Store Review: La Chocolaterie de Jacques Genin, in Paris

[lsanderson]

By OLIVER STRAND
Published: February 18, 2011

When Jacques Genin opened his chocolaterie of the same name in late 2008, it was a star turn for one of the great supporting actors on the French culinary stage.

For years, he sold only to the trade, supplying many of the best restaurants in Paris with the chocolates that appear between the third dessert and the check. (Mr. Genin is so discreet he won’t share his client list even though a few notable establishments still pass his sweets off as their own.) But when he transformed the 17th-century limestone building into a boutique and cafe that feels more like a jewelry store than a sweets shop, Parisians flocked to the spot, in the fashionably low-key northern edge of the Marais. Recently, Mr. Genin has inspired a new culinary obsession: caramels. More

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[artkouros.livejournal.com]

I want some caramel making elves.