The pastries in the UK...are a bit triste
It lost height by the time it got home. They swore the box was tall enough - it was not. Plus the pastry needs to be stuck on to the cardboard base with sugar syrup - they were not. They went slip, sliding around.
Paris-Brests don’t have a long shelf life…
1. Remove the ‘hat’
2. Slice down through the cream
I have been doing it all wrong. I must rectify the situation๐
Plus the Tour de France ๐ซ๐ท is going on ๐ด!
Carol, So beautiful! I could eat the fondant chocolat and its delicate doily right off the paper!
ReplyDeleteThank you for making my evening so delightful, looking at your art!
Bisous,
Linda
Gosh ๐ Thanks Linda ❤️ much more to come..to complete the post ๐
DeleteYummy!
ReplyDeleteThe pastries in Paris are delectable! I know you enjoyed your “research” for these thumb nails.I have never eaten a Paris-Brest. Good to know how to cut & eat it properly.๐ผ❤️
ReplyDeleteI don’t think I have eaten a Paris-Brest either until recently. They ARE delectable indeed ๐ There is Almond Pralinรฉe in the bottom chou = delish.
DeleteOnly you could have a watercolor instructor who assigns pastries! You were born under a lucky star. Paris pastries are in a world all of their own…and you paint them so well. Plus, we got a ‘how to’ eat a Paris-Brest! ๐๐ป
ReplyDeleteWe’re faithfully watching the Tour de France live early each morning. It (and the scenery!), has been thrilling. Will be sad when it wraps up in Paris Sunday.
Eating the pastries helps with painting them quite a bit ๐
DeleteI just love your Fondant chocolat painting, Carole! The pastry itself looks fab, but for me it is the colours you used - they are so joyful! The plate is glorious, the spoon amazing. Plus you magically put the gloss on the fondant - how in the world do you do that? What is the very nicely co-ordinating orange "lozenge" in the lower left corner? It adds an unexpected flash of shazam to your painting. -k/maine-usa.
ReplyDeleteThe orange logo paper is from the boulangerie - they used to be made of chocolate. Some still do.
DeleteOh, man. That's just so French. Such an elegant touch. Not that the customer doesn't pay for it, of course. In the end.
DeleteSo entertaining! Love your colorful thumbnail sketches! What delightful research you get to do!
ReplyDeleteThe thumbnails are fun aren’t they now that I look at them again
DeleteParis pastries are so different than what I'm used to here in northern Michigan--donuts and long johns. Lumberjack food! I'm so enjoying your class assignments!
ReplyDeleteParis pastries are very different than New York as well!
DeleteA very competitive and creative industry!
What a great project!
ReplyDeleteIt has been mostly fun & challenging at times.
DeleteYES YOUR THUMBNAIL WATERCOLOURS ARE ADORABLE!!! CARLA
ReplyDeleteLove all your drawings , they make me smile with the pleasure of Paris memories
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My spoon is too short to get a bite
ReplyDeleteKirk
Get a longer spoon ๐ฅ Kirk !
DeleteFun, fun, fun- I think I had as much fun reading this as you did painting and now that I know how to eat a Paris Brest, I can buy one next trip and not offend the pastry gods.
ReplyDeleteYes - The Pastry Gods will be very pleased ๐
DeleteI definitely did not eat my P-B correctly at LA GRAND COLBERT ☹️
I feel Deep shame…in retrospect.
Your watercolors look more delicious than the real things. On 20 July 1969, I, too, was standing in front of a Paris storefront, but not looking at pastries to sketch. It was an appliance store and a crowd of us were watching the TVs in the window to witness the first US astronaut walking on the moon.
ReplyDeleteHa I was working at Anne Klein choosing button colors & decided this was the wrong thing to be doing at 11 pm at night ๐
DeleteThey look good enough to eat!
ReplyDeleteThat’s the trouble ๐
DeleteYes, to a Paris-Brest map!
ReplyDeleteYay ๐คธ♂️ permission
DeleteJust give me a simple fruit tart, and I'll be happy.
ReplyDeleteHappy you enjoy your class..not always the case..Bravo!!!
ReplyDeleteOnline classes have their pluses & minuses, but mainly they get you motivated to do stuff you wouldn’t naturally do ๐๐
DeleteYour presentation today was delightful. It's always been a favorite of mine in France and to see it here in the Bay Area is a dream come true. Vicki
ReplyDeleteI do love everything you do. Are you giving classes on line!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, I wish
DeleteI haven’t a clue how to do that ๐คท♀️