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'Sugar is life': Behind the scenes at Paris' oldest patisserie
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17/07/2024
Founded over 300 years ago by Nicolas Stohrer, former pastry chef to Louis XV, the patisserie remains a celebrated institution on rue Montorgueil.
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Nicolas Thoreau was the pastry chef of Louis XV.
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He was serving the king and all the court in Versailles.
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He was doing all the banquet and all the big parties for the king.
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The king really loved him, but after several years in Versailles,
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he decided to open his own shop in Rue Montorgueil in 1730, where we are today.
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We have about a dozen pastries.
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In the shop, we find strawberry pie, raspberry pie, passion pie and lemon pie.
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But generally, we are on seasonal products.
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Like now, this is the period when we tried to release the pistachio pie,
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but it will disappear in a few months and it will be replaced by apricot pie or Bourdalou pie.
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The art of the baba, you have to know that you still have to adapt to master the gesture.
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The fact of putting it in shape is a certain stroke of hand that you have to have.
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Generally, after two months or three months,
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a person can master the art of the baba if he is well seated.
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Success is life, it is happiness.
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It brings back the joy of living, a certain satiety, but we really never get bored.
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