Jan 1 in Paris!

 Day one of the Paris diary commences PBers!

My search for a buche de Noel continues...

 A bear buche with ears from La Mere de la Famile
 

 Inside chocolate ganache, mandarine, praline = too fussy but Bear would love it.
 

 Lenotre has this big fruity meringue-covered buche = too big.

 And this Buche Planete Cherry = too chocolatey.
I feel like Goldilocks and the three buches..

 The mystery of Angelina's Autriche buche - an homage to their original confiseur Antoine Rumpelmayer(Austrian). Filled with flavors of the Christmas market - pains d'epice plus honey decorated with vermicelles of creme de marron ( a wink at the specialty of the maison - the Monte Blanc.

 Dear PBers,

I wish you much success in deux mille treize/2013

 And sweetness..

 Pyramids of sweetness.

 BONNE ANNEE et bonne resolutions as they say here.

 What buche did Goldilocks end up eating?

A buchette aux Marrons of course.

And I ate every bite.

My 1st buche de Noel and my 1st New Year in Paris.

On verra bien/here's hoping for the best PBers

Put A Macaron On It!

 I'm making BIG plans for new Macaron decor to go with the edition limitee Pierre Herme Paris poster.

 These macaron Taboret Gourmand par Serge Mansu for Taillardat are tres adorb but may not fit my budget post-Paris(1650 Euros).

 I could always try my own macaron furniture designs.

 Macaron pillows are a must!

 Love love love Lenotre's macaron cups.
I have one only so far.

 Or I could make more mugs at Zazzle.

 Marc Jacob's Macaron splash is a must spritz.

 Macaron aprons? Oui bien sur!

 Macaron mouse pad? I love mine

 More macaron stuff at Zazzle. I'll make more once I get home!
 

 My own macaron-making machine - must-have in my macaron make-over non? Then I'll have to do more than just climb stairs hourly.  How about this figue macaron-colored outfit of YSL to exercise in?

Bear's Paris To-Do List

 Bear was thrilled to see Lenotre featuring chocolate teddy bears this Easter/Pacque.

 Bear plans to shop a bit in Paris on rue Vavin, these bear booties from Berlingot are on his to-buy list.

 A bear hat from gawd knows where.
 

 For browsing doudous/stuffed animals Once Upon A Time/il etait une fois...1, rue Casette 75006
 

 Hopefully this clown bear is still there...

 French bear erasers are essential.
 

 He's reading Bringing Up Bebe while I throw things at the suitcase. Bear has a sandbox interview with author Pamela Druckerman on his to-do list(!)

 This means homework like eating 'formule' lunches.
 

 Plus snacks/gouter only at 4:30 pm.

And 'adult time' with a marshmallow/guimauve nounours femme.

Miam Miam

Pierre Herme Fetish Azur

Naturalement, 1st thing off the Metro today, coming from the Eurostar, I went into Lenotre for their tarte citron meringue. The Metro es-ca-la-tor lets you off just in front. So does one have a choice?How I wish the filling had been more lemony - Lester don't yell at me or moan at the left crust svp. Am I addicted/accro to Lemon tarts?
'Accros' is French slang for obsession/addiction/hooked/passionate about.
Recently Pierre Herme announced of his newest macaron box designed by artist, Nicolas Vial.

Vial's exhibit at the Musee de la Poste, was second on my agenda after Lenotre's citron tarte.

Vial is definitely 'accros' of lemon yellow/jaune citron.

Many lashings of lemon in his paintings.

By the way Herme has a new gorgeous baking book out

Reves de Patissiere - it's so golden it glows.

Glowy windows at P.Herme

Showing off his newest 'fetish' of the season.

Et Voila! 'Le Tarte Azur'

I get the mini version - it's intensely lemony/chocolatey.

 There is a bit of citron vert croquante/ preserved lime plus Japanese Yuzu, a lemony fruit. Little squared chunks of sable sit on top a rich ganache - beneath this a thin layer of chocolate cake. Altogether a plethora of textures and flavors that melt in the mouth.

I tasted the crust.

And shared the rest with the Saint-Sulpice pigeons.

Bonjour Fetish Azur!