2010, How Sweet It Was
I hope 2011 has gotten off to a sweet start for everyone! It is certain to be full of new discoveries and adventures for me, with travels near and far. We’ll be home in Zürich, bouncing around...
View ArticleSadness, Discovery and Inspiration
I just lost someone very close to me, the man who not only gave me my love for chocolate and my insatiable sweet tooth, but who also taught me how to play backgammon and dominoes, crack an egg with one...
View ArticleA Pilgrimage to Alsace: in search of (my) Kugelhopf
A sweet pilgrimage for a site named, MyKugelhopf ? That can mean only one place… Alsace ! This region in France by the German border is known (and disputably so, as all food history goes) as the...
View ArticleMy 7 Sweetest Discoveries in the Basque Country
I recently professed my love (again) for Zürich and before that, for one of my favorite regions in France, Alsace (by the German border). There’s yet another region in France that holds a spot near...
View ArticleRevisiting St Jean de Luz in France’s Basque Country
Having devoured finished all the sweets I brought back from France’s Basque country, I am now savoring each and every one of my hundreds of photos taken during my recent trip there. And already...
View ArticleThe Annual Must: Salon du Chocolat in Paris
When October rolls around, you may be thinking Halloween and candy corn, pumpkins, falling leaves or a colorful Indian summer. Me ? I’m thinking chocolate. Nothing out of the ordinary, but this time,...
View ArticleSweet Galettes in Medieval Pérouges
I love medieval villages. (Murten/Morat, Gruyères, Stein am Rhein and Chur to name a few.) The more crooked the structures, the more mismatched the bricks and stones and wooden beams, the more I’m...
View ArticleMeert’s Famous Gaufres in Lille & Paris
I love vintage food packaging (especially sweet, of course), kitchenware, tins, signs, molds… One of my many collections is, surprise surprise, old kugelhopf molds. I find myself still thinking...
View ArticlePastryParis: the Book, the Author & a Tower of Meringue
It was several years ago when I stumbled on a short film online that was getting quite a buzz amongst Paris lovers and pastry lovers alike. It was a masterful montage, gorgeous images of colorful...
View ArticleNew Sweet Shop in Paris & a Rediscovered Palmier
One of my favorite streets in Paris is rue de Buci in the 6th arrondissement. I’ve been making a detour there since 1999, when as a student, I would always get a grilled, flattened panini from my...
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