We saw Paris' Festival of Bread in 2023, enjoyed it immensely, missed it in 2024, but were sure to catch it this year, with our earlier arrival. The festival generally approaches May 16, feast day for St. Honore, patron saint of bread. The Festival is held in the forecourt of Notre Dame cathedral--busier this year that in recent years--but not so busy as to preclude the La Fete du Pain. Baking is a very big deal in France...there are boulangeries/patisseries on almost every street, and everyone has their favorite. Ours is La Parisienne, on Rue Madame, a block away from our apartment. Michael Reydellet, its owner, just won his second "best baguette in Paris" award a few days ago. There are several others nearby, but none that close. You can always tell a good one by the line to get into the shop. There's almost always a line at La Parisienne.
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The main deal is watching a dozen or so master bakers and students
do their thing right in front of you |
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The show is about baking, yes, but also about bakeries and what it
takes to turn our quality products, en masse |
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| One of the rolling-out-the-dough machines |
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| Yum |
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| En masse |
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The sheet of dough shortly will be a few dozen croissants
or something else |
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| Helpful back story |
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Peeled and cored apples waiting to be sliced and placed in an apple
tartlette |
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| First some butter, then some apple goo... |
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| Everything comes in industrial sizes |
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Assembling; at this point Vicki asked the MC, a TV
personality, how long one had to train to be a baker,
and the MC asked this guy, who responded, a la maniere
des Francais, "a lifetime" |
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| Now in the shoppe, buying our freshly baked lunch |
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| Vicki's apple tartlette |
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I never got the name of this one...a Paris something or other...
but a great edible experience |
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| New sign already up at a Parisienne... |
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