By An Tampere
| 
France
This article is in French. Click here to read it in English. Déjà nostalgique de la période de Noël qui cette année encore a passé à toute vitesse ? Ne désespérez pas, mais chaussez plutôt vos patins pour un dernier … Continued
By Briony Whitehouse
| Paris, France
Take another bite-sized look at the City of Light with Briony. This week: it’s time to enjoy some Parisian serenity…
By Ronnie Hess
| Paris, France
There’s a delightful pâtisserie to savour after Christmas – an Epiphany cake called the galette des rois. It takes its name from the three wise men or Magi who visited Jesus twelve days after his birth. It’s served not just on January 6 but throughout the month.
By Aimee Thompson
| Chicago, USA
The Chicago French Market is the first and only year-round, indoor French market in Chicago. It is open six days a week, and is home to nearly 30 specialty vendors which offer a wide array of produce, meats, fish, seafood, breads, pastries, chocolates, cheese, wine, artisan-made goods, flowers and more.
By Carolyne Kauser-Abbott
| Paris, France
While you are waiting in line, you can drool over the decadent pâtisseries in their display. The long counter is filled with macaroons of every imaginable colour and flavour combination, traditional mille-feuille, a rainbow of fruit tarts, profiteroles and an assortment of chocolate truffles.
By Tanya Tait
| Paris, France
The acquiescent idealism of France as an avant-garde pastry instigator is a conundrum as to how the French maintain their desirable silhouette.
By Emmanuelle Tremolet
| France
Gerard Depardieu’s move to Belgium, Yule logs of 2012 by French pastry chefs and the works of Oscar Niemeyer in France: You’ll find all this in Le Buzz.
By Ronnie Hess
| Paris, France
What would Christmas Day be without food and a house full of relatives? A French Christmas by definition is a family celebration. Several generations can gather under one large and embracing roof.
By Natalie Rinn
| New York, USA
Master French bakers throughout the Big Apple are drawing from decades of experience as apprentices in their home provinces to create both authentic and dazzlingly-modern iterations of the centuries old Christmas cake recipe, Bûche de Noël.
By Julianna Johnson
| France
One thing that I love about France is being surrounded by so many good pastries. There is no way I could possibly try all of them in a lifetime!