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Real French Bread
In France, almost anyone will tell
you that Poilane bread is the pinnacle of Parisian baking. First established 75
years ago, Poilane is now run by Lionel Poilane, who took over the business from
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sold in Paris, by weight.
The secret of Poilane bread is steeped in
tradition. Lionel himself conducted an extensive research project on the
'ethnography', as he put it himself, of his craft. Poilane bread is made from
wheat grown only on farms employing sustainable techniques with sea salt from
the French Atlantic Coast. It's baked for over an hour in Poilane's specially
designed wood-burning ovens, and will easily keep for a week in its original
white and green paper bag.
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family manages a new shop in London and a 'manufacture' on the outskirts of
Paris producing the goods that are sold in more than 2,500 restaurants and shops
in Paris alone, and about 20 countries around the world. Poilane is one of the
few 'global bakers' today, taking advantage of the Internet and the large FedEx
hub near the Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport to ship the bread worldwide. The
goods land on dinner tables within 48 hours of their cooking.
The bread
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Traditional French bread is not the ubiquitous white bread used in baguettes. It
used to be a dark, wholesome stuff eaten by poor people when they could not
afford anything else. It almost disappeared from French tables because of its
very history. So much so that the old saying "He ate his white bread..." means
that he mused and fooled around instead of working diligently, and now he's in
for hard times (and only dark bread).
After World War II, the height of
chic was white bread, imported from Austria. Poilane is very unique in that in a
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Poilane's bread
has won him famous fans over the years: Frank Sinatra and Lauren Bacall used to
enjoy a loaf from time to time, and Robert De Niro is a customer.
There's one person in the shop who speaks English, who confirmed taking
bread back to the US is no problem.
Poilane's famous bread can be found
at 8, rue Cherche Midi, 75006 Paris. The closest metro station is
Sevres-Babylone.
Go Organic Parisian Style
Paris is renowned
for its local street food markets, which can be found in nearly every one if its
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The wonderful symbiosis of 'traditional and parochial' with the 'grand and
capital' undoubtedly lends Paris its unique character.
Personally,
Parisian street markets appeal to me because they offer a rare respite from the
bland, cookie-cut supermarket retail experience and because, just like the
proverbial box of chocolates in Forest Gump, 'you never know what you're gonna
get'. Not only do I always seem to discover something I never even knew existed,
but the quality and freshness of the produce is high and the whole experience in
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Parisian open street markets usually
operate off touristy alleys and are held either on a weekly or bi-weekly basis.
The stalls get set up early in the morning, and the end-of-day sales begin in
the early afternoon, although timing really does vary from one market to the
other so I recommend doing your homework, and checking the schedules published
by the city hall of the local district.
Of all of them, the organic
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9:00 am to 1:30 pm on the center divider along Boulevard Raspail, between Rue de
Rennes and Rue du Cherche Midi (stop off at the S锟絭res Babylone metro station).
The Sunday March锟?de Raspail caters only to organic ('biologique' or
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rest. Indeed, French fresh produce are renowned, and I must say that every time
I come back to Paris, I'm quite baffled to find that I actually forgot what a
real cucumber tastes like...
The market's stalls number about 100 and
are spread out over 200 yards, and they are run by anybody and everybody 锟?from
organic producers to various resellers, and some pretty interesting
characters!
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that was roasted before my very eyes...
The service is usually very
friendly. You will appreciate the way French vendors actually bother to ask when
you actually plan to eat their produce. They can select it for you accordingly
(i.e. so that it ripens neither too early, nor too late).
All in all, a
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The Raspail non-organic market runs on Tuesdays
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