Europain Intersuc 2018

Last weekend was the annual professional EUROPAIN INTERSUC fair held at Parc des expositions a short RER train ride outside Paris. I have been munching and painting bread ever since.

I did not expect to fall madly in love with DANONE yogurt at the boulangerie fair but I did. Danone cleverly brought back their original 1919 glass jars. The yogurt inside tastes very creamy and the fruit on the bottom is not too sweet. Perfection in a jar. Plus they make lovely water jars for painting. You'll only find these in your local boulangerie come Spring, not the supermarché.

Europain is huge yet intimate at the same time since you're constantly tasting. No breads are for sale sadly.

But you can munch like mad on the enticing samples provided by the big flour (farine) companies.

Where can I find these breads in Paris is the question?

Dozens of tastes. I don't thnk I've ever eaten so much bread in my life.

I want her job.

They do give out baguettes freely. People on the train home were loaded.

My free baguette is now weapon-worthy. Hard as a rock 4 days later, but still good for modeling.

The best baguettes of tradition - look for large aerated holes inside.

Ah...the smell of bread baking. Nothing else like it.

Viennoiserie forever.

I ate my croissant model. In fact I ate several croissant models. No scale this week.

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Bonjour French bread!

Europain Intersuc Paris 2016

The Weeknd before last, the huge annual professional trade show, Europain Intersuc 2016 (Le Salon Mondial de la Boulangerie, Patisserie, Glacerie, Chocolaterie) took place out at Villepinte Exposition Parc

It was like being back at Maison Objet held in the same big multi-plex convention center

All my eyes see were shapes

Colors (popsicles here).

And patterns.

When am I going to get a hand blender much less an industrial mixer?

Want to tie your scarf the 'French' way? Here's how to tie a French bow for that chocolate box. Next best thing.

Your nose is overwhelmed with rich aromas of baking bread. Inhale!

Competitions and demos are taking place fore and aft. Where to plant yourself? I ran all over.

You have never seen such air holes. Magnifique! Ah the smell of it.

Eat your heart out

Where can I find these crusty, brown grainy breads?

Taste your way through this wall of bread. They were here in 2014. Still amazing.

There's chocolate too. Europain is International So US chocolate companies showed up like Guittard.

More inhaling mesmerizing chocolate candy coating machines.

Chocolates of every shape and flavor.

There's ice cream too but by the time I got there in the afternoon the servers were wandering the show, so no tastes. Bonjour tristesse.

Could I paint boulangerie windows in Paris? I painted department store Xmas windows in grade school. Next transformation please.

Not just chefs are minding the ovens. Chocolate chickens from Deco-Relief were cookin' up a storm.

A good sign the Agriculture show is coming end of the month and Easter is around the corner.

If you come across a pistachio palmier in Paris let me know. Heaven.