Fougasse Friday

 Fougasses or fougaces, large pretzel-like breads made with olive oil with origins in Provence, can be found at many Paris bakeries. 

  Above: cheese, black and green olives, onions

The baker's bike

 

 

A local boulanger's motorcycle parked where he can keep an eye on it as he finishes up for the day.

The boulanger

Proudly he stands, and rightly so, in front of the day's labors.

Fougasse Friday

A boulanger works quickly to shape olive fougasses, large pretzel-like flatbreads that originated in Provence. For Good Friday larger ones will have seven holes representing the face of Jesus Christ.