1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live?
2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available?
3: Have you ever made anything like the pastry above?
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited?
5: When was the last time you baked?
My answers:
1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live? Not really, there are a couple of supermarket bakeries, but not a real stand alone bakery.
2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available? Chocolate or mocha.
3: Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? I have not, it would take patience, perhaps I should practice this as a skill building exercise.
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? The photo above was a tiny bakery on a dark pedestrian only street a few blocks from the Prada Museum in Madrid. All they did was fancy pastries. Everything was wonderful.
5: When was the last time you baked? When I wrote this one, I had baked a cake the day before.
Please share your answers in the comments.
1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live? Yes one within walking distance (shout out to Freeport Bakery) and another a short drive away.
ReplyDelete2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available? Almond horns
3:Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? No, I haven't the patience and when there are masters in the craft, I will encourage them by purchasing their wares.
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? Fauchon.
5: When was the last time you baked? Christmas cookies which I distribute as a once in a year binge. Baking is a sensory experience which I enjoy. However, for medical reasons, I can't have the carbs and sugars so I have to give away anything I bake PDQ.
Will Jay
I remember almond horns, from the old Danish Bakery when Publix had a separate stand alone bakery.
DeleteIs there a really great bakery near where you live? Several! Pennsylvania is good for bakeries! Dutch, German, Amish, French, Italian.
ReplyDeleteWhat item or flavor do you select when it is available? Hands down. Eclair.
Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? Nope.
Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? A bakery in Vienna... and no words could describe the place or how good everything looked and tased.
When was the last time you baked? I'm not a big sweets person so I don't bake often...but next week I will be baking some hot crossed buns.
I have heard about your hot buns.
Delete1. There are a few good ones. I don't know I'd rate them as 'great'.
ReplyDelete2. At one, it is a chocolate cherry muffin. They only sell them on Saturdays.
3. No. I'll attempt baking, but I'm not a baker. That above is several levels above my ability.
4. I just remember one we stumbled into in Paris. Understated. Nice. Small. Couldn't remember the name if my life depended on it.
5. This week. A Mexican Sweet Corn Cake.
I can remember a couple of wonderfilled bakeries in Paris.
Delete1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live? Some very dear friends ran the Mulberry Bake Shop in town until retiring a few years ago. I miss the good chats and the good bites.
ReplyDelete2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available? I am not much for sweets; I generally like things bitter and tart like my personality. Lemon, is good. We just had a lovely Limoncello Mascarpone cake at Gervais and Vine last night.
3: Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? All those clean lines and straight edges are so mot me.
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? Ally & Eloise Bakeshop in Asheville; small quaint, with great friendly people, and some goods to nosh on.
5: When was the last time you baked? Carlos is the MasterBaker™ at our house, he's be MasterBaking™ all day every day if he could.
We should go back to Asheville.
Delete1. Edmonton has several excellent independent bakeries.
ReplyDelete2. Favourite item or flavour? I'm partial to a nice cherry danish.
3. No, my baking skills are not good enough to make such a fancy dessert.
4. My most memorable bakery? In the small village near Florence where we stayed during our trip to Italy, there was a lovely bakery-cafe near the train station where we would often have coffee and pastry in the mornings. It's where I first had Nutella in a pastry, which was a revelation!
5. Yesterday I made lemon poppyseed muffins and they turned out great!
I have a memory of a bakery in Rome that was a mob scene of disorder, and so tasty.
Delete1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live? Yes...a go-to for special occasions a couple miles away and there are quite a few independent bakeries around town.
ReplyDelete2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available? Chocolate
3: Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? No. That's a work of art!
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? I remember visiting some lovely bakeries in Paris but don't remember the names. Next time you and SB visit Cleveland, go to Presti's in Little Italy.
5: When was the last time you baked? It will be today...someone's been requesting chocolate chip cookies all week.
Little Italy and Chocolate Chip Cookies, two great ideas.
Delete1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live? Not that I have found.
ReplyDelete2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available? Chocolate or almond.
3: Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? Not exactly but I do made a great looking strawberry cake.
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? In Milan Italy. The display case was full of tiny little works of art. I bought four of them and took them back to the hotel. They were as delicious as they looked.
5: When was the last time you baked? Just before Christmas. (Unless the frozen Trader Joe's chocolate croissants count, then yesterday.)
Bakeries and farmers market are two things Phoenix seems to need more of.
DeleteI know there is a good bakery in my city but I have never been in it. I'm not much of a fancy baker and usually rely on box mixes. I'm just too lazy to bother.
ReplyDeleteBUT... I did want to let you know that I joined a Hands Off protest yesterday and it was fabulous! Thousands of people with lots of clever signs! It was so great to be around so many, many people that feel the way I do about this administration.
I took part in a march for marriage equality about 15 years ago, it was a great experience.
DeleteThere is not a bakery nearby, worse luck. If I had one I would get bread on a regular basis. My baking plans for the weekend are postponed due to company.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the family time.
Delete1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live? Just short drive.
ReplyDelete2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available? depends on my mood.
3: Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? No.
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? Can't come up with anything.
5: When was the last time you baked? This afternoon.
Baking at home, is often the best
Delete1: Is there a really great bakery near where you live? Yes.
ReplyDelete2: What item or flavor do you select when it is available? I love fresh bread of any description.
3: Have you ever made anything like the pastry above? No.
4: Describe one memorable bakery you have visited? I cannot think of one really. Bakeries are not places I obsess about.
5: When was the last time you baked? I do not bake. My wife bakes and I cook.