Too Good to Eat?

PATISSERIE WORKS OF ART                    In Paris, and indeed all around France, speciality shops are very important in French daily life. Probably the #1 is the Boulangerie (bakery), but close behind must be the Patisserie (cake shop, or pastry shop). Sometimes the two are combined as a Boulangerie-Patisserie. Bakers and Patissiers (confectioners, pastry cooks) need special training and a diploma to practise their art/trade and, as we wander around the city gazing in amazement at the Patisserie windows, we can see why. Delicious concoctions look like works of art, rather than just cakes and seem almost too beautiful to eat! Here are a few examples that we drooled over! See what I mean?