chat/cat hanging out in La Grande Epicerie?
BONJOUR LA GRANDE EPICERIE!
Probably my favorite place to go in Paris. I also stay within about 2 blocks of La Grande Epicerie and stop by every day. Tell me... how did you take all of those photos? I always get my hand slapped.
ReplyDeleteFantastic Tour de Food, and the strawberry sugar beats my imagination!
ReplyDeleteI am with you on this one, though:
I'd much rather hang out at La Grande Epicerie
than at any museum! I have been to Venice countless times, but not in any museums yet. Simply too much inspiration outside museum walls, at least so far.
That said, I did travel all the way to Lausanne to see
the Edward Hopper exhibition at the Hermitage - it's not that I avoid museums. ;-)
@ Eileen @ Passions to Pastry:
ReplyDeleteGreat question, can't wait to read Carol's answer! *smile*
@Merisi
ReplyDeleteThe museums in Venice are to die for - all those Titians, Tintorettos, the best of the best!
You must head back rapidamente!
@Eileen
where all black with a big long scarf and carry a small camera, preferably a Canon S90.
Sometimes I shoot from the hip, as long as I'm in focus-the tricks of the trade :)
J'aime La Grande Epicerie! It is always a lesson in food preparation when there. You are a sneaky girl with the camera! Love these shots.
ReplyDeleteTheresa
Paris Breakfasts,
ReplyDeleteI have seen most any museum in Italy -
Venice is an exception. Must be its beauty that keeps me out of museum doors. ;-)
Dropped by to see what cookin'. Thanks for your secret agent work as there is so much to savor at La Grande Epicerie. Would have been sad to miss the dashing & daring gentleman in the red jacket!
ReplyDeleteHave a delicious Day!
xox
Constance
Yes! Always love a trip to the grocery wherever I travel!
ReplyDeleteI have been a reader for over a year now, and we all really enjoy your blog.
ReplyDeleteWe import both flavored syrups and sugars. The sugars are especially useful in baking – imagine crème brulee topped with chocolate or cinnamon sugar!
The lemon sugar is perfect in shortbread tea cookies.
The syrups are perfect to sweeten teas, coffees or mix with club soda. Any place that you would use sugars, you can use these.
Best Regards,
Emily
Decisions -- take a flat with a view of the Eiffel Tower or stay 1/2 block from La Grande Epicerie? Rue du Bac wins! I love this place too and those radishes with their Bordier butter in the "smoked" flavor is the best snack in the city. Oh, I wish I had some now.....
ReplyDeleteCarol, you must have willpower of steel. If I were there, in the middle of all that lusciousness, I simply could not resist buying SOMETHING! As for those colorful syrups, yes, I'd mix them with seltzer and make my own drink. Hercule Poirot had a hankering for syrup drinks - just thought I'd mention it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestion! I simply must visit! I have one of those sirops at home.
ReplyDeleteBon Marche is my favaorite department store in Paris and the very thought of La Grand Epicerie make me delirious!La Grand Epicerie can definitely can be categorized as "food porn".
ReplyDeleteStrawberry flavored sugar?!!! I would sprinkle it on top of vanilla ice cream or maybe a nice warm tapioca pudding. Imagine using it in baking. My mind is in a frenzy over it.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Stephan
Wow, I have never seen so many different kinds of breads in one picture! :) and all those bottles look so gorgeous. Keep posting your Paris photos, I live vicariously through you. ;D
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that taking photos was so complicated for you! You do a great job :)
ReplyDeleteA Must see- my list is getting very long and I am afraid my daughter is going to get very tired of looking at food!--- oh well x
ReplyDeleteSo cool! I've been to Paris many times but have not heard of this place. Must go there next time.
ReplyDeleteOoooo, you are so brave. I got busted trying to take pictures of the bread and sandwich making process there. I got some other great pictures before that though! :)
ReplyDeleteI love shopping in a different locale--it's always intriguing to me--or even, as you say, browsing and not shopping! It's just fun.
ReplyDeleteBonjour Carol,
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favortie hang-outs too. I always leave with my wallet lighter, and my stomach bigger! Perhaps one day we'll meet at the huge bread counter...
Great shots, how do you manage it? I usually chicken out at the last minute, but I did get up my nerve last Christmas, just before I saw the veggie guy giving me a dirty look!
Take care,
Mimi
Bonjour Carol,
ReplyDeleteThis is one of my favortie hang-outs too. I always leave with my wallet lighter, and my stomach bigger! Perhaps one day we'll meet at the huge bread counter...
Great shots, how do you manage it? I usually chicken out at the last minute, but I did get up my nerve last Christmas, just before I saw the veggie guy giving me a dirty look!
Take care,
Mimi
I ignore all dirty looks.
ReplyDeleteThey should be dusting the vegies!
Knowing PBers are waiting makes me fearless most of the time but not all the time :(
merci
carolg
La Grande Epicerie now doesn't that sound really Grande! I'm like you Carol I love the foodie shops ~ they give me a real buzz!
ReplyDelete~Dianne~
I don't know... this place is a little trop dangereux pour moi. I could drop a 100 euros without even getting past the pastry case.
ReplyDeleteWell like they say, "Too much of a good thing...is a good thing!" This place proves it.
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Love La Grande Epicerie! Thanks for shring your moments there!
ReplyDeleteI remember feeling ever so slightly faint the first time I visited La Grande Epicerie. The sheer scale and depth is really a buzz in itself. I wandered and wandered, it was a heavenly maze, an ode to food.
ReplyDeleteI have actually used strawberry sugar to make a lemon balm pound cake. Quite the treat "pour les quatre heures"...though home-made "sirop de fraises" far more effectively imparts that fresh berry flavor.
As for those sirops you saw, all can be used to flavor sparkling or still water, to make a sorbet or ice cream, a dessert glaze, a cake filling...
I love that you followed the red coat. Like that film, about the red balloon.
I love that you felt faint in La Grand Epicerie Tammy...
ReplyDeletewhere have I felt faint..
there MUST be someplace on the planet...
maybe Brazil did it to me...
Carolg