{"id":7673,"date":"2011-10-29T06:37:14","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T13:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=7673"},"modified":"2017-03-06T16:26:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:26:06","slug":"postcard-from-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/postcard-from-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcard from Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Friends,<\/p>\n

I just “discovered” the Galeries Lafayette<\/a> Gourmet Food store! While Lafayette Gourmet caters to Parisians, for tourists looking for delectable gifts for foodie friends, it’s a one-stop shopping destination with thousands of food products – a majority by famed French producers: fine chocolates by Jean-Paul Hevin,\u00a0 macarons and pastries by\u00a0celebrated chocolatier and pastry-maker Sadaharu Aoki , posh preserves and confitures, Iberian cured meats…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bamboo Napolean anyone?<\/p>\n

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Plus, for less than 10 euros, you can queue up with local Parisians at one of the many counters to order a quick lunch or\u00a0d\u00e9jeune<\/em>. The hard part is choosing which counter; I couldn’t resist a Bocadillo of Bellota-Bellota cured ham with manchego cheese\u00a0 on an Eric Kayser<\/a> roll AND a fresh papaya slaw from the popular Asian counter. I watched as Parisians by the dozens selected from the many varieties of dim sum (steamed dumplings were labeled raviolis); take-away for dinner after work maybe.<\/p>\n

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Once I satisfied my appetite for food and people watching, I could concentrate on my search for non-perishable gifts for my food-lover friends. I decided on salt verte (mademoiselle sold me on its subtle citrus flavor) packed in mini reusable glass jars.<\/p>\n

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I even contemplated bringing along a wedge of cheese and an Eric Kayser baguette for a snack on the plane, but thought better of it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Blue cheese wrapped in foie gras! (bottom far left)<\/p>\n

One could spend all day here – once you’re over the food floor – there are five or six other floors under a dramatic glass and steel art noveau dome jammed with every designer and haute couture brand imaginable!<\/p>\n

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Don’t miss the panoramic view of the city from the rooftop of the Galeries Lafayette – take the escalators in the Lafayette pour hommes (men’s) building. Hot tip from Sarge who works with my husband in the Paris office!<\/p>\n

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Galeries Lafayette Haussmann<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

40 boulevard Haussmann
\n75009 Paris
\nNeighborhood: 9\u00e8me arr.<\/address>\n
http:\/\/www.galerieslafayette.com\/<\/a><\/address>\n