Galette des Rois

[carlux]

The galettes here in our village are not as fancy as those you folks in Paris get, but you probably don't get to have them in the Salle des Fetes with the rest of the folk in the village, with glasses of bubbly (depending on who's offering, could be Cremant or Champagne) then some chocolates, tea, coffee and eau de vie to finish. Then the ladies will sing and the men will tell (mildly) dirty jokes!

Crowns for the rois (and reines) who find the feves.

Things I never imagined when we decided to live in France, but treasure.

[julot-les-pinceaux]

A word to mention Pichard, rue Cambronne, and his oven on the sidewalk during the galette season. Go around 5pm and you'll have the galette warm out of the oven. Highly recommended.

[Abra]

I've managed to partake of three hinterlands cakes today, two of the frangipane and puff variety and one couronne. All were delicious and it made for a very fun day. A picture of the inside of my first galette and the story are here. I can pretty much guarantee that this will be the only Epiphany story to include the word "yockstrap!"

[John Talbott]

We've had two so far; one from a no-place place but it had the coolest feve (a froggie person) and #2 from Laduree that was good and had an ancient musical instrument feve.

[Felice]

I decided to trek to the outer reaches of the 12th yesterday to try one of Stéphane Vandermeersch’s galettes which seem to be on everyone’s ‘best’ list. It was certainly worth the trip as his galette was far better than most I have had, if not all. According to viamichelin, Vandermeersch worked for Fauchon, Hermé and Ladurée before opening his shop in the 12th. I intend to go back, despite the fact that it is a bit far for me, as his other breads and pastries looked amazing as well.

Interestingly, his galette for 4 was the same price as the very average bakery near my work in la Defense, so even though he is using far superior products, the price was the same.