Showing posts with label Paques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paques. Show all posts

Paris Paques Easter

 Every year chocolatier Jean-Paul Hevin consistently comes up with the most innovative twists on the traditional Easter chocolate eggs and chickens.
 Hevin's stupendous giant egg covered in tiny turtles was astonishing.
 His half eggs filled with smaller eggs, a heart and key are for romantic shoppers. Easter is not just for kids in Paris.
 Fauchon serves up champagne with a giant 'prestigious' egg - rather silly in my opinion.
 Very witty indeed these 'avocado' chocolate eggs from Des Gateaux et Du Pain.
 Chocolatier Jacque Genin does chocolate bunnies  that look like chickens that look like eggs...sort of.
 At Hugo et Victor an 'eco chic' bunny with green ears.
 La Grande Epicerie spots their bunnies and chickens with red stripes and dots.
Georges Larnicol is filled with enormous eggs 
 His poule/chickens are laying fried eggs for a change.
Where's the chocolate bacon?
Perhaps you would prefer not to focus on chocolate this holiday? 
 For mind over matter...
Certainment this chicken would like to avoid chocolat altogether.
POUIC POUIC!

La Mere de Famille

This morning Mad About Macarons Jill sent me an email expressing expasperation with a very French,
"Ouuuuf !"
This page is from the brilliant, L'ABC des onomatopees par Bruno Gibert.
 I remembered I've not shown you any Parisian oeufs for Paques/Easter.
 La Mere de Famille on rue Cler, is one of my favorite chocolate shops but it's closed on Sundays (at 8am).
 Still the windows were full of delightful ouuuf/oeuf/eggy creations.
 Liqueur-filled little eggs as well as chocolate-filled eggs.
 Candy eggs sitting realistically atop a stack of hay gave a barnyardy feel to the window.
Unrealistically French lapin/rabbits think nothing of laying bird's eggs if they're chocolat.
 Quite simple eggs strung together for a decorative effect like xmas lights.
 Your classic foil-wrapped assorted chocolate eggs.
 A touch of whimsey - is it a chicken or an egg? It's both and sitting in an eggcup no less.
 When I returned from my early Sunday morning stroll French Girl was up and making breakfast.Her cashmere sweater is by Hector et Lola.com
 Was she making une omelette?

Pas de tout.
She was making a classic bacon and eggs once-a-week Dimanche petit dejeuner.
A possible Jean-Babtiste Chardin painting in the making no?

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