Why we close on Mondays
Not for the staff, though that is a good enough reason on its own. For the sourdough starter, the butter, and the…
Baked the morning you asked for
Eight cakes, a counter of pastries, and three days’ notice. Nothing here is made before it is wanted.
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Nothing is made in advance Cakes are baked the morning they are collected. That is why we ask for three days rather than offering next-day delivery.
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Seasons close the list The fraisier exists from May to July. When the fruit stops we take it off rather than switch to fruit that tastes of nothing.
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The praline is ours So are the curd, the ganache and the puff pastry. Three things arrive finished: chocolate, butter and flour.
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Allergens are answered, not listed One kitchen handles wheat and nuts. We say so on every page rather than printing “may contain” and hoping.
For the host.
For the table.
Just because.
Bring a box, share a cake, or pick something from the counter. A little planning leaves more time for the occasion.
| Cakes for the occasion | Three days |
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| A box to give | One day |
| Something from the counter | No advance notice |
One kitchen handles wheat and nuts. Read our allergen notes before choosing.
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The house
Nine people and one oven
We opened in 2016 in a former ironmonger’s with two people and a list of nine things. There are nine of us now and about forty things, which is roughly the right rate of growth for a kitchen that wants to know where everything came from. We close on Mondays. The macarons need two days between shell and filling, the laminated dough is rolled the day before it is baked, and nobody should work six days for a pastry.
Read the whole storyFrom the kitchen
What a vanilla pod actually costs
Six euros each, and the reason most vanilla cakes taste of nothing in particular.
How to read our allergen list
The difference between "gluten-free" and "safe for a coeliac" is a sentence we would rather write than have you assume.
What is on this week
One short letter on a Wednesday: what came into season, what has come off the list, and when we stop taking orders before a holiday. Nothing else, and never a discount code.
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