Place de la Madeleine is dominated by the church dedicated to St Mary Magdalen and its heroic Greek appearance. But to me it is the epicenter of culinary delight. Fauchon and other food emporiums line the place. The Lucas Carton was right there on the west side until it became some other fancy but less stiff establishment of Michelin stars. And we have discovered a restaurant on rue Vignon, just north and east of the Place, called Terre de Truffe which serves truffles in and on everything. One day we ate a late lunch in the tea room at Fauchon and dinner at the altar of truffles. We topped off the evening with a drink in a bar with the locals watching a soccer game that was on the go at a nearby stadium. We spent the morning exploring The Village Voice and Shakespeare and Company, two famous English language bookstores. Books. Food. Yeah, that's us.
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For someone who doesn't indulge in sugar, you sure are tempting those of us who do! What exactly are the beautiful towers of confections made from?
Who knows? I imagine them being sweet and crunchy and light.
I do sugar and stuff now and again. But I've never eaten those things. Not in France anyway.
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