From NYC to LA …                    Via VEGAS of course 😉

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the bread fairy

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain

As this little girl here (yes that’s me) I would never have thought life could be so beautiful….

It has come to my attention that I have neglected to mention a few of the bakeries that I visited on my last tour….. So here is a quick update on a few bakeries well worth a mention.

First up we have Balthazar… In New York, a very French, extremely rustic and very popular bakery. The window displays defiantly caught my eye, pastries were lovely in crust colour, flavour and they had a great selection of miche loaves.

Next up we have Jean Phillipe Patisserie…

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Back full Circle…in France

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Amaxing trip and great commentary!

the bread fairy

… Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.
– Ernest Hemingway

So my trip has almost come full circle. I’m back in the north of France making so many delightful treats. I definitely don’t need any more sugar in my life, stupidly jumped on the scales today even thought about how long it would take to walk home as the kilos have piled on. But as they say when in Rome… Or should I say France…

I have been able to spend more time at Dawn Foods here in France, working alongside Philippe Depappe the highly talented Patissier…

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