Oeuf du Jour

Mercredi 27 Mars what's your oeuf du jour?

By popular request Paris oeufs/egg/ Ooouf!

I love these felt Easter baskets with the ladybugs I'm seeing around town...

Did I say hay is Big/In this year in Paris along with fried eggs for Paques. Get your hay out Peeps!

Pierre Marcolini is into transformations this year. The chicken or the egg is too mundane for PM. Rabbits look out or you could end in someone's Easter basket.

Fauchon warns you 'to walk on eggs' this Easter...preferably their eggs.

Reflections through a glass at the Madeleine ?

I'm not getting what Hediard is after digging into pirate's treasure trove...I guess it's super cool..qui sait?

I totally GET Victor et Hugo's painted Easter eggs.

Right up my allee...

Very traditional and very delicious oeufs from A la Mere de famille

A la Mere de Famille et boutique Colette are having a SURPRISE egg hunt TODAY at 3:00!

You have to check in at Colette for the exact location!!

Meet up on Wednesday, March 27 from 3 pm in an as yet undisclosed location (near colette) for a big egg hunt with À La Mère de Famille!

We will reveal the location tomorrow at 2pm at colette and on our social networks (#chasseauxoeufscolette) as well as by email (if you subscribe here).

Get ready and come fill your baskets before Easter!

Open to all, big and small.

What's your Easter oeuf du jour Peeps?

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Peeps du Paris

Mardi 26 Mars NYC Peeps vs. Paris Poussy Mallows

Vivian threw down the gauntlet when she commented:

Is this your first Easter in France?

Hope you'll be OK without Peeps to get you through.

It doesn't take much for me to rise to a challange when it's tossed my way. But finding a Peeps equivalent in Paris or my quartier has proved harder than expected. These Lindt milk chocolate chicks will not do no matter how nice they taste.

Nor this adorb but inedible candle from Monop...

I did enfin find the 'Peeps' of Paris at the bulk candy shop on bd de Grenelle - les Poussy Mallows. But what to do with 4.5 pounds of marshmallow chickens? This is definitely de trop.

Usually I cover the higher end of the Easter chocolate range in Paris. I have to admit after several months here (when in Rome...) I've succombed to the unavoidable lollipops everywhere. These chockie chicks are irresistible non?

Gerard Mulot can be depended upon to make huge luscious chocolate hens and matching eggs for Paques.

The fried egg look is Very In this Paques season. Witness these rather distressed chocolate hens at Georges Larnicol sitting on someone's sunny side up!

At Galeries Lafayette you can get your sunny side up egg still in the skillet (all chocolate of course).

Chocolatier Weisse has their choc eggs tied up with a cow ribbon! Don't ask why.

Top chocolatiere Pierre Marcolini has the chicken or egg issue covered with his combo solution.

Back to the misbegotten Parisian Poussy Mallow, which though physically more mature than the NYC Peep chick, is missing an eye and lacks the overall definition of its competitor. Peeps have an annual "Peep Off" competition held in Maryland on the first Saturday after Easter.

And Peeps has become a part of the urban vernacular.

One can refer to 'my peeps' meaning pals. A good example:

I bought some Peeps for my peeps.

Peeps even have their on Wikipedia description.

Who knew?

There is one positive thing to be said for the Parisian Poussy Mallow. Do a Google search and some pretty attractive cats will show up unasked for.

If you've seen Poussy Mallow in your quartier in manageable quantities let me know. I'll be there in a flash for a taste testing. Otherwise I'll do without. 150 marshmallow chickens is just too much even for me.

Do you want to see more Paris Easter chocolate?

Just say the word oui o non.

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Paris Paques Easter

 Every year chocolatier Jean-Paul Hevin consistently comes up with the most innovative twists on the traditional Easter chocolate eggs and chickens.

 Hevin's stupendous giant egg covered in tiny turtles was astonishing.

 His half eggs filled with smaller eggs, a heart and key are for romantic shoppers. Easter is not just for kids in Paris.

 Fauchon serves up champagne with a giant 'prestigious' egg - rather silly in my opinion.

 Very witty indeed these 'avocado' chocolate eggs from Des Gateaux et Du Pain.

 Chocolatier Jacque Genin does chocolate bunnies  that look like chickens that look like eggs...sort of.

 At Hugo et Victor an 'eco chic' bunny with green ears.

 La Grande Epicerie spots their bunnies and chickens with red stripes and dots.

Georges Larnicol is filled with enormous eggs 

 His poule/chickens are laying fried eggs for a change.

Where's the chocolate bacon?

Perhaps you would prefer not to focus on chocolate this holiday? 

 For mind over matter...

Certainment this chicken would like to avoid chocolat altogether.
POUIC POUIC!

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La Mere de Famille

This morning Mad About Macarons Jill sent me an email expressing expasperation with a very French,
"Ouuuuf !"
This page is from the brilliant, L'ABC des onomatopees par Bruno Gibert.

 I remembered I've not shown you any Parisian oeufs for Paques/Easter.

 La Mere de Famille on rue Cler, is one of my favorite chocolate shops but it's closed on Sundays (at 8am).

 Still the windows were full of delightful ouuuf/oeuf/eggy creations.

 Liqueur-filled little eggs as well as chocolate-filled eggs.

 Candy eggs sitting realistically atop a stack of hay gave a barnyardy feel to the window.

Unrealistically French lapin/rabbits think nothing of laying bird's eggs if they're chocolat.

 Quite simple eggs strung together for a decorative effect like xmas lights.

 Your classic foil-wrapped assorted chocolate eggs.

 A touch of whimsey - is it a chicken or an egg? It's both and sitting in an eggcup no less.

 When I returned from my early Sunday morning stroll French Girl was up and making breakfast.Her cashmere sweater is by Hector et Lola.com

 Was she making une omelette?

Pas de tout.

She was making a classic bacon and eggs once-a-week Dimanche petit dejeuner.

A possible Jean-Babtiste Chardin painting in the making no?

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