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What They Say vs What They Mean

Sorry to see all the long faces out there. And Iโ€™m not talking about all the Celine Dion billboards around town promoting her upcoming concert. Which I am sorry to have to see. (The billboards, I meanโ€ฆnot the concert.) Anyhow, to cheer you up about me not coming to your town, or to prepare you if I am, hereโ€™s a post from my archives thatโ€ฆ

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US Book Tour in June: Cooking Classes & Events

Ok, here they are! Iโ€™ve finalized the dates for my US book tour in June, including lots of demonstrations and cooking classes where Iโ€™ll be baking up everything from Parisian chocolate desserts like Chocolate Chip Choquettes and refeshingly-icy Mocha Sorbet to my favorite summertime ice cream recipes including ice cream sandwiches with Peppermint Patty Ice Cream (with homemade peppermint patties) and Profiteroles with Roasted Bananaโ€ฆ

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Paris Chocolate Week

Looking at the photos Iโ€™d taken over the past week during my Paris Chocolate Exploration Tour, I noticed something oddโ€ฆthere werenโ€™t too many pictures of chocolate. (Where did it all go?โ€ฆ) I donโ€™t know why, since we seemed to have sampled every chocolate that we possibly could have here in Paris. And although I thought Iโ€™d never say thisโ€”I think Iโ€™ve had enough chocolate forโ€ฆ

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My Unedited Fridge

Hereโ€™s my response to Samโ€™s query about giving her a peek into my unedited fridge. Since Iโ€™ve got plans to dine out all week for lunch and dinner, which means my refrigeratorโ€™s never been cleaner or emptierโ€”Iโ€™m up to the challenge! Starting from the top (in no particular order): Presure: Liquid rennet from when I made my own cottage cheese. Which was pretty cool toโ€ฆ

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Go Figure

Iโ€™m in the middle of leading a week-long Paris chocolate tour with Mort Rosenblum. So far, weโ€™ve been enjoyingโ€ฆ โ€ฆthe buttery-smooth caramels of Jacques Genin, studded with exotic Iranian pistachio nutsโ€ฆ โ€ฆfluffy, bittersweet chocolate-covered marshmallows from Pierre Marcoliniโ€ฆ โ€ฆa delicious grande aรฏoli at Susan Loomisโ€™ country homeโ€ฆ โ€ฆalmond-rich, tender financiers from Eric Kayserโ€ฆ โ€ฆbriny oysters and cool rosรฉ at La Coupoleโ€ฆ โ€ฆand Patrick Rogerโ€™s lusciousโ€ฆ

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Finally French

I am definitely French. Today I went to the bank to deposit 134โ‚ฌ to make a payment. I had 135โ‚ฌ. The bank teller told me, โ€œWe donโ€™t have any change.โ€ And the funny thing wasโ€”this didnโ€™t surprise me. Like, at all. Related Posts Finally French 5 Absolute, Sure-Fire Ways to Get Rich in France WTF French Train Mix Crazy Americans 15 Things Iโ€™d Miss Aboutโ€ฆ

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Paris Ice Cream Shops: Les Glaciers de Paris

Hereโ€™s my address book for the most popular and some of my favorite places for ice cream in Paris. I recently published an updated list of ice cream shops in Paris=> Here! In addition to these glaciers, some of the pรขtisseries make their own exceptionally-good ice cream which theyโ€™ll scoop up from freezers parked on the sidewalks outside during the summer. Some of the bestโ€ฆ

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Amano Chocolate

In my continuing adventures to bring you some of the more interesting chocolates from around the globe, and get through as much of my chocolate before the meltdown of summer heat attacks my chocolate stash, you might remember a few months back I wrote about a conversation I had when I shocked some unworldly women (whoโ€ฆme?) that asked me which country makes the best chocolateโ€ฆ.

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