Snackiepoos! - Tuesday, 16 October

Not much to report today - just a quiet day at "home" (a girl can dream!) relaxing my knee (I strained it a bit just before leaving for my trip), doing a bit of shopping for staples and snackies, and munching on those snackies.

I absolutely love Eric Kayser's bread - he won the Grand Prix for the best baguette in Paris in 2000 (in addition to a cash prize, the honor, and an immediate boost in sales, the winner supplies the Elysée Palace with their baguettes for the next year).  He has several styles, but his "Baguette Monge" is the winner, with its mix of flours, not-overpowering natural sourdough and slight sweetness!  He now has about 15 bakeries around Paris, and one if them is just a couple blocks from my apartment.  How lucky am I?!?  The baguette I picked up this afternoon was still slightly warm, and that crunchy crust and tender crumb just can't be beat!  The three lovely cheeses in this photo were from a fromagerie just a few doors down.

And here's what's left of the pâté en croûte aux morilles that I bought on Sunday.  Plus a dry sausage of duck meat.  And a slice of spicebread with currants.  I am not suffering at all!  Actually, the spicebread reminded me of the raisin muffins and bread that my amazing and wonderful Auntie Edythe made decades ago and served with thick butter and Cheese Whiz - I kid you not - something tells me that she would have loved this stuff!!!