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I'm sitting at Eurostar Saint Pancras as I'm posting this, waiting for the train that will take me from Eccles Cake to Eclair.
Can't remember who said this but I seem to recall some French person saying you couldn't trust the cuisine of a nation that named its most popular afternoon-tea accompaniment a 'digestive' biscuit...
See you on Monday at the Shakespeare and Company party?
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Heaven help us if you turned your drawing into a triptych, with American pastries as the third panel! Cupcakes, doughnuts, trifle, biscuits, cookies; lots of things seem to lose something in translation....
Posted by: MarieP | May 27, 2011 at 04:47 PM
I read about some French chef in the UK who said that the next big thing in France - after the great crumble invasion - would be 'sticky toffee pudding'. I can't say that I've seen it so far!
Posted by: Adam | May 27, 2011 at 05:41 PM
I haven't seen sticky toffees yet - though plenty of crumbles - which, I think, originated with Rose Bakery...
Posted by: badaude | May 27, 2011 at 08:37 PM
Rose Bakery does sell sticky toffee pudding. I agree, it's only a matter of time before it becomes the next craze in France... now if only the same thing would happen this side of the pond.
A few years ago I bought a French crumble cookbook in large part because I was just so amused by the idea. A few of the recipes are just bizarre (e.g. lemon crumble, which is basically lemon curd with a crumble topping. Umm, really??) but all the ones I've tried have been wonderful - griottine and hazelnut, spiced plum, pear with speculoos - so proof that not only do some things not get lost in translation, they sometimes gain!
Posted by: Rachel | May 28, 2011 at 05:51 AM
The party at Shakespeare and Company look like it would be fun. The apartment I rent in Paris is about 2 block from there and in my early years in Paris, before I could read French, I spent a lot of time and money there. Even now I feel a bit nostalgic when I walk by it.
Posted by: JeffS | May 28, 2011 at 09:01 PM
Cupcakes, doughnuts, trifle, biscuits, cookies - haha, it's a good thing i don't get fat :P It's a bad thing i'm allergic to sugar :(
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Posted by: AlexCamp43 | December 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM