09 Jan

[caption id="attachment_5898" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Sugar Fougasse from Bergese[/caption] There were many bakeries in St-Remy-De-Provence that were under the Festival des Pains banner. The first thing I bought was a fougasse sucre (€1.80?) from Bergese. It was a bit like donut dough, but a bit lighter. I think fougasse is normally a flat bread, but this one was quite puffy. [caption id="attachment_5896" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Croute w. Almonds and Pistachios, Sacristain[/caption] Further down rue Carnot we came another bakery/patisserie where mum bought a croque with almonds and pistachios (€2) and a sacristain (€2)....

11:05 / Bergese / Bread / Dessert/Sweets / St-Remy-De-Provence
08 Jan

7/1/14 [caption id="attachment_5855" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Pavé Bordelais w. Almond and Orange[/caption] [caption id="attachment_5858" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Crunchy Thing w. Hazelnuts, Pavé Bordelais w. Almond and Orange[/caption] At Eric Sabouret on rue Michel Montaigne, we bought two specialties of Bordeaux: croquette with hazelnuts (€2.20. The other variant was with almonds) and a Pavé Bordelais with almond and orange (€2.70). This place might be the same one where we bought canelés during our previous trip to Bordeaux. We walked into the Carrefour Market building nearby (Marche et Galerie Grands Hommes) to find somewhere to sit...

10:53 / Antoine / Baillardran / Bordeaux / Bread / Dessert/Sweets / Eric Sabouret / France
06 Jan

At Begerac we drove around looking for something to eat. There were more places open than there were at Toulouse yesterday. I spotted a bakery displaying the ‘Festival des Pains’ banner so we went in and ordered a pizza with walnuts, onions, Roquefort, another type of grated cheese (€2.70); an almond croissant (€1.20); a small piece of dark chocolate with lots of nuts in it (pistachio, hazelnut, almond, some glacé fruits, €2.05 [sold by weight]); a dark, seeded loaf (€2.95). I couldn’t see a name for the loaf,...

14:42 / Begerac / Bread / France
05 Jan

We went to the Saturday markets and tried a pastry called Jesuit (€1.50), which was quite a thick layer of puff pastry filled with almond custard. Sort of like vanilla slice. [gallery type="rectangular" ids="5820,5821"] The towns we were going to visit after lunch were small, so we’d have a better chance of getting something to eat in Sarlat. We went into a bakery in a laneway near the Christmas market. It appeared that they were closing soon. Mum got a bag of 3 croissants and a chocolate twist for €2....

10:31 / Bread / France / Sarlat-la-Canéda
03 Jan

2/1/14 Just down the road from the apartment were two bakeries, where we bought a croissant au beurre (€0.90), an almond croissant (€1.10), pain aux chocolat and half a loaf of pain au noix (€0.80). The person who was served before us bought the other half of the loaf. The best one was the nut bread, which had walnuts in it. Mum quite enjoyed the croissant au beurre, saying she liked the flavour. When I tried a bit it tasted like (uncooked) butter, like there had been butter spread...

11:23 / Bread / France / Le Fournil Maxipaul / Tours
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