Oven to table

Besides astonishing artisanal sourdough breads this revered Parisian bakery delivers granola, sablés, cookies, chocolates, confitures, flour, salt, bread baskets, more... to breakfast tables throughout the city.

Boulangerie Pain Poilâne

Monday: more livraison à domicile for the housebound

Fish Friday

Social distancing while shopping for fresh seafood.

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For many, the virus seems to have triggered a sort of "protective instinct" in our partners - some say the reason more men than women seem to be at all the food markets these days, insisting that we ladies stay home and let them brave masked shoppers, wait in lines and leave the eggplant squeezing to them. - BPJ

Corona nation

"Here, the young Louis XIII was coronated, one hour after the death of his father Henry IV."

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In today's Les Echos: "18 million people 'at risk' will remain confined after May 11th"

[To be cont'd....]

 

Spring in the air

The beauty of a Montmartre side street.


 

Pâques

Easter Sunday's souris d'agneau au miel for two, with flageolets to accompany.

Below: dessert was my take on buñuelos de manzana with a shot of St-Germain elderflower liqueur instead of jerez (sherry), a traditional dessert in Spain during Semana Santa (Easter week) and specialty of a tiny restaurant in Barcelona's old Barrio Gótico

Empty chairs

Empty churches.

Bulk bread

In France we're not bulk buyers but these long-lasting whole grain pains au levain outside a boulangerie were being sold in large hunks and sliced into several days' worth.