bakery

Pierre Hermé – Paris, France

May 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Baked Goods, Favorites, France, French, Paris

Yes, I know that we’ve been here before, and written about it before. But it’s so good, that it needs writing about again. We were on our way to the very beautiful Musée de l’Orangerie this afternoon when we took a detour and took the M12 Metro line all the way to the Pasteur stop [...]

Thomas Haas (Kitsilano) – Vancouver, BC

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Baked Goods, Brunch, Cafe, Coffee, Favorites, Vancouver, dessert

Amazing. Not only does he produce the best pastries that I have had in North America – and better than many I have had in France, but he has replicated his business in North Vancouver and opened a Kitsilano branch. He will be busy. Saturday morning – about 11:30 (late start) – we pick up [...]

Flour Bakery – Farnsworth Street – Boston, MA

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Baked Goods, Boston, Brunch, Cafe, Favorites

Bakeries occupy this special place in my heart – the good ones are run by people who love food, who put that love into what they do, and produce an exceptional product that just makes you happy. Flour is this kind of a place. Sunday morning – pouring rain and blowing wind, I was going [...]

Julien’s Patisserie – Halifax, NS

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Baked Goods, Coffee, Halifax, Kid-friendly

We’d all love for our cities to have a Pierre Hermé or a Thomas Haas. Well, if you look hard enough, pretty much every city has someone (probably from Europe) who has opened a bakery, and is putting their passion into pastry. Didier Julien and his family and team at Julien’s are doing just that [...]

Thomas Haas Patisserie, North Vancouver, BC

April 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Baked Goods, Brunch, Cafe, Favorites, Vancouver

So – we had to come back. We’d been here twice before (here and here), but I didn’t feel that the prior posts did this particular patisserie justice. We went there on the torture test day – Saturday morning. Lots of foodie people around – most of them clad in lululemon or spandex, living the [...]

Celestin vs Jules, Toronto

July 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Baked Goods, Toronto

So this was it. Like Plimpton and Hunter Thompson covering Foreman vs. Ali, we decided to immerse ourselves in the hot action going on uptown . The debate has been raging for years over who has the best pain au chocolat in Toronto; a couple of contenders have emerged on both the bulletin boards and [...]

Boudin Bakery

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Baked Goods, Cafe, San Francisco

Boudin Bakery – of the famous “San Francisco Sourdough”. Right in Fisherman’s Wharf, great shop, great bread. Not much more to say – their sourdough bread is great. We didn’t get a chance to try their soup or any of their other bread, but yup – go here, buy their bread. Sourdough might not be [...]