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Mariage Frères' Iskandar: Iced Tea Will Save Us All
 

 

 

 

 

 

Iskandar

French Summer Tea Collection

Glass bottle

160g. fragrant green tea, 35€

Global warming ailing you? Have another cup of tea.

 

www.mariagefreres.fr

 


Série Blanche - Michèle Gayhighlight
 

Série Blanche, the 5 Saveur Candles from Michèle Gay's Pentaptik collection

Saveur Sel (salt), Saveur Sucre (sugar), Saveur Farine (flour), Saveur Graine (seed), Saveur Lait (milk)

To be used separately or as a combination

Limited edition collection, 120 g., 38€

If Maïssa Toulet is our witch, then Michèle Gay is our fairy godmother. A pioneer of gourmet fragrances, she's enriched her line of magical scented creations with a pentaptych of candles freshly cast out of the athanor. Each one of them is spell-binding, and infinitely more complex than the raw name and pure white outline suggest. But the charm works even stronger when the fragrances are associated. Every combination is allowed and encouraged, they all were painstakingly elaborated inside Michèle Gay's alchemy laboratory. Five candles set as a pentacle inside a Silvera kitchen will increase tenfold the power of philters and poisons.

 

www.michelegay.com
www.parfumsdetable.com


La Tablette de Rose
 

La Tablette de Rose, or, when Rose, the jewel doll by Servane Gaxotte, becomes the muse of chocolate-maker Jean-Charles Rochoux, strong black chocolate bar, 70% cocoa, 12€, at the Grande Epicerie de Paris

Dark, dark chocolate for comfort in the dark times.

 

www.lagrandeepicerie.fr
www.jcrochoux.fr

 


Paris Buenos Aires - Bon Marché Rive Gauchehighlight
 

1- Exhibition poster
2- Polo boots, La Casa de las Botas, 735€
3- Panties, satin, Jesus Fernandez, 45€
4- Mini cushions, traditionnal wool-knit, PIC NIC, 47€ each
5- Soaps, Sabater, 6€

Buenos Aires is colonizing the Bon Marché Rive Gauche. The department store devotes a lot of space and time to an exhibition centered on that most European of Latin American cities. The whole store is donning the colors of Argentina. Windows signed by Gotan Project, food tastings, cinematographic wanderings around Buenos Aires, tango lessons and installations are all part of the program.

Here is a rare occasion of discovering a wide variety of goods, such as PIC NIC's printed mini-cushions, La Feliz' woven lamps, the slightly old-fashioned lingerie by Jesus Fernandez, Compaña De Los Sombreros' hats, or the drop-dead-gorgeous polo boots by La Casa de Las Botas. A glimpse into the dynamic artistic and fashion scene exploding in today's Buenos Aires, where young designers haven't turned their back on traditional techniques or aesthetics.

 

Paris Buenos Aires

August 23 through October 11, 08

at the Bon Marché Rive Gauche

www.treeslbm.com


Bombay Sapphire - Exclusive Bags
 

Limited edition of 6 cocktail cases created by Isabelle Ballu and Moritz Rogosky for Bombay Sapphire's Premium Gin.

Natural patined leather case, adorned with a patch bearing the effigy of Queen Victoria, BOMB-AY shaker, enamelled, hammered and buttoned, two cocktail glasses

1.000€, exclusively at L'Éclaireur in Paris and Tokyo

Hercule Poirot, great traveller and even greater a snob, probably would have pursed his lips if proposed a glass of gin - but without a doubt his reticence would have been overcome by this portable drink-mixing kit by Bombay Sapphire. Three versions of it are proposed, as international as the spices which lend their flavor to the blue decoction: one is for Paris, the other two for New York and Tokyo. And only two specimens of each of these elegant creations are released. Cheers, Hercule! (but with moderation)


L'Éclaireur Boissy

10, rue Boissy d'Anglas Paris 8°

+33 1 53 43 03 70

Write to l'Éclaireur on rue Boissy d'Anglas

www.leclaireur.com

 

L'Éclaireur Tokyo

4-21-26 Minami-Aoyama Minato-ku Tokyo

+81 3-6406-0252

www.leclaireur.jp


Krug Clos d'Ambonnay 1995
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Champagne Krug Clos d'Ambonnay 1995

3.000 to 4.000 bottles available, price on demand

Drink in moderation

The Clos d'Ambonnay is a tiny, exclusive vineyard, less than a hectare in size and girded by stone walls. It yields a Pinot noir of capital importance in the fine cépage mixes that have built the glory of the house of Krug. More than twenty years after Clos du Mesnil, Krug once again forsook for a moment the quest for the perfect assemblage to focus their efforts on a small piece of land and transform its grape into an exceptional fruit, destined to become a grand cru. The flavors of brioche, caramelized spices, wax and red fruit, precede a final note of rare persistence. Clos d'Ambonnay is the sixth jewel in the precious Krug line - the most delicious and secret in their crown.

 

www.krug.com


Fauchon Pieshighlight
 

1- Baby vegetables pie: hazelnut-lemon sweet dough (pâte sablée), baby vegetables - pattypans, turnips with their tops, onions, carrots, red radishes, gourmand peas, and snacked-out tuna with poppy seeds, wasabi cream, from 9€

2- Rubik pie: fruit pie without fruit bits, texture made of stewed strawberry, mango, passion fruit, coconut, lime, and pistachio cream, on a Bourbon vanilla cream, the ensemble laid on a foundation of almond sweet dough (pâte sucrée), 7€

Spring-summer 08 collection

What Alice ate right before she saw the Cheshire Cat. Beware.

 

Fauchon

24-26, place de la Madeleine Paris 8°

+33 1 70 39 38 00

www.fauchon.com


Mariage Frères: the Neo-Cherry
 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Sakura White Tea, 25 g., 20€
New flavor by Kitti Cha Sangmanee, graphic design by Franck Dessains
The 2008 edition of Mariage's cherry blossom tea is also available as green tea, 100 g., 20€

Mariage Frères
13, rue des Grands Augustins
Paris 6°, +33 1 40 51 82 50
www.mariagefreres.com


Mariage Frères: Teapot Sorcery
 

 

1- Black Magic Tea, black tea flavored with citrus and red fruit, black opal glass bottle, 150g., 45€

2- White Magic Tea, Paï Mu Tan Imperial white tea, flavored with citrus, bergamot, and lemon grass, white opal glass bottle, 150g., 45€

Mariage Frères
13, rue des Grands Augustins Paris 6°
+33 1 40 51 82 50
www.mariagefreres.com


La Grande Épicerie and the Pirate's Dream
 

Rêve de Pirate Christmas bûche, hazelnut chip soft biscuit, Ylang-Ylang vanilla mousse, Tonka beans and chocolate mousse, 28 to 54€
Comes with chocolate coins
La Grande Épicerie de Paris 38, rue de Sèvres Paris 7° +33 1 44 39 81 00
www.lagrandeepicerie.fr


D.L. & Co: Ars Bene Moriendihighlight
 

Mori Ex Cacao, chocolates by D.L. & Co and Valerie Gordon, 3 flavors: Scorched Caramel, Bitter Brandied Cherry, Curious Chili, gift set $95 (single skull $40)
www.dlcompany.com
Product page on www.valerieconfections.com


Mystery of the Crimson Elixir
 

Rivière Pourpre flavored infusion, heart of spices: juniper, cinammon,
cardamom, ginger, ginseng, clove, aniseed, pink berries, ... tinged with hibiscus and citronnelle, on a bed of roasted maté and rooibo teas, 10€
Les Parfums de Table www.parfumsdetable.com


Fiona Cairns: Murder at the Tea Party
 

 

 

 

"Tea Party" cake, English pudding with candied fruits, serves 6 to 8, 39€, Fiona Cairns
www.fionacairns.com


Game? What for? There's Fauchon in my bag!highlight
 

1- Éclair Léopard café, chantilly cream, coffee cream, leopard-like white chocolate glazing, Christmas Kiss 2007 collection, 6€
Éclair Léopard chocolat, chantilly cream, chocolate cream, leopard-like milk chocolate glazing, Christmas Kiss 2007 collection, 6€

2- Black Forest club sandwich, bitter chocolate biscuit, kirsch chantilly cream, crystallized black cherries and raspberry jam, Pique-Nique d'Automne 2007 collection, 5,50€

Fauchon 24-26, place de la Madeleine Paris 8° +33 1 70 39 38 00 www.fauchon.com

 


Fauchon's Palettehighlight
 

1- Fresh Brochette, fresh vegetables, cherry tomatoes, sucrine lettuce, Mozzarella di Buffala, Victoria pineapple, basil, 8€

2- Fresh Tomates, yellow and green tomatoes filled with fresh vegetables and Mozzarella di Buffala dice, olive sauce, 6,50€ each

3- Fresh Salade, sucrine lettuce filled with green tabbouleh, 8,50€

4- Fresh fruit and vegetable juices, 6 flavors: mango-coconut-kiwi, carrot-cucumber-orange, cucumber-kiwi, cucumber-guava-raspberry, lemon liqueur-tomato-mango, apple-vanilla, 5€ each

Fauchon, 24/26, place de la Madeleine Paris 8°, +33 1 70 39 38 00
www.fauchon.fr

Fresh, green, sweet, delicious. The very definition of a successful picnic meal, that Fauchon has epitomized with Fresh, its summer collection.
To go along the luxury sandwiches and colorful salads, Fauchon also offers gorgeous and playful juices mixing fresh fruits and vegetables. Ideally, you'll want to carry all 6 flavors along - even if there are only two of you.


Le Thé des Amantshighlight
 

Confit de macarons, orange-lemon or rose-violet, 90 g., 4,50 €
Flowery infusions (camomile, peppermint, verbena, balancing and refreshing) and black tea flavored with rose petals, leaf., 6-box kit, 9,90 €
www.leafshop.co.uk

This afternoon our lover is coming over for tea. We'll offer him this colorful confit de macarons and smile so hard it won't leave a doubt in his mind we prepared it ourselves. The black tea, flavored with rose petals, will taste so good there's no use for a love philter.


The English Rose of the Rue des Martyrshighlight
 

Breakfast, Lunch, Tea, The Many Little Meals of Rose Bakery, Phaidon, 192 pp., 100 color illustrations, $29,95
Rose Bakery, 46, rue des Martyrs Paris 9°, +33 1 42 82 12 80
www.phaidon.com

Rose and Jean-Claude Carrarini used to work in fashion. They'd travel all over the world. The birds escorted them everywhere. Until they noticed that, just like the birds, what was on their plate for lunch interested them far more than the cuts and fabrics they had discussed all morning. Thus they launched an organic gourmet shop in London, a pionneering venture as early as 1988. And then flew off again before settling down, under the advice of the birds, in the Parisian rue des Martyrs, where they opened the very delicious store known as Rose Bakery in 2002. Rose let Phaidon in on one hundred of her best recipes, for extraordinary little meals from dawn till dusk - and after that still.


The Green Fairyhighlight
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bottle of absinth 35 €, liquor-filled chocolate 3 €, extra dark chocolate bar 3 €, Leone
Lafayette Gourmet 97, rue de Provence Paris 9° +33 1 48 74 15 35
www.pastiglieleone.it

For an exquisite decadent tea, as the sun sets and the shadows deepen. Leone celebrates its 150th birthday, and that of Baudelaire's Fleurs du Mal, with a special coffret, only available in Italy. It includes an edition of the infamous collection, with traditional handmade binding. But the package's real attraction is a bottle of absinth, distilled the Belle Époque way. It comes with the appropriate perforated spoon to perfect the effect. The brand hasn't changed its recipe in any way since production started in 1874. The liquor is still strong, very strong... at 72°.

Now where on Earth did I put that damned laudanum?


Fauchon and the Éclair Bewitchedhighlight
 

Spotted éclair, ivory chocolate glazing, green tea marzipan spots, ivory chocolate and green tea cream, Fauchon, 5 €
Fauchon, 24/26, place de la Madeleine Paris 8°, +33 1 70 39 38 00
www.fauchon.fr

This funny pastry looks like it came straight out of a cartoon. A witch, armed with her magic wand, enchanted a commonplace chocolate éclair. By a happy chance Fauchon was passing by, and managed to reverse the spell and turn it into one of the best desserts in Paris. Snow White approves.

 


Ma Belle Quenelle
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spinach quasi-quenelle, 50 g., 1,30 €
Giraudet 16, rue Mabillon Paris 6° + 33 1 43 25 53 00

www.giraudet.fr

Photo Pierre Javelle

Giraudet is adding this strange, soft-green thing to its vast catalog: a spinach quenelle - rather a "quasi"-quenelle, or you'd hurt the purist. Hand-made using only natural ingredients, it will taste delicious fried, on a fresh salad bed...