Rita Selles
Bûches de Noël-Last Pastry Class
In the past two weeks I've been peeking in at every bakery/pastry shop I walk by to see their Christmas Logs or Bûches de Noël. It is the...
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Rita Selles
Dec 7, 20191 min read
Sustainable Christmas Market
The sustainable Christmas market features fair trade vendors from Africa, Palestine, India, and other countries, as well as local...
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Rita Selles
Nov 25, 20192 min read
Christmas Market
The Christmas markets or marchés de Noël are in full swing in Grenoble. With Christmas music and lots of lights, the mood is festive. The...
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Rita Selles
Nov 11, 20193 min read
Pastry Class # 3: Ganache and Mousse
It was a grey Saturday afternoon and I was very ready for another pastry class. With three other people, we made three different...
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Rita Selles
Nov 2, 20194 min read
Cairo, Egypt
With a population of 22 million and a week to visit our daughter in this remarkable city, the following pictures give only a glimpse of...
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Rita Selles
Oct 23, 20191 min read
More Desserts
Millefeuille--a messy but amazing pastry: crispy layers of puff pastry alternating with rum-flavored pastry cream, along with a sweet...
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Rita Selles
Oct 21, 20192 min read
Street Scenes
The making of a modern day cobble stone street. Art work and precision! Doors of Lyon "Do not go on the grass"—in a park Self-serve bike...
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Rita Selles
Oct 15, 20191 min read
More Pastries
I saw these in a window in Paris and can't remember what they are. From looking at the garnishes, they must be a chocolate hazelnut...
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Rita Selles
Oct 15, 20193 min read
Pastry Class # 2
This second pastry class was a group class with three other women. We just fit into the kitchen. The plan for the afternoon was to make a...
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Rita Selles
Oct 10, 20195 min read
Paris, Pastries and More
So this is the question: How do you capture this city in a blog post? I could focus on monuments or cafés, or restaurants, or people, or...
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Rita Selles
Oct 2, 20194 min read
Pastry Class #1:Chocolate and Raspberries
When you look at beautiful pastries displayed in a pastry shop I wonder what kind of space they were made in and of course, the a-z of...
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Rita Selles
Oct 1, 20192 min read
The Sweet Side of Budapest, Hungary
Visiting another city or country always involves, at least for me, going into grocery stores and bakeries. We were visiting friends for...
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Rita Selles
Sep 22, 20192 min read
Lyon
Lyon, France's second largest city and capital of the region we live in (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes), is located on the junction of two rivers,...
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Rita Selles
Sep 20, 20191 min read
More Desserts
There are lots of options to choose from in a pastry shop. I have been opting for individual dessert which allows for more sampling...
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Rita Selles
Sep 16, 20192 min read
Hiking in the Vercors
Grenoble is surrounded by three mountain ranges: the Vercors, the Chartreuse Mountains, and the Belledonne. Grenoble and its environs has...
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Rita Selles
Sep 16, 20191 min read
Viennoiseries
"Viennoiseries" refers to breakfast pastries or snacks that are sort of like a bridge between pastries and bread. They are often made...
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Rita Selles
Sep 11, 20191 min read
To Market, to market
The Halles Sainte-Claire market in our neighborhood is open every day except Mondays. Part of it is in a building, where you can buy...
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Rita Selles
Sep 8, 20192 min read
A day in the Chartreuse Mountains
Our day started early to catch an 8:30 bus to a mountain range--the Chartreuse mountains, about 25k from Grenoble. In a short time we...
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Rita Selles
Sep 6, 20191 min read
Cheese!
Where does one begin! I stood in front of the cheese section for about 15 minutes trying to decide what to buy. I just wanted one cheese...
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