{"id":597,"date":"2011-11-29T14:14:45","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T14:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leilappetit.com\/blog\/?p=597"},"modified":"2011-11-29T14:15:38","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T14:15:38","slug":"gourmet-girl-goes-to-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/?p=597","title":{"rendered":"Gourmet Girl goes to Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThis column appears in the December edition of Bite Magazine<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bonjour Biters! As you\u2019ll have gathered, GG is just back from a weekend in Paris. \u00a0The city of lights, love and luscious edibles was as exciting as ever. The Silver Fox took in the grands boulevards for the first time, and I had a chance to re-visit some of my favourite sights and flavours .<\/p>\n

When I\u2019d indulged in cakes and macarons for breakfast two days in a row, I realised that Paris to me is about the art of the d\u00e9lices, cakes, bread and pastry. In France\u2019s capital, each neighbourhood has several boulangerie-p\u00e2tisserie, each competing to offer the finest baguette, quiches, and hand-made cakes.<\/p>\n

Here are a few of my favourite things:\"\"<\/p>\n

Ladur\u00e9e<\/a> <\/strong>is a by-word for olde-worlde glamour, and the original home of the macaron as we know it today. We picked up a box with a few classic flavours of these, colourful treats: salted caramel, pistachio, raspberry and orange blossom. We also tried the best pain au chocolat I\u2019ve ever had, filled with candied pistachios.<\/p>\n

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Ice cream or sorbet from Maison Berthillon<\/strong><\/a> on \u00cele Saint-Louis. One of the highlights of our weekend was scoffing giant sugar cones filled with Berthillon\u2019s home-made ice cream, beside the Seine, sunshine on our backs and a busker played honky-tonk piano. I tried fig and mandarin sorbets, Monsieur opted for ice creams with salted caramel , the other with boozy prunes.<\/p>\n

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Poil\u00e2ne<\/a><\/strong> bakery\u2019s crusty, chewy sourdough loaf is the stuff of baking legend. This is the only bakery in Paris who don\u2019t make \u00a0baguettes! If you\u2019re in Paris, buy up as much as luggage space allows. Fresh, it\u2019ll last a good few days, and freezes well. I\u2019m looking forward to delving into my stash for months to come, for that perfect slice of toast on a winter\u2019s morning.<\/p>\n

Malheureusement, it might be another while before our next s\u00e9jour \u00e0 Paris, but fortunately there are shops here in Edinburgh that will satisfy the cravings. Patisserie Madeleine<\/a><\/strong> on Raeburn Place in Stockbridge is a hit for luxurious \u00a0p\u00e2tisserie and delectable macarons. On Broughton Street L\u2019Escargot Epicerie <\/a><\/strong>s a continental food-lover\u2019s paradise. Sourdough lovers rejoice as they import Pain Poil\u00e2ne direct from Paris, as well as cheeses, wines and produce from France. Bon Appetit!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This column appears in the December edition of Bite Magazine. Bonjour Biters! As you\u2019ll have gathered, GG is just back from a weekend in Paris. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20,22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":600,"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leilappetit.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}