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Ask a group of food writers about their favorite for a box of chocolate and the resulting dischord may surprise you. Of all our Five Great topics to date, chocolate turns out to be the most personal and divisive.
Tarte citron? Paris-Brest? Éclair au chocolat? Gone, gone and gone.
Madman Jacques Genin crafts some of the city’s most exquisite chocolate, but he’s almost equally known for his caramels and pâtes de fruits. His revered pâtisserie (lemon tarts, eclairs…) is temporarily on hold.
The most frequently asked questions about our food tours, all answered for you.
Taste: Tarte au Chocolat, Miel, et Noix
Source: Gontran Cherrier
Photo (and recipe): Patricia Wells
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Taste: Single-origin chocolate mousses
Shop: Chapon
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Taste: Chocolat, guimauve, speculoos
Source: L’Office
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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Taste: Tartes au chocolat, éclats de fève de cacao caramélisée
Source: Sébastien Gaudard
Photo: Meg Zimbeck
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To celebrate the addition of a chocolate section to Our Paris Guide, we’ve gathered the best shots from our Taste of Paris series and dipped them in chocolate. Enjoy the rush.
Our coverage of the (largely uncovered) 2011 Salon du Chocolat, including the all-chocolate lingerie show.
We’re leaving in just a moment for the Salon du Chocolat and wanted to give you a taste of the chocolate fashion show that we’re hoping to see. Pay particular attention (or skip ahead to) the moment at 2:20 in this video from 2009 when a topless woman is blowing bubbles with her lover on a carriage made of chocolate.
Chocolate captivates the imagination like no other food, and Paris does chocolate like no other city.
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