Every January since moving to Paris I write about the Epiphanie
galette des rois. And
every January I try again to paint those golden disks.
The king cake acts as an antidote to post-Christmas blues amd lasts till the end of the month.
I started this new year's research in
Boulangerie Louvard, 431 rue Miromesnil 8eme
It can't hurt to begin with a previous prize winner and a neighborhood boulangerie to boot.
The almondy aromas wafting from Paris' boulangeries in January can drive you nuts. Louvard's 'individual' galette was delightfully light, crunchy with perfect pâte d'almonde inside.
The high end couture patisseries play a different game of innovation and outlandishness. Still who doesn't love Jean-Paul Hevin's Eiffel tower couronne.
Sadaharu Aoki offers matcha and black sesame galettes.
Maison de la Truffe in Galeries Lafayette Gourmand has their galette infusing with a huge truffle under glass. Lift the dome and inhale.
Saturday morning starting at 9 am the annual La Galette du Coeur at Place Saint-Germain-des-Pres offers their top chef galettes for charity. I picked one up to take to Jane's Sunday Lunch.
Small bites for everyone
Plus galettes this year with foie gras as well as the usual almond frangipane.
Saturday night rue Montorgueil was full of galette hunters.
Maison Stohrer was mobbed
Every boulangerie had lines. "Let them eat cake"
This little tike will be tasting his first galette perhaps.
I love looking for the silly favors or
feves hidden inside the galette. I found these chicken + egg in a boulangerie nearby. You can buy them individually for a mere 5€.
Louvard had tiny blackboards (ardoises). Not for sale.
At Jane's on Sunday we had two kings cakes. I met Jane on the train to Clermont-Ferrand.
She has quite a collection of feves. She is a 'fabophile'!
The white figures are antiques.
Coming home from Jane's I passed a gallery near rue Saint Paul with what looked like dancing feves on display. A perfect ending to an Epiphanie celebration. I hope you get to taste a galette des rois PBers. T
hanks for reading Paris breakfast. If you like this newsletter, forward to a friend. Gift yourself and others Paris letters, maps and watercolors in your mailbox. Cheers.
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